clasa a VI-a B - Review
The Past Simple Tense
This is the basic Past Tense. We use it whenever we want to talk about the past, finished
actions, states or habits in the past.
1: We use it with finished actions, states or habits in the past when we have a finished time
word (yesterday, last week, at 2 o'clock, in 2003).
I went to the cinema yesterday.
We spent a lot of time in Japan in 2007.
2: We use it with finished actions, states or habits in the past when we know from general
knowledge that the time period has finished. This includes when the person we are talking
about is dead.
Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa.
The Vikings invaded Britain.
The Past Simple with 'be'
Positive with 'be' Negative with 'be' Negative Short Form Questions with 'Be'
I was cold I was not sleepy I wasn't sleepy was I sleepy?
you were tired you were not on the bus you weren't on the bus were you late?
he was in the garden he was not at school he wasn't at school was he at the cinema?
she was late she was not beautiful she wasn't beautiful was she kind?
it was sunny it was not cold it wasn't cold was it hot?
we were on holiday we were not at work we weren't at work were we hungry?
you were tired you were not on the bus you weren't on the bus were you on the bus?
they were hungry they were not tired they weren't tired were they at work?
The Past Simple with Other Verbs
1) We usually make the positive by adding '-ed' to the infinitive.
'ed' in English it's pronounced in three different ways. It depends on the letter
before:
'id' (painted 'paint-id')
'd' ('played')
't' ('hoped')
Regular Verbs make Past Tense Simple usin the Rule: S + V + ED
Examples:
We played football yesterday.
I cooked a cake last weekend.
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The spelling of the simple past form (-ed forms)
1. Regular verbs ending in a silent e take /-d/ in the simple past and past participle:
Example:
close=closed
2. Regular verbs ending in a vowel + y take /-ed/ in the simple past and past participle:
Example:
play=played
3. Regular verbs ending in a consonant + y take /-ied/ in the simple past and past
participle (the ' y' becomes an ' i' followed by /-ed/)
Example:
marry=married
4. If there is a consonant after a stressed vowel at the end of the word, double the
consonant
stop – stopped
ban - banned
swap - swapped
In British English we double the last 'l' of words like travel, cancel and level even
though the last vowel is not stressed. Here are some examples:
travel - travelled
cancel - cancelled
level - levelled
marvel - marvelled
2) However, there are some irregular verbs
Some Common Irregular Verbs
Nr.crt Infinitive Past Simple Past participle Romanian translation
V1 V2 V3
1. become became become
/bɪ 'kʌm/ /bɪ 'keɪm/ /bɪ 'kʌm/
2. begin began begun
/bɪ 'gɪn/ /bɪ 'gæn/ /bɪ 'gʌn/
3. blow blew blown
/blou/ /blu:/ /bloun/
4. break broke broken
/breɪk/ /brouk/ /'broukən/
5. bring brought brought
/brɪŋ/ /brɔ:t/ /brɔ:t/
6. build built built
/bɪld/ /bɪlt/ /bɪlt/
7. burn burnt burnt
/bɜ:rn/ /bɜ:rnt/ /bɜ:rnt/
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8. buy bought bought
/baɪ/ /bɔ:t/ /bɔ:t/
9. catch caught caught
/kætʃ/ /kɔ:t/ /kɔ:t/
10. choose chose chosen
/tʃu:z/ /tʃouz/ /'tʃouzən/
11. come came come
/kʌm/ /keɪm/ /kʌm/
12. cost cost cost
/kɒst/ /kɒst/ /kɒst/
13. cut cut cut
/kʌt/ /kʌt/ /kʌt/
14. do did done
/du:/ /dɪd/ /dʌn/
15. draw drew drawn
/drɔ:/ /dru:/ /drɔ:n/
16. dream dreamt dreamt
/dri:m/ /dremt/ /dremt/
17. drink drank drunk
/drɪŋk/ /dræŋk/ /drʌŋk/
18. drive drove driven
/draɪv/ /drouv/ /'drɪvən/
19. eat ate eaten
/i:t/ /eɪt, et/ /'i:tn/
20. fall fell fallen
/fɔ:l/ /fel/ /'fɔ:lən/
21. feel felt felt
/fi:l/ /felt/ /felt/
22. find found found
/faɪnd/ /faʊnd/ /faʊnd/
23. fly flew flown
/flaɪ/ /flu:/ /floun/
24. forget forgot forgotten
/fər 'get/ /fər 'gɒt/ /fər 'gɒtn/
25. forgive forgave forgiven
/fər 'gɪv/ /fər 'geɪv/ /fər 'gɪvən/
26. freeze froze frozen
/fri:z/ /frouz/ /'frouzən/
27. get got got
/get/ /gɒt/ /gɒt/
28. give gave given
/gɪv/ /geɪv/ /'gɪvən/
29. go went gone
/gou/ /went/ /gɒn/
30. grow grew grown
/grou/ /gru:/ /groun/
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31. have had had
/hæv/ /hæd/ /hæd/
32. hear heard heard
/hɪər/ /hɜ:rd/ /hɜ:rd/
33. hit hit hit
/hɪt/ /hɪt/ /hɪt/
34. hurt hurt hurt
/hɜ:rt/ /hɜ:rt/ /hɜ:rt/
35. keep kept kept
/ki:p/ /kept/ /kept/
36. know knew known
/nou/ /nu:/ /noun/
37. learn learnt learnt
/lɜ:rn/ /lɜ:rnt/ /lɜ:rnt/
38. leave left left
/li:v/ /left/ /left/
39. let let let
/let/ /let/ /let/
40. lose lost lost
/lu:z/ /lɒst/ /lɒst/
41. make made made
/meɪk/ /meɪd/ /meɪd/
42. meet met met
/mi:t/ /met/ /met/
43. pay paid paid
/peɪ/ /peɪd/ /peɪd/
44. put put put
/pʊt/ /pʊt/ /pʊt/
45. read read read
/ri:d/ /red/ /red/
46. ride rode ridden
/raɪd/ /roud/ /'rɪdn/
47. ring rang rung
/rɪŋ/ /ræŋ/ /rʌŋ/
48. run ran run
/rʌn/ /ræn/ /rʌn/
49. say said said
/seɪ/ /sed/ /sed/
50. see saw seen
/si:/ /sɔ:/ /si:n/
51. sell sold sold
/sel/ /sould/ /sould/
52. send sent sent
/send/ /sent/ /sent/
53. sing sang sung
/sɪŋ/ /sæŋ/ /sʌŋ/
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54. sit sat sat
/sɪt/ /sæt/ /sæt/
55. sleep slept slept
/sli:p/ /slept/ /slept/
56. speak spoke spoken
/spi:k/ /spouk/ /'spoukən/
57. spend spent spent
/spend/ /spent/ /spent/
58. stand stood stood
/stænd/ /stʊd/ /stʊd/
59. steal stole stolen
/sti:l/ /stoul/ /'stoulən/
60. strike struck struck
/straɪk/ /strʌk/ /strʌk/
61. swim swam swum
/swɪm/ /swæm/ /swʌm/
62. take took taken
/teɪk/ /tʊk/ /'teɪkən/
63. teach taught taught
/ti:tʃ/ /tɔ:t/ /tɔ:t/
64. tell told told
/tel/ /tould/ /tould/
65. think thought thought
/θɪŋk/ /θɔ:t/ /θɔ:t/
66. throw threw thrown
/θrou/ /θru:/ /θroun/
67. understand understood understood
/ʌndər'stænd/ /ʌndər 'stʊd/ /ʌndər 'stʊd/
68. wake woke woken
/weɪk/ /wouk/ /'woukən/
69. wear wore worn
/weər/ /wɔr/ /wɔrn/
70. win won won
/wɪn/ /wʌn/ /wʌn/
71. write wrote written
/raɪt/ /rout/ /'rɪtn/
Irregular verbs examples for Past Simple Tense
I wrote some letters last night.
She had a nice party last Saturday.
Rule: S + V2
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In the negative both verbs )regular or irregular) use 'did not (didn't) + infinitive':
Rule: S + did + not + V1 : We did not play football, yesterday.
I did not cook any cake last weekend.
I did not write any letters last night.
She did not have a nice party last Saturday.
Questions are also very easy. Just put 'did' before the subject, and the infinitive after
it.
Did you play football yesterday?
Did you write any letters last night?
In English, the simple past tense is used for finished actions or situations that began
and ended before now. There are three ways to make simple past tense.
In order to show when an action or situation happened in the past, particular words
and phrases (time adverbials) are often used. Here are some of the most common
ones:
1. yesterday
This refers to the day before today, but not at any specific time.
2. last _____
This time adverbial is similar to yesterday, but it can be used with many different
time references:
last night
last week
last month
last year
last Tuesday
last summer
3. a / an / one _____ ago
A singular noun phrase showing a period of time follows a, an, or one:
a / one minute ago
an / one hour ago
a / one week ago
a / one week ago
a / one month ago
a / one year ago
4. (plural number or expression) _____ ago
A plural noun phrase showing a period of time is used before ago:
o two minutes ago
o three hours ago
o several days ago
o a few weeks ago
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Practice
Past Simple with ‘be’
A) Make the past simple (use positive / negative or question):
1. (I / be / at the cinema last night.)
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2. (the children / be / naughty?)
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3. (we / be / in a cafe when you called.)
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4. (I / be / late?)
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5. (she / be / a teacher when she was young.)
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6. (where / we / be?)
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7. (you / be / okay?)
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8. (we / be / too tired?)
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9. (how / the party / be?)
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10. (they / be / late for the interview.)
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Past Simple Form Other Verbs
B) Make the past simple, positive, negative or question:
1. I _________________ (not / drink) any beer last night.
2. She _________________ (get on) the bus in the centre of the city.
3. What time _________________ (he / get up) yesterday?
4. Where _________________ (you / get off) the train?
5. I _________________ (not / change) trains at Victoria.
6. We _________________ (wake up) very late.
7. What _________________ (he / give) his mother for Christmas?
8. I _________________ (receive) £300 when my uncle _________________(die).
9. We _________________ (not / use) the computer last night.
10. _________________ (she / make) good coffee?
11. They _________________ (live) in Paris.
12. She _________________ (read) the newspaper yesterday.
13. I _________________ (not / watch) TV.
14. He _________________ (not / study) for the exam.
15. _________________ (he / call) you?
16. _________________ (I / forget) something?
17. What time _________________ (the film / start)?
18. He _________________ (have) a shower.
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19. Why _________________ (you / come)?
20. _________________ (he / go) to the party?
1. She ___________________ (go) home.
2. We ___________________ (watch) a film.
3. When ___________________ (he / arrive)?
4. I ___________________ (buy) a new car.
5. Where ___________________ (you / live)?
6. I ___________________ (play) tennis.
7. Where ___________________ (you / work) before?
8. ___________________ (they / come)for lunch?
9. ___________________ (we /study) this last year?
10. They ___________________ (drink) coffee.
11. ___________________ (you / see) that film?
12. We ___________________ (eat) dinner.
13. You ___________________ (not / go) out last night.
14. He ___________________ (study).
15. What ___________________ (you / watch)?
16. We ___________________ (not / call) you yesterday.
17. They ___________________ (not / arrive) on time.
18. It ___________________ (not / rain).
19. We ___________________ (not / drink) beer.
20. You ___________________ (clean) the kitchen.
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