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PAST SIMPLE TENSE




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 1. Write Past Simple forms of these verbs.
 
REGULAR VERBS                                          IRREGULAR VERBS
 
play watch make have
try listen see write
use visit find do
carry clean go break
 
              
 2. Complete the sentences with Past Simple forms of these verbs.
   catch Approve   play   Approve   take   Approve   drink  Approve    cry  Approve     read   Approve   wash   Approve   have
 

The baby  all night long. He  with his teddy bear. I  a long bath yesterday. He  a bottle of milk yesterday afternoon.

I  my tortoise for a walk. Mum  the dishes after lunch.  Tom  a fish yesterday. He  a book before going to bed.
 
             
 3. Complete the sentences with Past Simple forms of the vers in brackets.
 
a Approve Tom  (break) his leg two weeks ago.          e Approve Sally  (write) a letter to her grandma.
b Approve I  (brush) my teeth after breakfast.      f Approve They  (play) tennis yesterday.
Approve We  (buy) a new car last week.                 g Approve I  (have) a birthday party last Saturday.
Approve She (meet) her friends in the park.             h Approve Dad  (work) in a chocolate factory long time ago.
 
          
 4. Take your notebook and put the sentences from exercise 3 into negative and question form. Look at
         the examples.
 
a Approve Tom  didn't break his leg two weeks ago.    Did Tom break his leg two weeks ago?
b Approve I  didn't brush my teeth after breakfast.  Did I brush my teeth after breakfast?
 
                      
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