The past simple is often -ed (regular verbs). for example:
work = worked dance = danced
clean = cleaned stay = stayed
start = started need = needed
* I clean my teeth every morning. This morning I cleaned my teeth.
* Terry worked in a bank from 2015 to 2022.
* 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.
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:
* I usually get up early, but this morning I got up at 9 o'clock
* We did a lot of work yesterday.
* Caroline went to the cinema three times last week.
* James came into the room, took off his coat and sat down.
Make sentences. Use verbs in past simple:
1. U cleaned my teeth three times yesterday.
2. It was hot in the room, so I opened the window.
3. The film was very long. It started at 7.15 and finished at 10 o'clock.
4. When I was a child, I wanted to be a doctor.
5. The accident happened last Sunday afternoon.
6. The weather is nice today, but yesterday it rained all day.
7. We enjoyed our holiday last year. We stayed at a very nice place.
8. Anna's grandfather died when he was 90 years old.
Example past simple of these verbs
1. get = got
2. see = saw
3. play = played
4. pay = paid
5. visit = visied
6. buy = bought
7. go = went
8. think = thought
9. copy = copied
10. know = knew
11. put = put
12. speak = spoke
Read about Lisa's journey to Madrid:
Last Tuesday Lisa flew from London to Madrid. She got up at 6 o'clock in the morning and had a cup of coffee. At 6.30 she left home and drove to the airport. When she got there, she parked the car, walked to the airport building and checked in Then she had breakfast at a cafe and waited for her flight. The plane departed on time and arrived in Madrid two hours later. Finally she took a taxi from the airport to her hotel in the center of Madrid.
Make sentences about the past (yesterday / last week etc):
1. James always goes to work by car. he went to work by car.
2. Rachel often loses her keys. She lost her keys last week.
3. Kate meets her friends every evening. She met her friends yesterday evening.
4. I buy a newspaper every day. Yesterday I bought a newspaper.
5. We often go to the cinema at weekends. Last Sunday we went to cinema.
6. I eat an orange every day. Yesterday I ate an orange.
7. Tom always has a shower in the morning. This morning he had a shower.
8. Our friends often come to see us. They came to see us.
Make sentences about me did yesterday:
1. I went to the theatre.
2. I watched a film.
3. I entered home at 8.00
4. I took a shower.
5. I ate some food
6. I read a lite and I slept
