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    Unit 11 discusses using the past simple tense in English. It provides examples of regular and irregular past tense verbs. It also provides exercises for learners to practice forming and using the past simple tense in their own sentences to talk about things that happened in the past.

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    Unit 11 discusses using the past simple tense in English. It provides examples of regular and irregular past tense verbs. It also provides exercises for learners to practice forming and using the past simple tense in their own sentences to talk about things that happened in the past.

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    Unit 11 discusses using the past simple tense in English. It provides examples of regular and irregular past tense verbs. It also provides exercises for learners to practice forming and using the past simple tense in their own sentences to talk about things that happened in the past.

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    Unit 11 discusses using the past simple tense in English. It provides examples of regular and irregular past tense verbs. It also provides exercises for learners to practice forming and using the past simple tense in their own sentences to talk about things that happened in the past.

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    Unit

    11 worked/got/went etc. (past simple)


    A
    !ey watch TV every evening.
    (present simple)
    !ey watched TV yesterday evening.
    (past simple)

    watched is the past simple:


    I/we/you/they
    watched
    he/she/it

    B !e past simple is often -ed (regular verbs). For example:


    work → worked dance → danced
    clean → cleaned stay → stayed
    start → started need → needed

    I clean my teeth every morning. !is morning I cleaned my teeth.


    Terry worked in a bank from 2005 to 2011.
    Yesterday it rained all morning. It stopped at lunchtime.
    We enjoyed the party last night. We danced a lot and talked to a lot of people.
    !e party finished at midnight.
    Spelling (→ Appendix 5):
    try → tried study → studied copy → copied
    stop → stopped plan → planned

    C Some verbs are irregular (= not regular). !e past simple is not -ed. Here are some important irregular
    verbs (see also Appendix 2–3):
    begin → began fall → fell leave → left sell → sold
    break broke find found lose lost sit sat
    bring brought fly flew make made sleep slept
    build built forget forgot meet met speak spoke
    buy bought get got pay paid stand stood
    catch caught give gave put put take took
    come came go went read read (red)* tell told
    do did have had ring rang think thought
    drink drank hear heard say said win won
    eat ate know knew see saw write wrote
    * pronounced ‘red’
    I usually get up early, but this morning I got up at 9 o’clock.
    We did a lot of work yesterday.
    Caroline went to the cinema three times last week.
    James came into the room, took off his coat and sat down.

    was/were ➜ Unit 10 I didn’t / Did you … ? (negative and questions) ➜ Unit 12 ago ➜ Unit 19
    Exercises Unit

    Complete the sentences. Use a verb from the box.


    11
    clean die enjoy finish happen open rain start stay want

    1 I cleaned my teeth three times yesterday.


    2 It was hot in the room, so I the window.
    3 !e film was very long. It at 7.15 and at 10 o’clock.
    4 When I was a child, I to be a doctor.
    5 !e accident last Sunday afternoon.
    6 !e weather is nice today, but yesterday it all day.
    7 We our holiday last year. We at a very nice place.
    8 Anna’s grandfather when he was 90 years old.
    Write the past simple of these verbs.
    1 get got 4 pay 7 go 10 know
    2 see 5 visit 8 think 11 put
    3 play 6 buy 9 copy 12 speak
    Read about Lisa’s journey to Madrid. Put the verbs in the correct form.

    Last Tuesday Lisa (1) !ew from London to Madrid. She (2) up fly, get
    at 6 o’clock in the morning and (3) a cup of coffee. At 6.30 she have
    (4) home and (5) to the airport. When she leave, drive
    (6) there, she (7) the car, (8) to the airport get, park, walk
    building, and (9) in. !en she (10) breakfast at a cafe check, have
    and (11) for her flight. !e plane (12) on time and wait, depart
    (13) in Madrid two hours later. Finally she (14) a taxi arrive, take
    from the airport to her hotel in the centre of Madrid.

    Write sentences about the past (yesterday / last week etc.).


    1 James always goes to work by car. Yesterday he went to work by car.
    2 Rachel often loses her keys. She last week.
    3 Kate meets her friends every evening. She yesterday evening.
    4 I buy a newspaper every day. Yesterday I
    5 We often go to the cinema at weekends. Last Sunday we
    6 I eat an orange every day. Yesterday I
    7 Tom always has a shower in the morning. !is morning he
    8 Our friends often come to see us. !ey last Friday.
    Write sentences about what you did yesterday.
    1 I went to the theatre. 4
    2 5
    3 6

    ➜ Additional exercise 10

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