worked/got/went etc. (past simple)
They    watch    television every evening. (present simple)
They watched   television yesterday evening. (past simple)
watched is the past simple:
I/we/you/they lae/she/it
wa
tched
11.1
11.2
The past simple is often -ed (regular verbs). For example:
work —» worked        clean —> cleaned       start   —> started stay —> stayed arrive —> arrived       dance —> danced
• I clean my teeth every morning. This morning I cleaned my teeth.
• Terry worked in a bank from 1986 to 1993.
• 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. The party finished at midnight.
Spelling (=$> Appendix 5):
try —> tried      study —> studied      copy —> copied stop —> stopped      plan —> planned
Some verbs are irregular (= not regular). The past simple is not -ed. Here are some important irregular verbs (see also Appendix 2-3):
begin	—> began	fall -»
break	broke	find
bring	brought	fly
build	built	forget
buy	bought	get
catch	caught	give
come	came	g°
do	did	have
drink	drank	hear
eat	ate	know
found
flew
forgot
got
gave
went
had
heard
knew
leave -> left
lose
make
meet
pay
put
read
ring
say
see
lost made met paid put read / red/* rang said saw
sell sit
sleep
speak
stand
take
tell
think
win
write
sold sat slept spoke stood took told thought won wrote
11.4
• I usually get up early but this morning I got up at 9.30.
• We did a lot of work yesterday.
• Caroline went to the cinema three times last week.
• Jim came into the room, took off his coat and sat down.
11.5
was/were
I didn't ... / Did you ... ? (negative and questions)
EXERCISES
Complete the sentences. Use one of these verbs in the past simple:
clean      die     enjoy     finish     happen     open     rain     start     stay want
1 I my teeth three times yesterday.
2 It was hot in the room, so I......................................the window.
3 The concert......................................at 7.30 and......................................at 10 o'clock.
4 When I was a child, I......................................to be a doctor.
5 The accident......................................last Sunday afternoon.
6 It s a nice day today but yesterday it......................................all day.
7 We......................................our holiday last year. We......................................at a very nice place.
8 Ann's grandfather......................................when he was 90 years old.
UNIT
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Write the past simple of these verbs.
1 get .....
2 see ..............................
3 play ...........................
4 pay
5 visit
6 buy
7 go ................................ 10 know
8 think ......................... 11 put ...
9 copy .......................... 12 speak
11.3    Read about Lisa's journey to Madrid. Put the verbs in the correct form.
Last Tuesday Lisa (1) ifl^L from London to Madrid. She (2).........................up
at six o'clock in the morning and (3).........................a cup of coffee. At 6.30
she (4).........................home and (5).........................to the airport. When she
(6)........................., she (7).........................the car and then (8).........................to the airport
cafe where she (9).........................breakfast. Then she (10).........................through
passport control and (11).........................for her flight. The plane (12).........................
on time and (13).........................in Madrid two hours later. Finally she
(14).........................a taxi from the airport to her hotel in the centre of Madrid.
fly, get have
leave, drive arrive, park, go have, go wait, depart arrive take
Write sentences about the past (yesterday / last week etc.).
1 Jim always goes to work by car. Yesterday .M.W^.M.W^...^«W:.t.
2 Rachel often loses her keys. She...................................................................................................................last week.
3 Kate meets her friends every evening. She ........................................................................yesterday evening.
4 I usually buy two newspapers every day. Yesterday I...............................................................................................
5 We usually go to the cinema on Sundays. Last Sunday we.................................................................................
6 I eat an orange every day. Yesterday I .................................................................................................................................
7 Tom always has a shower in the morning. This morning he.............................................................................
8 Our friends come to see us every Friday. They................................................................................last Friday.
Write sentences about what you did yesterday.
1 .. A. .P^Ajy   . voLL^balt. Ji^^^e^^sUuj.... 4
2 ...................................................................................................... 5 ....................................................................................................
3 ...................................................................................................... 6 ....................................................................................................
ago
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