We use the Past Simple to talk about actions

which happened at some point in the past. It

Regular verbs form the Past
Simple by adding –ed to the
infinitive.
talk – talked
Verbs ending in a consonant
+ -y and add -ied.
occurs with: ago, yesterday, last week /
month / year.
Affirmative:
Ann and her parents went to France two
years ago.
Yesterday he called his girlfriend.
Last week Mark rang his family.
Negative:

Use
She didn’t go to Lisbon.
cry – cried
Interrogative:
Did Ann go to France?
Irregular verbs have
Form
different forms.
Give – gave
do - did
 1. Write the verbs in the past simple:

• Walk __________

• Hate __________

• Try __________

• Love __________

• Want __________

• Start __________

• Study __________

• Wash __________

• Watch __________

• Have __________

2. Complete the sentences.

• Dad ____________ ( work) last Sunday.

• We ____________ (play) football after school yesterday.

• I ____________ (watch) a goof film last night.

• My friend and I ____________ (try) skating for the first time yesterday.

• Mary ____________ (play) the guitar for an hour this morning.

• I ____________ (stay) at my friend’s house last week.

3. Complete the sentences.

• Mary ____________ (go) shopping in Lisbon yesterday.

• Ann ____________ (wear) her new jeans on Tuesday.

• They ____________ (take) their books to school.

• My grandparents ____________ (come) to our house for lunch last Sunday.

• Peter ____________ (buy) some souvenirs for his sister.

4. Write the following sentences in the interrogative form using the past
simple. Follow the example:

The tennis match / why / lose / he – why did he lose the tennis match?

• His / book / friend / buy / where / that

• __________________________________________________

• Mary / why / to / yesterday / school / not go

• __________________________________________________

• Have / she / what / breakfast / for

• __________________________________________________

• At / study / Oxford / they

• __________________________________________________

5. Write the negative form of the following sentences.

• Carol wrote a letter to her best friend.

• __________________________________________________

• She lost her keys in the supermarket.

• __________________________________________________

• They went to the beach with her parents.

• __________________________________________________

• Mary bought all her books in the bookshop.

• __________________________________________________

• The artists sang beautifully in the concert.

• __________________________________________________

• He was very anxious about the results of her exam.

• __________________________________________________

• Their parents gave them a dog as a birthday present.

• __________________________________________________