Page 69 - Oxford Grammar for Schools 2 Student Book

Past simple: regular and

irregular verbs

I can recognize and use the past simple form of regular and irregular verbs.

Regular verbs: affirmative and negative

We use the past simple to describe completed actions and
situations inthe past.
Itwas 9 o'clock.John openedthe door and walked to the bus stop.
Last nightI finished my homework andwatched TV.

past opened walked now / the present future

We often use the past simple with time words and expressions
like yesterday, last week and this morning (see page 65).

For all verbs except be,the past simple form is the same for
I,you, he, she, it, we, you and they.

Most regular verbs end in -ed- but not all of them!
Look at the table below for spelling rules.

Affirmative Negative
didn't (= did not)
base form + ed
+ base form
watched didn't watch
regular verbs played
didn't play
waited
didn't wait
looked
didn't look

verbs ending stop - stopped didn't stop
vowel + consonant travel - travelled didn't travel
+ vowel BUT snow - snowed didn't snow
We Went to France )a$t dance - danced didn't dance
month. We stayed in verbs ending -e like - liked didn't like
Par'iS. I climbed tine Eiffel
Tower ar\¿ I took a Iot of verbs ending hurry - hurried didn't hurry
photos. ItWas great! consonant + -y carry - carried didn't carry

* 1 Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the verb in brackets.
ÿ Jack and I ployed (plau) badminton uesterdau. 5 We - (tidy) our rooms yesterday.
1 My sister _ (cook) dinner last night. 6 I _ (like) the film last night.
2 I _ (walk) to school this morning. 7 My dad _ (stop) the car and (look)

3 Josie _ (carry) her mum's bags for her. at the map.
4 Jo and Sam _ (help) the teacher yesterday 8 We (stay) with our grandparents last week.
afternoon.

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