The document describes how to form and use the past simple tense in English. It provides examples of regular and irregular verb forms in the past simple, such as "talk/talked" and "be/was." It also gives examples of affirmative and negative sentences using the past simple. Finally, it includes an exercise asking about someone's holidays using questions formed in the past simple tense.

2. We also use the Past Simple to describe:
 something that happened regularly or
continually in the past
They always visited parks and gardens.
 a situation that existed in the past over a
period of time, not just at one fixed moment.
He didn't like walking the dog.

3. We form the Past Simple of most regular
verbs by adding -ed to the infinitive.
 look looked
 talk talked
Note the spelling changes:
 like liked
 try tried
 stop stopped

4. INFINITIVE SIMPLE PAST
BE WAS / WERE
BECOME BECAME
BEGIN BEGAN
BREAK BROKE
BRING BROUGHT
BUY BOUGHT
CAN COULD
COME CAME
CUT CUT
DO DID
DREAM DREAMT

5. INFINITIVE SIMPLE PAST
HEAR HEARD
KEEP KEPT
KNOW KNEW
LEAVE LEFT
LET LET
LOSE LOST
MAKE MADE
MEAN MEANT
MEET MET
PAY PAID
PUT PUT

6. INFINITIVE SIMPLE PAST INFINITIVE SIMPLE PAST
DRINK DRANK READ READ
DRIVE DROVE RIDE ROAD
EAT ATE RING RANG
FALL FELL RUN RAN
FEEL FELT SAY SAID
FIND FOUND SEE SAW
FLY FLEW SING SANG
FORGET FORGOT SWIM SWAM
GET GOT TAKE TOOK
GO WENT TELL TOLD
HAVE HAD THINK THOUGHT

7. AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
I liked I didn`t like him
She went She didn`t go with her mother
We had We didn`t have enough time

8. Find the Past Simple of the following
verbs:
INFINITIVE SIMPLE PAST INFINITIVE SIMPLE PAST
WORK COME
WALK SPEAK
TALK SEE
CLEAN DO
LIVE GO
WASH SWIM

9.  play  meet your  listen to
volleyball friends music
 build  stay at  tidy your
sandcastles home room
 eat ice  visit your  work hard
creams grandma  watch TV
 go fishing  study hard  play
 go to the  go shopping computer
beach  read books games

10. e.g: We went to the beach
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11. Ask your friend about his holidays. Complete the
questions.
A: Did ____________________________________________?
B: Yes. It was a beautiful place.
A: When __________________________________________?
B: I arrived back last Sunday.
A: Where _________________________________________?
B: We stayed at a hotel for a week.
A: How often ______________________________________?
B: It didn't rain at all.
A: Did____________________________________________?
B: No, we didn't rent any car. It was too expensive.