The document provides examples and exercises for using verbs in the past simple tense in English. It discusses how regular verbs are made past by adding "-ed" and irregular verb forms. Examples are given of affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences using the past simple. Exercises then provide blanks to be filled in with the past simple form of verbs to complete sentences and questions about actions in the past.

1. RegularverbsformthePastSimple
byadding–edtotheinfinitive.
talk–talked
Verbsendinginaconsonant+-yand
add-ied.
cry–cried
Irregularverbshavedifferentforms.
Give–gave
do-did
RegularverbsformthePastSimple
byadding–edtotheinfinitive.
talk–talked
Verbsendinginaconsonant+-yand
add-ied.
cry–cried
Irregularverbshavedifferentforms.
Give–gave
do-did
FormForm
WeusethePastSimpletotalkaboutactionswhich
happenedatsomepointinthepast.Itoccurswith:ago,
yesterday,lastweek/month/year.
Affirmative:
AnnandherparentswenttoFrancetwoyearsago.
Yesterdayhecalledhisgirlfriend.
LastweekMarkranghisfamily.
Negative:
Shedidn’tgotoLisbon.
Interrogative:
DidAnngotoFrance?
WeusethePastSimpletotalkaboutactionswhich
happenedatsomepointinthepast.Itoccurswith:ago,
yesterday,lastweek/month/year.
Affirmative:
AnnandherparentswenttoFrancetwoyearsago.
Yesterdayhecalledhisgirlfriend.
LastweekMarkranghisfamily.
Negative:
Shedidn’tgotoLisbon.
Interrogative:
DidAnngotoFrance?
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2. 1. Write the verbs in the past simple:
• Walk __________
• Hate __________
• Try __________
• Love __________
• Want __________
• Start __________
• Study __________
• Wash __________
• Watch __________
• Have __________
2. Complete the sentences.

3. • Dad ____________ ( work) last Sunday.
• We ____________ (play) football after school yesterday.
• I ____________ (watch) a goof film last night.
• My friend and I ____________ (try) skating for the first time yesterday.
• Mary ____________ (play) the guitar for an hour this morning.
• I ____________ (stay) at my friend’s house last week.
3. Complete the sentences.
• Mary ____________ (go) shopping in Lisbon yesterday.
• Ann ____________ (wear) her new jeans on Tuesday.
• They ____________ (take) their books to school.
• My grandparents ____________ (come) to our house for lunch last Sunday.
• Peter ____________ (buy) some souvenirs for his sister.
4. Write the following sentences in the interrogative form using the past simple. Follow
the example:

4. The tennis match / why / lose / he – why did he lose the tennis match?
• His / book / friend / buy / where / that
• __________________________________________________
• Mary / why / to / yesterday / school / not go
• __________________________________________________
• Have / she / what / breakfast / for
• __________________________________________________
• At / study / Oxford / they
• __________________________________________________
5. Write the negative form of the following sentences.
• Carol wrote a letter to her best friend.
• __________________________________________________
• She lost her keys in the supermarket.

5. • __________________________________________________
• They went to the beach with her parents.
• __________________________________________________
• Mary bought all her books in the bookshop.
• __________________________________________________
• The artists sang beautifully in the concert.
• __________________________________________________
• He was very anxious about the results of her exam.
• __________________________________________________
• Their parents gave them a dog as a birthday present.
• __________________________________________________

6. • __________________________________________________
• They went to the beach with her parents.
• __________________________________________________
• Mary bought all her books in the bookshop.
• __________________________________________________
• The artists sang beautifully in the concert.
• __________________________________________________
• He was very anxious about the results of her exam.
• __________________________________________________
• Their parents gave them a dog as a birthday present.
• __________________________________________________