B
worked/got/went etc. (past simple)
11.1
They watch
television every evening. (present simple)
They watched  television yesterday evening. (past simple)
watched is the past simple:
I/we/you/they he/she/it
watched
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
break	broke
bring	brought
build	built
buy	bought
catch	caught
come	came
do	did
drink	drank
eat	ate
fall find fly
forget
get
give
g° have
hear
know
—»
fell found flew forgot got gave went had heard knew
leave —>	left
lose	lost
make	made
meet	met
pay	paid
put	put
read	read /red/*
ring	rang
say	said
see	saw
sell -» sit sleep speak stand take tell think win write
sold sat slept spoke stood took told thought won wrote
* pronunciation
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 offhis coat arid sat down.
11.5
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was/were -
I didn't ... / Did you ... ? (negative and questions)
ago
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 ^^^4f... 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 ..... 4 pay ...
2 see ............................... 5 visit ,
3 play............................ 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) JfiKL 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&^MM^ty-W.-..
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 I pt^yed yoLUybojll yesterday. 4 ....................................................................................................
2 ...................................................................................................... 5 ....................................................................................................
3 ...................................................................................................... 6 ....................................................................................................
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