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We Use The Past Simple To Talk About Finished Actions in The Past

This document discusses the past simple tense in English. It provides examples of using the past simple to talk about finished actions in the past for regular and irregular verbs. It then gives a table with common regular and irregular verbs in their infinitive and past simple forms. The rest of the document provides exercises for learners to practice using regular and irregular past simple verbs in affirmative and negative sentences, as well as questions and short answers.

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We Use The Past Simple To Talk About Finished Actions in The Past

This document discusses the past simple tense in English. It provides examples of using the past simple to talk about finished actions in the past for regular and irregular verbs. It then gives a table with common regular and irregular verbs in their infinitive and past simple forms. The rest of the document provides exercises for learners to practice using regular and irregular past simple verbs in affirmative and negative sentences, as well as questions and short answers.

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

AFFIRMATIVE
I went
You went
He went
She went
It went
We went
You went
They went

NEGATIVE
I didnt go
You didnt go
He didnt go
She didnt go
It didnt go
We didnt go
You didnt go
They didnt go

QUESTION
Did I go?
Did you go?
Did he go?
Did she go?
Did it go?
Did we go?
Did you go ?
Did they go?

SHORT ANSWERS
Yes, I did
No, you didnt
Yes, he did
No, she didnt
Yes, it did
No, it didnt
Yes, you did
No, they didnt

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. Thats 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

A) Write these verbs in the past simple:

Infinitive
To be
To come
To cut
To eat
To drink
To feel
To go
To write
To read
To see
To leave
To sit
To sleep
To think
To know
To give
To tell
To throw

Past simple
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B) Fill in the blanks with the missing verb in the past simple.
Yesterday Mary _________ (go) to the concert.
Last night _________ (not/be) cold, but it _________(be) rainy.
Last Tuesday morning my friends _________(bring) the car.
Last weekend we _________(not/go back) on foot.
Mark and Sue _________(do) their homework after lunch.
My friends _________(come) over after dinner.
The teacher _________(know) them and _________ (be) very happy.

C) Build sentences with the words given and put the verbs in the past simple.

easy / test / the / be _____________________________________________________


home / 11 oclock / at / they / come ________________________________________
cinema / the / we / last night / go __________________________________________
book / of the / they / know / the story _____________________________________
washing up / do / my mother / the ________________________________________

D) Make the sentences negative

Mary told me the test was easy.


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They went to Lisbon by car.
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The rabbis grew fast.
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I found my book under the bed.
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He wrote me a letter last week.
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She caught the bus at the bus station.
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I did my homework after lunch.
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E) Make questions for these statements and write answers:

I saw a big cat.


______________________________________________________________?
Yes, __________________________________________________________.
Mark went to London last summer.
______________________________________________________________?
No, __________________________________________________________.
Carl and Mark forgot their books.
______________________________________________________________?
Yes, __________________________________________________________.
My cat drank a bowl of milk.
______________________________________________________________?
No, __________________________________________________________.
The bus left at 10 oclock
______________________________________________________________?
Yes, __________________________________________________________.
Susan got the best marks at her school.
______________________________________________________________?
No, __________________________________________________________.

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