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Past Simple

Past Simple

Positive:
I / you / he / she / it / we / they       worked yesterday .
Negative:
I / you / he / she / it / we / they didn’t work yesterday.
Question:
Did    I / you / he / she / it / we / they   work yesterday .

How to form the past simple for regular verbs:

Verb                                Past                                 Spelling
listen                                listened                            Add -ed
play                                  played

like                                  liked                                    Add -d
decide                            decided

stop                               stopped            One vowel + one consonant = double the final consonant and add -ed

study                           studied              One consonant + y  ==> -ied
try                                tried

In past simple negative and questions, do not add -ed:
• Mary didn’t liked the movie.
• Mary didn’t like the movie.
• Did you studied for the test?
• Did you study for the test?

•  He didn’t listen to the teacher’s instructions.
• They didn’t want to join us for coffee.
• Jill didn’t stay in a hotel last summer.

1- Write the past simple of these verbs.

Argue                             

 Begin                                 

 arrive                                                               

ask                           

 buy                                                                       

can                         

choose                                                                               

eat                               

feel                                                                                     

invite                                 

rent                                                                                         

say                                  

 stay                                                                                     

study                         

2 Complete the text with the past simple form of verbs from the list below : arrive- ask -book -cannot -decide -go (x2)- look -take -want

Four years ago, we                      to go away for the weekend. we                    to go to Portugal , so we                     a beautiful apartment online. A week later, we                         a taxi to the airport. We               at the airport at two o'clock, and we                  to check-in.

The woman at the desk              us for our passports.

We         in our bags and in our coat pockets, but we             find them. So, we               home again it! was a miserable weekend.

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