Thursday, March 27, 2014

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The Simple Past Tense

Introduction
The simple past tense is one of the most common tenses in English. Its form is the same with all subjects. It is usually formed by adding -ED to the verb. Before you continue the lesson read the following passage and try to see how the verbs are formed and used:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian musician and composer. He lived from 1756 to 1791. He started composing at the age of five years old and wrote more than 600 pieces of music. He was only 35 years old when he died.
The verbs "waslived,startedwrotedied" are in the simple past tense.
Notice that:
  • livedstarted,died are regular past forms.
  • was, wrote are irregular past forms.
Regular verbs:
The verbs "lived, started, died" are regular past forms. The rule is the following:
Verb + ed
Examples:
The infinitive
The simple past
live
lived
start
started
die
died
visit
visited
play
played
watch
watched
phone
phoned
marry
married

 Irregular verbs:

The verbs "was, wrote" are irregular past forms. "Was" is the simple past of "to be"; "wrote" is the simple past of "write".
There is no rule for these verbs. You should learn them by heart.
The infinitive
The simple past
be
was/were
write
wrote
come
came
do
did
meet
met
speak
spoke

The forms of the simple past:

The Affirmative form of the simple past:

I, you, he, she, it, we, they
played.
wrote
did.
Examples:
  • I played tennis with my friends yesterday.
  • I finished lunch and I did my homework.

The interrogative form of the simple past:

Did
I, you, he, she, it, we, they
Play?
write
do?
Examples:
  • Did you play basketball yesterday?
  • Did you watch television?
  • Did you do the homework?

The negative form of the simple past:

I, you, he, she, it, we, they
did not/didn't
play
write
do
  • I didn't like the food in the wedding last Saturday.
  • I didn't eat it.

Remember:

didn't is the short form of did not. You can say either:

  • I did not play basketball, or I didn't play basketball.

Exercises:

I.                    Put the verbs into the simple past:

  1. Last year I (go) _______________ to England on holiday.
  2. It (be)  _______________ fantastic.
  3. I (visit)  lots of interesting places. I (be)  _______________  with two friends of mine .
  4. In the mornings we (walk)  _______________  in the streets of London.
  5. In the evenings we (go)  _______________ to pubs.
  6. The weather (be)  _______________ strangely fine.
  7. It (not / rain)  _______________ a lot.
  8. But we (see)  _______________ some beautiful rainbows.
  9. Where (spend / you)  _______________  your last holiday?

II.                  Write the past forms of the irregular verbs.

No.
Infinitive
Past Verb
No.
Infinitive
Past Verb
10.
Meet

15.
Sing

11.
Drive

16.
Do

12.
Speak

17.
Sit

13.
Put

18.
Stand

14.
Write

19.
Run

III.                Complete the table in simple past.

Affirmative
Negative
Interrogative
He wrote a book.
20.
21.
22.
He did not sing.
24.
25.
26.
Was she pretty?

IV.                Put the sentences into simple past.

27.   We move to a new house. → ____________________________
28.   They bring a sandwich. → _______________________________
29.  
He doesn't do the homework. → _________________________
30.   They sell cars. → ______________________________________
31.   Does he visit his friends? → _____________________________

V.                  Write sentences in simple past.

32.   Janet / miss / the bus → _______________________________
33.   she / tidy / her room → _______________________________
34.   Nancy / watch / not / television→ _______________________
35.   she / read / a book → _________________________________

VI.                Choose "Was“ or "Were“:

36.   The teacher      ____________  nice.
37.   The students    ____________  very clever.
38.   But one student ___________ in trouble.
39.   We  _____________________ sorry for him.
40.   He   _____________________ nice though.


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