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The Past Simple Tense Grammar

The document provides a comprehensive overview of the past simple tense in English, including affirmative and negative forms, as well as examples of regular and irregular verbs. It includes exercises for practicing the past simple tense, along with time expressions commonly used with this tense. Additionally, it offers possible questions and answers related to the past simple for further practice.

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The Past Simple Tense Grammar

The document provides a comprehensive overview of the past simple tense in English, including affirmative and negative forms, as well as examples of regular and irregular verbs. It includes exercises for practicing the past simple tense, along with time expressions commonly used with this tense. Additionally, it offers possible questions and answers related to the past simple for further practice.

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THE PAST SIMPLE

TENSE
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE (DID NOT)
I WENT* I DIDN’T GO

HE STUDIED HE DIDN’T STUDY

SHE PLAYED SHE DIDN’T PLAY

IT RAINED IT DIDN’T RAIN

WE ATE* WE DIDN’T EAT

YOU WROTE * YOU DIDN’T WRITE

THEY WANTED THEY DIDN’T WANT

* IRREGULAR VERBS
PAST VERBS ( V2)

REGULAR VERBS IRREGULAR VERBS


PRESENT PAST PRESENT PAST
WORK – STUDY - CRY WORKED – STUDIED - CRIED DO – GO – HAVE DID – WENT – HAD

WALK – ASK - ANSWER WALKED – ASKED - ANSWERED COME – GET – LET CAME – GOT – LET

LIKE – LOVE - HATE LIKED – LOVED – HATED EAT – DRINK – SLEEP ATE – DRANK – SLEPT

OPEN – CLOSE - TURN OPENED – CLOSED – TURNED TAKE – TELL – THINK TOOK – TOLD – THOUGHT

PULL – PUSH - LIFT PULLED – PUSHED – LIFTED UNDERSTAND – KNOW UNDEERSTOOD – KNEW

LIVE – WISH - WANT LIVED – WISHED – WANTED WIN – LOSE – SET WON – LOST – SET

JUMP – KICK – DROP JUMPED – KICKED – DROPPED READ – WRITE - TEACH READ – WROTE – TAUGHT

TALK – EXPLAIN - LISTEN TALKED – EXPLAINED - LISTENED BUY – SELL - PAY BOUGHT – SOLD - PAID
The verb be (am / is / are)

present
am
past
is
was
are
were
Fill in the gaps with the right form of the verbs in brackets.

1) They (visit) their grandma last Monday.


2) I (study) for the exam last weeekend.
3) At the age of 23, she ___ (finish) university.
4) I (live) in Aydın when I was a child.
5) Peter (not / call) me yesterday.
6) We (love) the film.
7) Shelly (not/invite) us to her birthday party.
8) The children __(listen) to the tale carefully.
9) We (walk) to work this morning.
Fill in the gaps with the right form of the verbs in brackets

1)They (visit) their grandma last Monday.


2)I (study) for the exam last weeekend.
3)At the age of 23, she ___ (finish) university.
4)I (live) in Aydın when I was a child.
5)Peter (not / call) me yesterday.
6)We (love) the film.
7)Shelly (not/invite) us to her birthday party.
8)The children __(listen) to the tale carefully.
9)We (walk) to work this morning.
Fill in the gaps with the right form of the verbs in brackets

1) They (swim) 500m yesterday afternoon.


2) I (give) my mother a CD for her birthday.
3) At the age of 26, she (become) a doctor.
4) I (know) the answer yesterday.
5) Peter (not/tell) me that he lived in New York.
6) We (lend) John €200.
7) She (drink) too much coffee yesterday.
8) The children (sleep) in the car.
9) He (not/keep) his promise.
10) We (choose) the steak for dinner.
11) The film (begin) late.
12) They (not/fly) to Madrid. They _____(go) by car.
13) We (drive) to Edinburgh.
14) Mrs. Black (teach) English at the University.
15) They (send) me an e-mail earlier.
16) We (leave) at 7 a.m..
They swam (swim) 500m yesterday afternoon.
I gave (give) my mother a CD for her birthday.
At the age of 23, she became (become) a teacher.
I knew (know) the answer yesterday.
Peter didn’t tell (tell) me that he lived in New York. ***
We lent (lend) John €200.
She drank (drink) too much coffee yesterday.
The children slept (sleep) in the car.
He didn’t keep (keep) his promise. ***
We chose (choose) the steak for dinner.
The film began (begin) late.
They didn’t fly (fly) to Madrid. ***
We drove (drive) to Edinburgh.
Mrs. Black taught (teach) English at the University.
They sent (send) me an e-mail earlier.
We left (leave) at 7 a.m..
PLAY
GO
I SLEEP
HE WORK

?
LIKE
SHE WATCH
IT BRING
WE SEE
HEAR
YOU LEARN
THEY WRITE
EAT
POSSIBLE ANSWERS

• Did you like the film? • Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t.


• Did she study biology at university? • Yes, did. / No,she didn’t.
• Did I tell you about my last summer holiday? • Yes, you did. / No, you didn’t.
• Did he play the guitar at the concert? • Yes, he did. / No, he didn’t.
• Did we learn this subject last year? • Yes, we did. / No, we didn’t.
• Did it rain a lot last winter? • Yes, it did. / No, it didn’t.
• Did they go to the party last Saturday? • Yes,they did. / No,they didn’t.
WHAT
WHEN
WHERE I
WHICH HE
WHAT TIME
VERB ?
SHE
WHO IT
WHY WE
HOW YOU
HOW OLD THEY
HOW LONG
HOW MUCH
• What did you watch on tv last night? I watched a documentary last night.
• Where did they go? They went to the park.
• How did she play at the game? She played really well.
• When did he get up yesterday ? He got up at 9.
• Why did we buy this rusty car? Because we didn’t have so much money.
• Which language did you learn at I learned German when I was at school.
school?
• How much did you pay for it? I paid €200 for it.
• How long did it take to get to the It took 15 minutes.
town centre?
NEW YEAR’S EVE WEEK
SUMMER NIGHT LAST WEEK
WEEKEND SATURDAY NIGHT LAST SEPTEMBER
LAST NIGHT
LAST YEAR
LAST MONDAY

LAST
LAST WEEKEND
LAST MONTH
FRIDAY YEAR LAST CHRISTMAS
AUGUST MONTH
2 HOURS AGO
10 MINUTES AGO
5 YEARS AGO
2 WEEKS AGO
3 DAYS AGO

AGO A MINUTE AGO


HALF AN HOUR AGO
(30 MINUTES AGO)
YESTERDAY
YESTERDAY MORNING
YESTERDAY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
YESTERDAY EVENING
AT MIDNIGHT YESTERDAY
THE OTHER DAY

YESTERDAY NIGHT
WHEN
• WHEN I SAW HER
• WHILE SHE WAS SLEEPING
WHILE • WHEN HE WAS 5 YEARS OLD
• WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD
• WHILE THEY WERE
AS WATCHING TV
• AS HE CAME
EXAMPLES OF TIME EXPRESSIONS
• They got up late yesterday morning.
• Yesterday, it rained a lot.
• I watched a really nice film on the net last night.
• We went to our friends’ wedding ceremony last Sunday.
• She called me an hour ago.
• We came across the other day.
• 40 years ago, people didn’t use mobile phones.
• Rock music was very popular in the 80s (eighties).
• I played football every weekend when I was at university.
• While she was sleeping, her sister ate all the cookies.
• His wife and son were playing a word game as he came home.
• ask – asked • show – showed
• watch – watched • sew – sewed
• love – loved • say – said
• live – lived • pay – paid
• hate – hated • cut – cut
• found – founded • let – let
• cry – cried • put – put
• study – studied • wake – woke
• play – played • learn – learned /learnt
• enjoy – enjoyed • swell – swelled
• travel – travelled • spill – spilled / spilt
• ban – banned • spell – spelled/spelt
Exercises
1. _____ your brother _______ (like) Jack’s sister?
Yes, he _____ .
2. _____ you (finish) your meal?
No, I ______ .
3. What _____ she ______ (tell) you?
She ________ me about her last holiday.
4. How much _____ you ______ (pay) for that book?
I _______ €10.
5. Where _______ (be) you last night?
I ______ (be) at home.

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