USES: We use the Past Simple to talk about finished actions in the past.

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION SHORT ANSWERS

I went I didn’t go Did I go? Yes, I did

You went You didn´t go Did you go? No, you didn´t
He went He didn´t go Did he go? Yes, he did
She went She didn´t go Did she go? No, she didn´t
It went It didn´t go Did it go? Yes, it did
We went We didn´t go Did we go? No, it didn´t
You went You didn´t go Did you go ? Yes, you did
They went They didn´t go Did they go? No, they didn´t

 Some verbs are called irregular because their form in the past simple is
considerably different from their infinitive form.
E.g.: go →went

 There is no rule to form the Past simple of Irregular verbs. That´s why
their form must be learnt by heart.

 The past simple of irregular verbs keeps the same form for every
person E.g.: I went, she went, they went…
 Infinitive Past simple
To be _______________Was or were ____________
To come ____________Came _____________________
To cut _____________Cut_______________________________
To eat ___________Ate_________________________________
To drink ___________Drank_______________________________
To feel _____________Felt_______________________________
To go ___________Went_________________________________
To write ___________Wrote_________________________________
To read ___________Read_________________________________
To see ___________Saw_________________________________
To watch ____________Watched______________________________
To sit __
To sleep _____________Sat_______________________________
To think ______________Slept______________________________
To know _____________thought______________________________
To give _
To decide _____________knew_______________________________
To add ______________Gave______________________________
_____________Decided______________________________
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Write these verbs in the past simple:
_______________Added_____________________________

Fill in the
 blanks with the
Yesterday Marymissing verb in the(go)
___went______ pasttosimple.
the concert.
 Last night _________ (not/be) cold, but it _________(be) rainy.
 easy / test / the / be ____The test was easy ________________________
 Last Tuesday morning my friends _________(bring) the car.
 home / 11 o´clock / at / they / come ____They came home at 11o clock ___________
 Last weekend we _did not go back ________(not/go back) on foot.
 cinema / they / last night / go / to the ________They went to the cinema last night ____
 Mark and Sue _did________(do) their homework after lunch.
 book / of the / they / know / the story ___They knew the history of the book ____
 My friends __came_______(come) over after dinner.
 washing up / do / my mother / the _____My mother did the wash up
 The teacher ___knew______(know) them and __was_______ (be) very happy.
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Build sentences with the words given and put the verbs in the past simple.
Make the sentences negative

 Mary told me the test was easy.

 ___Mary did not tell me the test was easy _______________________________________
 They went to Lisbon by car.
 ___They did not go to Lisbon by car ___________________________________________
 The rabbits grew fast.
 ___The rabbits did not grow fast ______________________________
 I found my book under the bed.
 ___I did not find my book under the bed _______________________
 He wrote me a letter last week.
 ____He did not write me a letter last week__________________
 She caught the bus at the bus station.
 ___She did not catch the bus at the bus station
 I did my homework after lunch.
 _I did not have my homework after lunch ___________________________________
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Make questions for these statements and write answers:

 I saw a big cat.

 Did I see a big cat?
 Yes, _i did _____.
 Mark went to London last summer.
 __Did Mark go to London last summer_?
 No, __He didn’t________________________________________________________.
 Carl and Mark forgot their books.
 Did they forget their book?
 Yes, they did_______________________________________________________.
 My cat drank a bowl of milk.
 _Did my cat drink a bowl of milk_?
 No, It did not _________________________________________________________.
 The bus left at 10 o’clock
 ___Did the bus leave at 10 o clock_?
 Yes, __It did________________________________________________________.
 Susan got the best marks at her school.
 _Did Susan get the best marks at her school?
 No, she did not _________________________________________.