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Past Simple Irregular

The document discusses the past simple tense in English. It provides examples of its use in affirmative and negative statements and questions, including short answers. It also notes that some verbs are irregular in the past simple form and their forms must be memorized. Examples of regular and irregular verb forms in the past simple are given.

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Past Simple Irregular

The document discusses the past simple tense in English. It provides examples of its use in affirmative and negative statements and questions, including short answers. It also notes that some verbs are irregular in the past simple form and their forms must be memorized. Examples of regular and irregular verb forms in the past simple are given.

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USES: We use the Past Simple to talk about finished actions in the past.

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION SHORT ANSWERS

I went I didn’t go Did I go? Yes, I did


You went You didn´t go Did you go? No, you didn´t
He went He didn´t go Did he go? Yes, he did
She went She didn´t go Did she go? No, she didn´t
It went It didn´t go Did it go? Yes, it did
We went We didn´t go Did we go? No, it didn´t
You went You didn´t go Did you go ? Yes, you did
They went They didn´t go Did they go? No, they didn´t

 Some verbs are called irregular because their form in the past simple is
considerably different from their infinitive form.
E.g.: go →went

 There is no rule to form the Past simple of Irregular verbs. That´s why
their form must be learnt by heart.

 The past simple of irregular verbs keeps the same form for every
person E.g.: I went, she went, they went…
Infinitive Past simple
To be _______________Was or were ____________
To come ____________Came _____________________
To cut _____________Cut_______________________________
To eat ___________Ate_________________________________
To drink ___________Drank_______________________________
To feel _____________Felt_______________________________
To go ___________Went_________________________________
To write ___________Wrote_________________________________
To read ___________Read_________________________________
To see ___________Saw_________________________________
To watch ____________Watched______________________________
To sit __
To sleep _____________Sat_______________________________
To think ______________Slept______________________________
To know _____________thought______________________________
To give _
To decide _____________knew_______________________________
To add ______________Gave______________________________
_____________Decided______________________________
_
Write these verbs in the past simple:
_______________Added_____________________________

Fill in the
 blanks with the
Yesterday Marymissing verb in the(go)
___went______ pasttosimple.
the concert.
 Last night _________ (not/be) cold, but it _________(be) rainy.
 easy / test / the / be ____The test was easy ________________________
 Last Tuesday morning my friends _________(bring) the car.
 home / 11 o´clock / at / they / come ____They came home at 11o clock ___________
 Last weekend we _did not go back ________(not/go back) on foot.
 cinema / they / last night / go / to the ________They went to the cinema last night ____
 Mark and Sue _did________(do) their homework after lunch.
 book / of the / they / know / the story ___They knew the history of the book ____
 My friends __came_______(come) over after dinner.
 washing up / do / my mother / the _____My mother did the wash up
 The teacher ___knew______(know) them and __was_______ (be) very happy.
________________________________
Build sentences with the words given and put the verbs in the past simple.
Make the sentences negative

 Mary told me the test was easy.


 ___Mary did not tell me the test was easy _______________________________________
 They went to Lisbon by car.
 ___They did not go to Lisbon by car ___________________________________________
 The rabbits grew fast.
 ___The rabbits did not grow fast ______________________________
 I found my book under the bed.
 ___I did not find my book under the bed _______________________
 He wrote me a letter last week.
 ____He did not write me a letter last week__________________
 She caught the bus at the bus station.
 ___She did not catch the bus at the bus station
 I did my homework after lunch.
 _I did not have my homework after lunch ___________________________________

Make questions for these statements and write answers:

 I saw a big cat.


 Did I see a big cat?
 Yes, _i did _____.
 Mark went to London last summer.
 __Did Mark go to London last summer_?
 No, __He didn’t________________________________________________________.
 Carl and Mark forgot their books.
 Did they forget their book?
 Yes, they did_______________________________________________________.
 My cat drank a bowl of milk.
 _Did my cat drink a bowl of milk_?
 No, It did not _________________________________________________________.
 The bus left at 10 o’clock
 ___Did the bus leave at 10 o clock_?
 Yes, __It did________________________________________________________.
 Susan got the best marks at her school.
 _Did Susan get the best marks at her school?
 No, she did not _________________________________________.

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