PAST SIMPLE : REGULAR VERBS

We use the Past Simple tense to talk about events in the past .
Example :
The ship sailed from Panjang to Surabaya last year .
With most regular verbs , add – ed
Start + ed = started
Sail + ed = sailed
If the verb ends in -e , add -d
Like + d = liked
If the verb ends with a consonant + vowel + consonant
Repeat the consonant and add - ed

Stop + p + ed = stopped

If the verb ends with a consonant + y , changed the – y to i + ed

Carry + ied = carried

Write the Past Simple forms of these regular verbs !

Check - ………. Repair - ………. Board - ……….

Talk - ………. Clean - ………. Load - ……….
Look - ………. Steer - ………. Start - ……….
Dock - ………. Carry - ………. Paint - ……….
Like - ………. Occur - ………. Hate - ……….
Match the Infinitive forms and the Past Simple forms of irregular
verbs

Infinitive Past Simple Infinitive Past Simple

Catch lost give held

Hit went see put
Go wrote take gave
Lose did get was
Have hit break got
Do had be burst
Come came put broke
Write spoke burst saw
Speak caught hold took

Complete the sentences with the correct verb in Past Simple

Be burst lose catch hit take

1. There …was………….an accident at sea last month .

2. A hose…burst……………and some oil leaked on deck .
3. The A.B……took…………the helm while I checked the chart .
4. The ratings…caught……..the pirates on board the vessel .
5. A bad storm…hit……….us in the South Atlantic .
6. Because of the weather , we……lost………a lot of the cargo .

Complete the sentences . Use the verb in the negative form

1. He………didn't………..for help. ( shout )

2. He……didn't………..the incident immediately. ( report )
3. The fire …didn't……………in the engine room. ( start )
4. The water in the hold……didn't……….the cargo. ( damage )
5. The chemical containers were near the fire but they…didn't…(
explode )