Verbs

Past simple: regular and irregular verbs

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Verbos regulares

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

I I I
You You you
He / She / It He / She / It did not play he / she / it
played Did play?
We We (didn’t play) we
You You you
They They they

Regras de escrita do past simple dos verbos regulares

Regra geral: verbo + -ed wash– washed
Verbos terminados em -e: verbo + -d prepare – prepared
Verbos de 1 sílaba terminados em consoante + vogal +
plan – planned
consoante: verbo + dupla consoante + -ed
Verbos terminados em consoante + -y: verbo sem -y + -ied cry – cried

Verbos irregulares

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Consulta I I I
a tabela You You you
dos verbos
irregulares na He / She / It He / She / It did not see he / she / it
saw Did see...?
página 124. We We (didn’t see) we
You You you
They They they

Short answers*
Last week we went Affirmative Negative
to the cinema and I I
watched a great
film: Wonder you you
Woman 1984. he / she / it he / she / it
Yes, did. No, didn't.
we we
*As short answers são
iguais para os verbos you you
regulares e para os
verbos irregulares.
they they

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A. Complete the table with the past simple of the verbs.

Infinitive Past simple Infinitive Past simple

try 1. buy 5.
rest 2. spend 6.
travel 3. write 7.
love 4. go 8.

B. Rewrite the sentences in the negative (✗) and interrogative (?) forms.
1. L isa bought a big bag of popcorn.
(✗) (?)
2. T
 hey had dinner after going to the cinema.
(✗) (?)
3. C
 harles and James drove to Faro last year.
(✗) (?)

C. Complete the blog entry with the past simple of the verbs in brackets.

GRAMMAR
in context
Last year, I 1 (go) to Dublin, the capital city of Ireland. It’s such an
amazing place! I 2 (not travel) alone. I 3 (fly) with my
parents and my brother. We 4 (stay) there for one week and we
5 (have) so much fun together!
On the first day we 6 (start) our Irish “adventure”. At lunch,
I7 (try) the delicious Irish stew, but my brother 8 (eat)
boxty, a traditional potato pancake. Temple Bar 9 (become)
one of our favourite spots in Dublin during our stay there. On the other
days, we 10 (walk) along the streets, 11 (take)
lots of photos of the beautiful landmarks and we 12 (buy)
some souvenirs. As my brother 13 (forget) them at the hotel,
the manager 14 (send) them to us.
We 15 (meet) some great people, so we want to come back in
a few years’ time!

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