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Simple Past Exercises

The document provides rules for forming the simple past tense of regular verbs in English. It lists example regular verbs and their past tense forms. It also provides a table with common verb patterns in the simple past: verbs taking -ed, -d, doubling the final consonant and adding -ed, dropping the final y and adding -ied, and exceptions like stay that take an irregular past form. Students are asked to apply these rules to form the past tense of listed verbs and fill in blanks with the past tense forms.

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Simple Past Exercises

The document provides rules for forming the simple past tense of regular verbs in English. It lists example regular verbs and their past tense forms. It also provides a table with common verb patterns in the simple past: verbs taking -ed, -d, doubling the final consonant and adding -ed, dropping the final y and adding -ied, and exceptions like stay that take an irregular past form. Students are asked to apply these rules to form the past tense of listed verbs and fill in blanks with the past tense forms.

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SIMPLE PAST - REGULAR VERBS

1- Write the past simple of the following verbs in the right place.

*close *finish *hurry *like *open *prepare *terrify *touch *try *want *step
*serve *stay *pray *enjoy *cook *plan *admit *bury *wrap *trace
*spray *rely *ask *supply *trap *jog *obey *type *play

VERBO + ED VERBO + D VOGAL + Y + ED CONSOANTE Y C.V.C DOBRA-SE A


COLOCA-SE IED LTIMA CONS.+ ED

2- Fill in the blanks with the past simple of the verbs in brackets.

1. Janet _______________ (watch) a film on TV. 14. My baby brother ____________ (damage) the
2. The girl _______________ (finish) her TV.
homework. 15. My family _____________ (plan) a trip to the
3. The car _______ (stop) in the middle of the UK.
street. 16. Mr. Harris _____________ (carry) the heavy
4. My father ________________ (fix) the TV. boxes to the attic.
5. The children ______________ (visit) the 17. I _______________ (talk) to John on the phone.
museum. 18. Last weekend I _____________ (dance) with
6. Helen _______ (wash) her hair with a new Jim.
shampoo. 19. Karen and Sara _________ (play) computer
7. My friends _____________ (notice) my new games.
dress. 20. The students _____ (describe) their last
8. My mother _______________ (guide) me. holidays.
9. The criminal ____________ (confess) the 21. Tom ________ (collect) stamps when he was
murder. ten.
10. They _____________ (offer) me a new CD. 22. The young boy _____________ (cry) for help.
11. Yesterday I _________ (wait) for you for an 23. Susan _____________ (wrap) the present.
hour. 24. Katy ____________ (admire) her grandmother.
12. My mother ___________ (divide) the cake in 25. The baby _____ (clap) his hands with
six. satisfaction.
13. A friend of mine _______ (receive) a weird e-
mail.

RULES:

+ED +D DOUBLE CONSONANT - Y VOWEL + Y + ED


CONSONANT + + IED
ED
WALK - WALKED DANCE - PREFER - STUDY - PLAY - PLAYED
DANCED PREFERRED STUDIED
TALK - TALKED LIKE - LIKED STOP - ENJOY -
STOPPED TIDY - TIDIED ENJOYED
ANSWER - ARRIVE - TRAVEL - CARRY - STAY - STAYED
ANSWERED ARRIVED TRAVELLED CARRIED

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