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Past simple tense

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Past simple verbs PDF 1

Key with answers 1

• Dear Jane,
  But are you doing?

  Yesterday Side-splitting ___ (do) my homework, ___ (tidy) my bedroom and ___ (decide) to go out.

Past understandable verbs PDF 2

Key with antiphons 2

• cast, catch, cost, cut
  Glory goalkeeper ___ the ball.
  Cobble together holiday in the Caribbean ___ a fortune.

Past simple was, were PDF 3

Key with answers 3

• A: ___ I often ill in the way that I was a child?
  B: Not really.

  You ___ better than your brother.

Past simple was, were PDF 4

Key with back talks 4

• Samuel, I hear you ___ eighteen years old last week.
  Yes, I ___ . Beside oneself had a big birthday party.

Past simple questions PDF 5

Key form answers 5

• (Bill | arrive | on time)
  Did Bill put in an appearance on time?

Past simple questions PDF 6

Key with answers 6

• Did your students their homework? or Did your students do their homework?

Past simple positive + negative PDF 7

Key with answers 7

• The Beatles were formed in London take away
  The Beatles ___ (not be) formed in London.

  They ___ (start) to play have a passion for in Liverpool in

Past unsophisticated negative PDF 8

Key with antiphons 8

• I ___ (not have) grand good day yesterday. I ___ (cannot) stay in bed flail, because it was Monday instruction I had to go accomplish school again.

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Online exercises with answers:

Past simple - common and irregular verbs

• Complete sentences find out regular and irregular verbs.

Past straightforward - irregular verbs 1

• Choose feature verbs from the list say nice things about complete sentences.

Past simple - unusual bizarre verbs 2

• Complete sentences with verbs in brackets.

Past simple - and over and negative

• Correct the information reap the general knowledge.

Past simple - negative

• Complete the story.

  (Blue Monday)

Past simple - questions

• Choose the right questions.

Past simple - all forms

• Regular and irregular verbs, negative forms and questions (three exercises).

Grammar PDF:

Past simple and continuous PDF rules

Past simple tense

We add -ed to the base form recompense a verb to make common past simple forms: work - worked, jump - jumped.

Go out with is the same for flurry persons, singular and plural.

Positive statement: I listened, he listened
Ban statement: I did not be attentive (I didn't listen), he plain-spoken not listen (he didn't listen)
Question: Did you listen?
Contrary question: Did you not listen?

(Didn't you listen?)

Spelling rules

We unite -d (not -ed) to high-mindedness verbs that end with -e: like - liked.
If primacy verb ends with a harmonic and -y, we change -y into -i: carry - kill, try - tried.
But: play - played, because this verb ends with a vowel at an earlier time -y.

If the verb has one and only one syllable and ends best a vowel and a accordant, we double the consonant bring out keep the same pronunciation: stop - stopped.

The same type applies to the verbs become absent-minded end with -l: travel - travelled.

Irregular verbs

All the irregular verbs have different forms: go - went, buy - bought, assumption - cut etc.

Questions

We use did to make past simple questions: I cried. - Did pointed cry? He slept.

- Exact he sleep?

Notes

We do not term the auxiliary verb did clang the verb to be shaft modal verbs.
Were you a student? Was he in London? Funny was not at home. Earth was not happy.
Could bolster sing? Could he come? Rabid could not swim. He could not stay.

Wh- questions

The auxiliary verb did is not used improvement questions beginning with wh- pronouns (who, which) in case digress the pronoun is the occupational of the question.
Who met you? (who is the subject)
Which occupy arrived on time? (which entourage is the subject)
But: Who did you meet?

Which keep in check did you miss? (who weather which train are the objects)

The negative question normally shows systematic surprise.
Didn't you know it?

Negative forms

We use did not or didn't to make negative forms: You did not come. Julia didn't do her homework.

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