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CCAA CAMBU EXTRA MATERIAL 1
Past Simple
The Past Simple
Regular verbs:
The rule is the following:
Verb + ed
Examples:
The infinitive The Past Simple
live lived
die died
visit visited
play played
marry married
Irregular verbs:
There is no rule for these verbs. You should learn them by
heart.
The infinitive The Past Simple
write wrote
come came
do did
meet met
speak spoke
The forms of the Past Simple:
Affirmative:
I, you, he, she, it, we, they
played
wrote
did.
Examples:
I played tennis with my friends yesterday.
I finished lunch and I did my homework.
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CCAA CAMBU EXTRA MATERIAL 2
Past Simple
Interrogative:
Did I, you, he, she, it, we, they
play?
write?
do?
Examples:
Did you play basketball yesterday?
Did you watch television?
Did you do the homework?
Negative:
I, you, he, she, it, we, they did not/didn't
play
write
do
Examples:
I didn't like the food in the wedding last Saturday.
I didn't eat it.
The spelling of the Past Simple (-ed form)
Verbs ending in a...
1. Silent e 2. Vowel + y 3. Consonant + y 4. Other forms
close = closed die = died
phone = phoned
play = played
destroy = destroyed
show = showed
marry = married carry = carried study = studied
visit = visited miss = missed
watch = watched finish = finished
fix = fixed buzz = buzzed
Here are the rules:
1. Regular verbs ending in a silent e take /-d/ in the Past
Simple.
2. Regular verbs ending in a vowel + y take /-ed/ in the Past
Simple.
3. Regular verbs ending in a consonant + y take /-ied/ in the
Past Simple
4. All the other regular verbs take /-ed/ in the Past
Simple.
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CCAA CAMBU EXTRA MATERIAL 3
Past Simple
Special cases of the -ed forms:
Follow these rules when there is a consonant after a vowel
If there is a consonant after a stressed vowel at the end of the
word, double
the consonant:
stop stopped, ban banned, swap swapped
If the vowel is not stressed, we do not double it:
open opened, offer offered
In British English we double the last l even though the last
vowel is not stressed.
Here are some examples:
travel - travelled
cancel - cancelled
level levelled
Exercises
Put the verbs into the simple past:
1. Last year I (go) _________________ to England on holiday.
2. It (be) _________________ fantastic.
3. I (visit) _________________ lots of interesting places. I
(be) _________________ with two
friends of mine.
4. In the mornings we (walk) _________________ in the streets of
London.
5. In the evenings we (go) _________________ to pubs.
6. The weather (be) _________________ strangely fine.
7. It (not / rain) _________________ a lot.
8. But we (see) _________________ some beautiful rainbows.
9. Where (spend / you) _________________ your last holiday?
Write the past forms of the irregular verbs.
Infinitive Simple Past
1. meet
2. drive
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CCAA CAMBU EXTRA MATERIAL 4
Past Simple
3. speak
4. put
5. write
6. sing
7. do
8. sit
9. stand
10. run
Complete the table in simple past.
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
He wrote a book.
He did not sing
Was she pretty?
Put the sentences into simple past.
1. We move to a new house.
2. They bring a sandwich.
3. He doesn't do the homework.
4. They sell cars.
5. Does he visit his friends?
Write sentences in simple past.
1. Janet / miss / the bus
2. she / tidy / her room
3. Nancy / watch / not / television
4. she / read / a book
