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PAST SIMPLE (regular verbs) Endings: (terminaciones) The form is the same for all persons. 1.- add ed watch----------------- watched. 2.- add d to verbs that ending in e. dance------ danced.

3.- Verbs that ending in a consonant and y we change y to ied. Study--- studied. 4.- If the verbs in consonant+vowel+consonant we double the final consonant and add ed. Chat--------- chatted.

TIMES EXPRESIONS: The day before. Yesterday. Three months ago. Two years ago. Last night. Yesterday afternoon. Yesterday evening. Last week. Last month. Last year.

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EXERCISES 1.- Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box use the past simple: Arrive ask decide hurry park stop visit watch

Three days ago________________an art gallery. We________________T.V last night. Last Tuesday I was late so I____________________to school. The day before yesterday we________________the car in a car park in the town centre.

Yesterday evening we________________to have a pizza for dinner. What time is it? I________________her. The bus________________opposite the library five minutes ago. I________________at the railway station at ten to seven.

2.- Complete the text. Use the past simple form of the verbs in brackets: One day a man_______________(walk) into a bank in the centre of London. He_______________(want) to borrow 5.000$. Ok,_______________(replay) the cashier. We can lend you 5.000$, but you have lo leave your car here. The man_______________(agree) and_______________(park) his expensive Ferrari in the car park at the bank. A week later he _______________(return) to the bank. Can I have my car, please?, he_______________(ask) the cashier. Of course, thats 5.000$ and 10$ interest. Can I ask you something? _______________(continue) the cashier. Youve got an expensive

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I dont need

Ferrari, why do you need 5.000$?.

5.000$,_______________(answer) the man, but last week I was in America. Your car park is very cheap, only 10$ for a week in the centre of London!.

3.- Put the words in the correct order to make negative sentences: 1. Last night/watch/didnt/T.V/they. 2. Win/he/a Nobel Prize/didnt. 3. You/see/I/didnt/at the party. 4. Harry/yesterday evening/tidy/didnt/his room. 5. Forget/your birthday/didnt/I. 6. Didnt/we/to school/yesterday/go. 7. Study/at university/she/music/didnt. 8. A new sweatshirt/you/buy/didnt.

4.- Write negative sentences using the verbs in brackets. 1. I_______________to school yesterday. (go). 2. I_______________any photos. (take). 3. Dad_______________the washing this morning. (do). 4. My friend_______________me an e-mail last week. (send). 5. They_______________the match yesterday afternoon. (win).

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6. We_______________very hard last year. (work). 7. I_______________dinner at home. (have). 8. She_______________her name in the book.(write). 9. He_______________President three years ago. (become). 10. They_______________three months in Paris.(spend). 11. I_______________my homework before dinner. (finish). 5.- Write de words in the correct order to make questions about yesterday: 1. Did/after school?/what/you/do. 2. Get up?/did/what/you/time. 3. Go/to/Did/school?. 4. Rain/in the morning?/Did/it. 5. Have/you/lunch?/where/did. 6. Whatch/you/Did/television?. 7. Go to bed?/time/what/you/you/did.