Regular verbs.

S P E L L I N G RULES
Past simple affirmative:
 V+ -ed
With most verbs we add -ed: walk > walked, finish > finished

 + -d
With verbs ending with -e, we add -d: live > lived, phone > phoned

 y > -ied
With verbs that end with a consonant + -y, we change the -y to -ied:
try > tried, apply > applied, cry > cried

 Double consonant
With verbs that end with a vowel + one consonant, we double the consonant:
stop > stopped, plan > planned, travel > travelled
 Exceptions: We do not double the final consonant:
 1.- When it is a -y or -w : stay > stayed
 2.- When the last syllable is not stressed.

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1. Form the past simple of these regular verbs

1. liked _____________ 2. played _____________ 3. listened _______________ 4. cycled _____________

5. revised ___________ 6. copied _____________7. practiced _____________ 8. started _______________
9. watched __________ 10. lived _____________ 11. cooked ______________ 12. worried___________
13. hated ___________ 14. finished ___________ 15. tidied _______________ 16. used _______________
17. needed ___________ 18. sailed ____________19. planned_____________20. destroyed__________

2. Complete the sentences with the past simple of the following verbs.

clean die enjoy finish live open rain smoke start stay want watch

1. Yesterday evening I watched______ television.

2. I _cleaned____________ my teeth tree times yesterday.
3. Bernard ___smoked______ 20 cigarettes yesterday evening.
4. Last night, the concert ____started__ at 7.30 and _____finished___ at 10 o´clock.
5. When I was a child, I ______wanted__ to be a doctor.
6. Mozart ____lived______ from 1756 to 1791.
7. We ______enjoyed____ our holiday last year. We ____stayed_______ at a very good hotel.
8. Today the weather is nice, but yesterday it ___rained____________ .
9.It was hot in the room, so I ____opened_________ the window.
10.William Shakespeare ____died_____________ in 1616.
3.- IRREGULAR VERBS.
What did Mr. Bird do yesterday? Write the verbs in brackets in the past simple form.

Yesterday Mr. Bird (get up) ___got up___ at 6.45 and (have) _____had_______ a shower.
Then he (have) ____had____ tea and cornflakes for breakfast. He (leave) ____left_____
home at 7.55 and (go) _____went________ to work by bus. He (take) __took____________ the 8.05 bus
and (get) ______got______ to work at 8.30. He (have) _had________ lunch from 1.00 till 2.00
and (leave) _____left__ work at 6.00 in the evening. When he (get) ____got____________ home,
he (read) ________read_____ the newspaper. Then he (have) ________had_______ dinner at 7.15. After
dinner he (take) _______took_____ his dog out for a walk. He (go) _____went_______ to bed at
10.30 exactly!

5. Complete the sentences with the PAST SIMPLE form of the verbs in brackets. .

We really_____enjoyed____ (enjoy) the game last Sunday.

1. Did Marco win_____________ (Marco / win) the golf competition?
2. They__didn´t play__ (not play) very well yesterday. They____lost________ (lose) the match.
3. How many goals___did your team score__ (your team / score) in the first half?
4. Sandra __didn´t want___(not want) to go rowing with me.
5. Did they go_______ (they / go) to the swimming pool yesterday?
6. I_bought__________ (buy) a new coat last week.
7. James ____stopped____ (stop) his car in front of the sports shops.