1-Action that started and finished in the past: I met my friend yesterday.. 2- Actions that happened one after the other in the past: He opened the door, switched on the light and fed
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Teacher: Did you father
help you with your homework?
Student: No, he did it all by himself. FORMS USE TIME PHRASES A: I worked /went He/she/it worked/went You/we/they worked/went N: I did not (didn’t) work_/go He/she/it did not (didn’t) work_/go You/we/they did not (didn’t) work_/go. Q: Did I work_/go? Did he/she/it work_/go? Did you/we/they work_/go? 1-Action that started and finished in the past:
I met my friend yesterday
Did you go to the seaside last summer?
2- Actions that happened one after the other in the past:
He opened the door, switched on the light and fed his cat 3- Action taking place in the middle of another (longer) action:
He fell asleep while the teacher was explaining new grammar rules yesterday, 2 minutes/ hours/days/years ago,
in 1970,
the other day,
last month/year/
week/ Sunday
Regular verbs + ed : worked, played,
Irregular verbs – II column: went, ate ! GRAMMAR-GUIDE LET’S REVISE PAST SIMPLE! He bought a new car two months ago Where were you last night? A: N: Q: I/he/she was not (wasn’t) at home yesterday You/we/they were not (weren’t) at home yesterday I/he/she/it was at home yesterday You/we/ they were at home yesterday Was I/he/she/it at home yesterday? Were you/we/they at home yesterday? PASR SIMPLE OF TO BE ! 1 If a verb ends in a vowel + y
no changes: play – played stay – stayed 2 If a verb ends in a consonant + y,
the y changes to i before the ending –ed: hurry - hurried study - studied 3 If a verb ends in –e, we add –d:
dance - danced 4 If a verb ends in vowel + consonant we double the consonant and if the verb has more than one syllable we double the consonant only if the final syllable is stressed: stop – stopped permit - permitted 1 If a verb ends in a vowel + y
no changes: play – played stay – stayed 2 If a verb ends in a consonant + y,
the y changes to i before the ending –ed: hurry - hurried study - studied 3 If a verb ends in –e, we add –d:
dance - danced 4 If a verb ends in vowel + consonant we double the consonant and if the verb has more than one syllable we double the consonant only if the final syllable is stressed: stop – stopped permit - permitted SPELLING OF - ED
(REGULAR VERBS) ! REMEMBER! die – died
travel - travelled REMEMBER! die – died travel - travelled
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PRACTICE TIME!
smile - ………… cry -
……
tie - ………… worry-
………… tidy - ……… drop
- ………… like - …………
visit - ………… prefer -
………… stay - ………… rub
- ………… finish - …………
travel - ………… clap -
………….
of these regular verbs:
1.Write the past simple form
of these regular verbs:
2 Fill in the gaps with the missing forms of these irregular verbs:
2 Fill in the gaps with the missing forms of these irregular verbs:
InfinitivePast SimpleInfinitivePast Simplewentcostflythoughtbuyreadgotfall
speakmadewritemeet
3.Match the use of Past Simple with the sentences:
3.Match the use of Past Simple with the sentences:
A: Action that started and finished in the past; B: Actions that happened one after the other in the past; C:Action that took place in the middle of another (longer)action
1.Our family moved to this flat last year A
2.The door opened and a new teacher came into
the class ……
3.He was very afraid of dogs when he was a child
………
4 I was watching a terror film when someone with
a mysterious voice phoned ………
5 Christopher Columbus discovered America in
1492 ……….
6 Mother came into the room just when her
children were watching cartoons ……
7 There were some nice cafes here ten years ago
……….
8.She left the room and the baby burst out of
crying …….
9.While she was speaking on the phone, the dog
stole a piece of meat ……
4.Rewrite this text
in Past Simple:
4.Rewrite this text
in Past Simple:
Tom wakes up when it is already quite light He looks at his watch It is a quarter to seven Quick! He jumps out
of bed and runs to the bathroom He has just time to take a cold shower and drink a glass of tea with bread and butter He is in a hurry to catch the 8
am train At the railway station he meets his friend But he doesn’t have much time to chat with him He catches his train and it takes him forty minutes
to get to his work.
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William Shakespeare ………… (be) born in Stratford-on-Avon on April 23, 1564 He …………(go) to the local Stratford Grammar School, where he ………….(be) taught by Master Walter Roche Lessons
………… (begin) at six o'clock in the morning in the summer in order to make the most of daylight.
His father ……….(be) called John Shakespeare a Stratford upon Avon glove-maker He ………… (send) William to the local grammar school in 1571, but when William ……….(be) only 14 years old his fortunes
……….(fall) so low that William had to leave school Some historians say he ………… (work) in his
father's shop.
At the age of 19 William ………… ( marry) Anne Hathaway the daughter of a rich farmer near Stratford Three years later Shakespeare …………(go) to London How he ………… (live) there we do not know.
In about 1587 he ………… (become) a member of one of the few theatrical companies which …………
(exist) in those days Around 1590 he ……… (begin) to try his hand at writing plays There ……… (be) no female actors in those days, all the female parts ………….(be) played by boys It is thought that
he ……… (write) his first major play, Henry VI., Part One, in 1592.
His most famous play, Hamlet, ……… (be) probably first seen in 1601 at the Globe Theatre Shakespeare
………… (continue) to write about 2 plays a year.
He ………… (return) to Stratford in 1612, where he (live) the life of a country gentleman He …… (die)
of a fever on his birthday in 1616 From http://www.learnenglish.de/Games/Tenses/SimplePast.htm
with the right form of the verb in brackets:
5 Simple Past gap-fill exercise Fill in all the gaps,
with the right form of the verb in brackets: