The SIMPLE PAST

introduction
The Simple Past

Use the Simple Past to talk about finished

actions in the past.

My sister worked in a hospital.

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Affirmative Form

For regular verbs, the Simple Past

affirmative is infinitive + -ed:

I
You
We
They worked

He
She
It
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Other regular verbs:

listen –> listened

Yesterday, I listened to music in the morning.

wait –> waited

He waited 10 minutes for the bus.

work –> worked

Last night she worked until 10:00 PM.
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Other regular verbs:

call –> called

When you called me an hour ago, I was in
class.

remember –> remembered

We remembered everything we learned in
English class.

watch — > watched

They watched the movie last weekend.
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Special Case 1

If the verb ends in -e, then just add -d

• like –> liked

• arrive –> arrived
• change –> changed
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Special Case 2

Verbs that end in consonant + -y, we

remove the -y and add -ied.

• I studyed English for two years when I

was a child.
• I studied English for two years when I
was a child.

Other verbs in this category: cry, fly, try.

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Special Case 3

Special Case 3

Verbs that end in consonant + vowel +

consonant, double the final consonant:

I stoped smoking.
I stopped smoking.
Now let’s have some practice!
Simple Past Quiz

Question 1

My brother _______ to college in New York.

a) attendded

b) attended

c) attendied
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Question 2

I ___________ to play tennis.

a) likd

b) likked

c) liked
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Question 3

My friends ____________ to school every day.

a) walked

b) walkd

c) walkked
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Question 4

Peter _________ to the news on the radio

this morning.

a) listenned

b) listened

c) lisend
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Question 5

Clara and Robert _____________ English at night.

a) studyd

b) studyed

c) studied
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Question 6

The baby __________ because he was

hungry.

a) cried

b) cryd

c) cryed
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Question 7

Your apartment __________ very nice!

a) looked

b) lookd

c) lookked
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Question 8

We _________ our house every Sunday.

a) cleanned

b) cleaned

c) cleand
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Question 9

Joe ________ the kitchen sink.

a) fixxed

b) fixed

c) fixd
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Question 10

Karen and Susan ___________ the dishes.

a) washed

b) washd

c) washhed
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