PAST SIMPLE

PRONUNCIATION
Verb ending sound Example verb: With -ed: PRONUNCIATION
/t/ want wanted /ed/
/d/ end ended
/p/ hope hoped / t/
/f/ laugh laughed
/s/ fax faxed
/ch/ watch watched
/k/ like liked
all other sounds, play played / d/
for example... allow allowed
beg begged
/sh/ finish finished
 Write the past of the verbs in brackets
It snowded (snow) last winter.

We opened (open) the door.

Children smiled (smile) happily.

Martin listened (listen) to music.

She wanted (want) a new dress.

Ervin counted (count) the documents.

A lot of people skated (skate) on the lake.

Nick rested (rest) last summer.

We painted (paint) the walls.

The teacher planted (plant) a tree.

We waited (wait) for you.

Ervin fixed (fix) the bike.

The girl  cleaned (clean) the house.

We searched (search) for information.

They worked (work) in the morning.

She promised (promise) to help.

They skied (ski) in winter.

I looked (look) through the window.

You listened (listen) to music. 

She washed (wash) the cups and the plates.

 NEGATIVE FORM

Subject + aux + verb + complement

didn’t base form

I-you- he-she-it-we-they
 Make the past simple negative
1. (I / not / go out last night)
I didn't go out last night
2. (you / not / come to the party)
You didn't come to the party
3. (she / not / love chocolate as a child)
She didn't love chocolate as a child
4. (he / not / like sport)
He didn't like sport
5. (we / not / study for the exam)
We didn’t study for the exam
 Make the past simple negative
6. (they / not / cook at the weekend)
They didn't cook at the weekend.
7. (Lucy / not / meet her friends last week)
Lucy didn't meet her friends last week
8. (I / not / stay at home)
I didn't stay at home
9. (you / not / do your homework)
You didn't do your homework
10. (John / not / work in the bank at the same time as me)
John didn't work in the bank at the same time as me
 INTERROGATIVE FORM
Wh- + aux + subject + verb + complement + ?

did base form

I – you – he – she – it – we – they

 Write these questions in past
1. Does she buy the newspaper in the shop over there?
Did she buy the newspaper in the shop over there?
2. Do they do their homework in the evening?
Did they do their homework in the evening?
3. Do they have a good holiday?
Did they have a good holiday?
4. Do they find any animal in the forest?
Did they find any animal in the forest?
5. Is it dark when she gets up in the morning?
Did it dark when she gets up in the morrning?
Write questions in the past with these
words
1. when / study English / you
Did you when study english?
2. what / do / yesterday / she
Did she what do yesterday?
3. like / the film / he
Did he like the film?
4. live / in Paris / your parents
Did your parents live in Paris?
5. walk / down / the road / they
Did they walk down the road?
 Write the questions for these answers

1. Where did you go yesterday? I went to the park

2. What did your time friend arrive? My friend arrived at five o´clock

3. What did he say? He said “hello!”

4. What time did the movie start? The film started at seven.

5. What did you do? We went on a excursion.

6. Who did you visit? She visited her aunt.

7. Where did your grandparents live? My grandparents lived in Italy

 Put the verbs into the simple past
Last year I went (go)  to England on holiday.

It was (be) fantastic. I visited (visit) lots of interesting places. I

was (be) with two friends of mine. In the mornings we walked
(walk)  in the streets of London. In the evenings we went
(go)  to pubs.

The weather was (be)  strangely fine. It did not rain (not /

rain)  a lot. But we saw (see)  some beautiful rainbows.

Where your spent (spend / you)  your last holiday?

My mother made (make) a delicious cake yesterday.

I slept (sleep)on the sofa after dinner last night.

The baby did not wake (not - wake) up early yesterday morning.

I read (read) all the books the teacher asked me last month.

Paul did not meet (not - meet) Susan at the park yesterday.

Elvis became (become) a famous singer in 1954.

He sang (sing) "That's all right mamma" on the radio.

J.K. Rowling wrote (write) "Harry Potter”

Helen did not found (not - find)  her pens under the bed.