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Past simple: regular verbs

We form the past simple of regular verbs by adding -ed to the verb.
play-»played ask -tasked start -»started wash-* washed
I cleanedmy room yesterday. They waitedfor two hours.

Look at these other regular spelling rules:

Add -dto verbs ending in -e. Change -y to -ied in verbs ending in consonant + -y.

like-»liked share -» shared study -» studied cry-» cried

Doublethe last letter andthen add -edto most verbs ending in one vowel and one consonant.
travel -»travelled chat -» chatted

We use did or didn't and the base form for questions and negative forms.
I didn't enjoy the film. When didyou start that book?

O *6 O9.2 Write the verbs in brackets inthe
3 Write the verbs inthe past simple.
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ÿ visit virifed 5 plan * past simple, then match 1-7with a-h. ©
You can look on the internet for help.
1 rain 6 miss
Listen and check your answers.
2 tidy 7 drop
3 call 8 cook
ÿ acted (act) in films, g
4 try 9 receive 1 . (compose) music.
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*4 O9.1 Listen and repeat. (play) tennis.
/d/: climbed, stayed, enjoyed 3 . (paint) pictures.
/t/: jumped, walked, watched (live) from 1935 to 1977.

/id/: wanted, ended, landed 5 . (die) in 2009.

6 (invent) the X-rau machine.
15 Complete the affirmative and negative past
simple sentences and questions. 7 fctiiHiri stars anH nlanets.

ÿ Iusually play tennis.
(+) Yesterday, Iployed _ football. a Billie Jean King
1 We usually chat online. b Elvis Presley
(-)Yesterday, we _ on the phone. c PyotrTchaikovsky
d Marie Curie
2 Do you like the food today?
e Galileo Galilei
the food yesterday?
(?) - f Vincent Van Gogh
3 He lives inthis house now. g Cary Grant
(+) He _ in this house 5 years ago. h MichaelJackson
4 My sister doesn't want to go.
_
(-) She to go last week.
5 Does it work now?
(?) yesterday?

6 Istudy Japanese.
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(+) My aunt Japanese in 1974.

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