Instituto de Lnguas V.N.

de Famalico
Instituto Britnico
Worksheet

Regularverbs
Regular verbs

Interrogative
Negative
Affirmative Short answers
A
A
Affirmative
I watched I didntwatch
watch
I watched I didnt Yes, I did
You danced You didnt dance Did I watch?
You danced You didnt dance Did I watch? Yes, you did
He/she/itstopped
stopped She/he/ItItdidnt
didnt Didyou
youdance?
dance?
He/she/it She/he/ Did Yes, She/he/it
We studied stop Didshe/he/
she/he/ItItStop?
Stop?
We studied stop Did did.
Youpreferred
preferred We didntstudy
study Didwewestudy?
study?
You We didnt Did Yes, we did
Theycalled
called Youdidnt
didntprefer
prefer Did you prefer?
They You Did you prefer? Yes, you did.
Theydidnt
didntcall
call Didthey
theycall?
call? Yes, they did
They Did

We use the past simple to talk about situations and actions that happened and finished in the
past.
I cooked dinner yesterday. A
A
Negative
To form the past simple (affirmative) of regular verbs, add ed to the base form of the verb. No, I didnt
Watch watched No, you didnt
Call called No, she/he/it
didnt
Spelling rules No, we didnt
Verbs ending in e only add -d; No, you didnt
Like - Liked No, they didnt
Move moved
Live -lived

Verbs ending in consonant + -y drop the y and add ied;

Try tried
Study - studied

Verbs that only have one syllable and that end with a vowel and a consonant double the
consonant; stop stopped

Verbs that have two syllables and end with a vowel and a consonant double the consonant if
the second syllable is stressed; prefer - preferred

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 Irregularverbs
Irregular verbs Some verbs are irregular: there are no
rules. You must memorize them.

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

I didnt speak DidI speak?
I speak?
I spoke I didnt speak Did
I spoke Youdidnt
didntgo
go
Youwent
went You Did yougo?go?
You He/she/itdidnt
didntmeet
meet Did you
He/she/itmet
met He/she/it DidHe/she/it
He/she/itmeet?
meet?
He/she/it We didnt read Did
We read We didnt read Didweweread?
read?
We read Youdidnt
didntbuy
buy Did
Youbought
bought You Did you buy?
You Theydidnt
didntdraw
draw Did you buy?
Theydrew
drew They Didthey
theydraw?
draw?
They Did

Time expressions.

Use
Usepast
pasttime
timeexpressions
expressionswith
withthe
thepast
pastsimple
simple
Yesterday.
Yesterday.
Yesterday
Yesterdaymorning/afternoon/
morning/afternoon/evening/
evening/night.
night.
The day before yesterday.
The day before yesterday.
Last
Last Monday/night/
Monday/ night/week/
week/year
year
22minutes/
minutes/weeks/
weeks/years
yearsago.
ago.
InIn2001
2001

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Write the verbs in the correct column.
Then, change them to the PAST SIMPLE.

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 Complete the sentences in affirmative, negative or
interrogative form.

1. (+) Marcia..................(study) medicine last year.

2. (-) During our holidays, we .............(watch) television.
3. (?) ........... Tamara .................(accept) the invitation.
4. (+) Cathy and Ben(leave) the airport at 2.00 pm.

5. (+) We. (eat) sandwiches and a cake yesterday.

6. (-) She.(break) a record in the competition last month.

7. (-) Rachel..................(play) tennis last year.

8. (+) We .............(write) a letter to our boss.
9. (?) ........... Jessica ...............(write) the report?
10. (+) Matt and Laura(go) to the cinema.

11. (+) We. (make) a cake yesterday.

12. (-) She.(forget) her bag at the supermarket.

Write sentences in the past simple. Use

these notes.

Virginia/open/ her shop/ at 9.00 this morning.

The family /clean /the house /last Saturday
Betty /answer / the telephone / a few minutes ago
Arnold /paint/ pictures / in the street when she was young.
Lucia/ cook/ delicious spaghetti / for dinner yesterday
Matt/travel/ to Italy/ at 9.00 this morning.
We /cook /pizzas /last Saturday
They/call / the police a few minutes ago
John /watch/TV /from 6pm to 9pm.
Lucia/ arrive/ home after dinner.

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 Write questions for these sentences.
Use WH/questions.

1. We visited the zoo last week.

2. Margaret took a taxi to work.
3. Sam went to the museum.
4. She cooked dinner at 5.00pm last Monday.
5. We travelled to Mexico last month.
6. They draw a picture of a monster.
7. Sam and Peter read a book yesterday.
8. I visited the zoo on Sunday.
9. Alfred taught Maths at school last year.
10. Bernie took his brother to the football match.
11. I went to school by bike this morning.
12. We travelled to Australia last year.
13. They swam in the beach yesterday

Read about Mikes day. Complete the text with

the past simple of the verbs in brackets.

Mike is a journalist. Yesterday he .................(wake up) at half past six but he ..(not
get ) up, he (read) some newspapers in bed. At half past seven he .(have)
breakfast and then he. (write) a report. Mike.(phone) his boss, then he
(finish) his report and (send) it to his boss. Mike.(not drive) to work
because his car .(not work). He (take) the train and (arrive) work
quite late. He ..(begin) work at half past ten.
At twelve oclock everyone .(go) to have lunch but Mike..(not have) lunch
because he ..(have) to assist at a conference.
At 4pm he..(walk) home and .(meet) with his girlfriend. They.( go)
together to have dinner and then .(watch) a film at home.

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