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    The document provides information and examples about using the past simple tense in English. It defines the past simple as being used for finished past events and habitual past actions. It lists common time expressions used with the past simple, such as "yesterday" and "last night." The document then shows the past simple forms of regular and irregular verbs. It provides examples of using the past simple in sentences referring to completed past actions.

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    The document provides information and examples about using the past simple tense in English. It defines the past simple as being used for finished past events and habitual past actions. It lists common time expressions used with the past simple, such as "yesterday" and "last night." The document then shows the past simple forms of regular and irregular verbs. It provides examples of using the past simple in sentences referring to completed past actions.

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    AFFIRMATIVE

    -Last night I played games online for about two hours.


    -Yesterday I used the computer to talk to my cousins in Australia.

    USE:
    The Past Simple is used:
    for events which happened in the past and are now finished;
    for regular or habitual actions in the past;
    The Past Simple often occurs with time expressions:
    yesterday last month/week/year/ night in 1987/in 2008 from 1997 to 2000/ from 1776
    to 1779 ago in the 18th century/ in the 20th century in those days -

    FORM:
    I
    You
    He
    She
    It
    We
    You
    They

    VERB:
    play
    watch
    want
    show

    ed

    etc.

    played
    watched
    wanted
    showed
    etc.

    NOTE:
    when the verb ends in e just add d: likeliked/ use used
    when the verb ends in consonant + y the y disappears and you add ied:
    trytried / carry carried / cry cried
    when the verb ends in consonant + vowel + consonant you must repeat the last
    consonant and add ed: travel travelled (but not all the verbs suffer this
    transformation!!)

    A. Insert the verbs in the right column.


    stay live produce wait cry hurry play listen paint move visit start travel
    hop skip - interview call cook erase dance enjoy hate - stop
    Verb + ed

    Verb + d

    Verb + ied

    Verb + consonant +
    ed

    B. Complete the sentences with the past simple of the verbs in brackets.
    1. Last week I _
    (call) my grandmother.
    2. She
    (like) my phone call.
    3. My cousin Mary is a TV reporter. Yesterday she
    (interview) Cristiano
    Ronaldo.
    4. In 2006 my family and I
    (visit) our friends from Belize.
    5. He
    (hate) chocolate when he was younger.
    6. Bob
    (travel) to Spain last summer.
    7. Mike
    (arrive) at school at 8.30. Classes
    (start) at 8.45.
    8. This morning she
    (plan) to arrive earlier at the party but she didnt so she
    (telephone) her aunt.
    9. We
    (hurry) to the train station because.
    10. Yesterday the museum
    (open) at 10 am.
    C. Tick () the sentences that refer to past actions.
    1. Mary works in a restaurant.
    2. Last weekend John played the piano.
    3. He studied a lot for the test.
    4. I usually watch TV in the morning.
    5. In the evening they watched TV and listened to music.
    6. I always study for the English tests.
    7. Robert rested for half an hour.
    8. My mum seldom cooks dinner before 8 pm.
    9. We travelled to the island of Madeira in 2007.
    10. They have got a lovely baby brother.
    4

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