Past simple revision

HOW TO FORM THE PAST SIMPLE

• regular verbs: dance, play, walk,…

• irregular verbs: eat, swim, drive,…

They are only different in the affirmative(+) form.

I typed He swam They had

AFFIRMATIVE: REGULAR• To form the past simple we add –ED to the infinitive.

• All persons have the same form:I/ you/ we/ they/ walk+edHe she/ it play+ed

• Spelling changes❑ Verbs ending in cons-y →ied

I study → I studied❑Monosyllables verbs (Consonant/Verb/Consonant) →

double the consonantHe stops → He stopped

❑ Verbs ending in –e → dShe dances → She danced

AFFIRMATIVE: IRREGULAR

• Irregular verbs don’t have a fixed pattern.

• You must learn irregular verbs by heart.

(look at the list at the end of the PDF)

I run → I ran

He drives → He drove

They fly → They flew

• Be careful: most of the verbs we often use are irregular.

USES OF THE PAST SIMPLE• We use the past simple to talk about:

completed actions in the past

• Time references:

yesterday, in 2011,…

last month, day, year, summer…

I saw Paul yesterday

Diana played tennis last Friday

Task 1 - YOUR TURN NOW

▪ Look at the pictures.

▪ Write affirmative sentences using the pastsimple in your books (regular orirregular).

▪ Check your answers (answers are at theend of the PDF).

Pete/ borrow

The children/ visit

Mum/ make

Sue / swim

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC

Jim/ vote

Tom/ run

Jane/ eat / spaghetti

He / find / gold

The pigs/ dance

She/ wear/ dress

Carl/ sign/ contract

They/ play/ drums

Tim/ do/ homework

Task 2 - Fill in the blanks with the pastsimple:

1. Tim ……………… at half past seven (get up)

2. Gina ……………… French last year (study)

3. Carol ……………… a shower yesterday (have)

4. The boys ……………… football (play)

5. It ……………… cold last Sunday (be)

6. The bus ……………… late (arrive)

7. Dad ……………….. a fantastic laptop (buy)

8. John …………………. his parents (phone)

9. Terry ………………… home last week (come)

Task 3 - Answer the questions about you. Write sentences in your book.

1. Where are you now?

2. Where were you yesterday?

3. How old are you this year?

4. How old were you last year?

5. How is the weather today?

6. How was the weather yesterday?

PAST FORM OF VERB ‘TO BE’(permanent situations)

WASWERE

I was 35 years old last year.I was in Greece 8 years ago.Her hair was short last year.They were at home yesterday.

Time phrases in past simple

tense

• Yesterday• Last week /month / year /

Monday / April / summer

• A minute ago / ten minutes ago / two days ago / 8 years ago…

1- My grandparents are in the garden.

My grandparents were in the garden two hours ago.

2- Elizabeth is in the bathroom.

……………………………………………………………………

3- Jack and Nicholas are in the classroom.

……………………………………………………………………

4- We are late again.

…………………………………………………………………

5- They are in the garage.

…………………………………………………………………

6- The cat is under the car.

…………………………………………………………………

7- I am very hungry.

…………………………………………………………………

8- Sarah is at work.

…………………………………………………………………

9- Jane and Kate are at school.

…………………………………………………………………

10- Martin is ill in bed.

…………………………………………………………………

Task 4 - In your books, rewrite the sentences in the past simple

using a time phrase.

Task 5 - Make questions (Yes – No Question)

1- your room – comfortable ?Was your room comfortable ?2- The weather – nice ?3- The streets – full of people ?4- The shops – expensive ?5- The city – exciting at night ?6- The museums – interesting ?7- The people - friendly ?8- Your flight – tiring ?

Task 6- Fıll ın the blanks usıng was-were, am-ıs-are or negatıve forms

1. Where ……. you yesterday? You ….. at school.2. I ….. very ill. I don’t want to go to school.3. Yesterday …… Friday, so today ….. Saturday.4. Hayley ……. born in 1982.5. Close the window, please. It ….. very cold.6. I don’t eat meat. I …….a vegetarian.7. The children ……in their room upstairs. They

…….. listening to the music.8. There ……. a great film on TV last night.

1. He____________ (drink) some milk.2. He ____________(say) goodbye to his mother.3. They___________(catch ) the bus to school.4. He____________ (have) a test.5. They___________(draw) in the Art lesson.6. He____________ (meet) Daisy.7. She ___________(answer) some emails.8.He ____________(make) some research.9. He ___________(play) basketball.10. He __________(get) an A in the English test.11. He __________(take) his dog to the park.12. He___________(sell) orange juice in the park .13. He___________(write) a letter to his grandparents.14. They __________(go) to the concert.15. They __________(read) the newspaper.

Task 7 - Write the sentences in your books with the past form of the verb in brackets.

Present Form Past Form

Answer Answered

Ask Asked

Brush Brushed

Comb Combed

Count Counted

Carry Carried

Study Studied

Tidy Tidied

Decide Decided

Hope Hoped

Like Liked

Move Moved

Close Closed

Prefer Preferred

REGULAR VERBS

Present Past simple Past participle

Be(am-is-are) Was-Were Been

Begin Began Begun

Break Broke Broken

Come Came Come

Drive Drove Driven

Drink Drank Drunk

Eat Ate Eaten

Fly Flew Flown

Go Went Gone

Have Had Had

Hear Heart Heart

Know Knew Known

Leave Left Left

Lose Lost Lost

Read Read Read

See Saw Seen

Swim Swam Swum

Take Took Taken

Tell Told Told

Write Wrote Written

IRREGULAR VERBS

Task 1 - Answers1. Pete borrowed a book.

2. The children visited their grandparents.

3. Mum made pancakes.

4. Sue swam.

5. Jim voted.

6. Tom ran.

7. Janet ate spaghetti.

8. He found gold.

9. The pigs danced.

10. She wore a dress.

11. Carl signed a contract.

12. They played the drums.

13. Tim did his homework.

Task 2 - Answers

1. Tim got up at half past seven. 2. Gina studied French last year.3. Carol had a shower yesterday.4. The boys played football.5. It was cold last Sunday.6. The bus arrived late.7. Dad bought a fantastic laptop.8. John phoned his parents.9. Terry came home last week.

1- My grandparents are in the garden.

My grandparents were in the garden two hours ago.

2- Elizabeth is in the bathroom.

Elizabeth was in the bathroom …...

3- Jack and Nicholas are in the classroom.

Jack and Nicholas were in the classroom …...

4- We are late again.

We were late again ……

5- They are in the garage.

They were in the garage ......

6- The cat is under the car.

The cat was under the car …….

7- I am very hungry.

I was very hungry ….

8- Sarah is at work.

Sarah was at work …….

9- Jane and Kate are at school.

Jane and Kate were at school ………

10- Martin is ill in bed.

Martin was ill in bed .......

Task 4 - Answers

Task 5 - Answers1- your room – comfortable ?Was your room comfortable ?2- The weather – nice ?Was the weather nice?3- The streets – full of people ?Were the streets full of people?4- The shops – expensive ?Were the shops expensive?5- The city – exciting at night ?Was the city exciting at night?6- The museums – interesting ?Were the museums interesting?7- The people - friendly ?Were the people friendly?8- Your flight – tiring ?Was your flight tiring?

Task 6- Answers

1. Where were you yesterday? You were at school.

2. I am very ill. I don’t want to go to school.3. Yesterday was Friday, so today is

Saturday.4. Hayley was born in 1982.5. Close the window, please. It is very cold.6. I don’t eat meat. I am a vegetarian.7. The children are in their room upstairs.

Theyare listening to the music.

8. There was a great film on TV last night.

1. He____drank______ (drink) some milk.2. He _______saıd_____(say) goodbye to his mother.3. They_____caught____(catch ) the bus to school.4. He_______had____ (have) a test.5. They______drew_____(draw) in the Art lesson.6. He______met____ (meet) Daisy.7. She _____answered______(answer) some emails.8.He _____made_____(make) some research.9. He ______played___(play) basketball.10. He ____got_____(get) an A in the English test.11. He ______took____(take) his dog to the park.12. He_____sold____(sell) orange juice in the park .13. He_____wrote____(write) a letter to his grandparents.14. They _____went_____(go) to the concert.15. They _____read____(read) the newspaper.

Task 7 - Answers