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last week
play football
They played football last week

Unit 3:

THE PAST SIMPLE
1. Form :
S + V2 + O
V2 :
Be
Normal Verb
was
were
I, He, She, It
We, you, they
went
Regular
watched
Ex 1: I was at home yesterday
Ex 2: They played football last week
a. Positive :
came
Irregular
played
a.1. Regular Verbs : V + ED
Y
stud
 Double C + -ED
i
But:
play
ed
* Spelling rule of adding -ED
walk
ed
Most verbs + –ED :
One syllabus verbs ends –E, + –D :
- One syllabus verbs ends –Y :
smile
d
One syllabus verbs ending ONE Vowel + C :
stop
ed
 I + ED
prefer
red
y
ed
p
- Two syllable verbs:
 Double the final consonant if the stress is on the second syllable
[pri`fə:(r)]
* Pronunciation of “-ED”
/t/
f
p
k
sh
ch
ss
x
/id/
/d/
laughed
stopped
looked
washed
watched
missed
boxed
The remain
a.1. Regular Verbs : V + ED
t
d
wanted
needed
studied
smiled
a.1. Regular Verbs :
Write the past form of these verbs :

play _____ like _____ study _____
stay _____ listen _____ rain _____
love _____ cry _____ help _____
wash _____ work _____ carry _____
start _____ stop _____ need _____
want _____ ask _____ live _____
look _____ watch _____ walk _____
played
stayed
loved
washed
started
wanted
looked
liked
listened
cried
worked
stopped
asked
watched
studied
rained
helped
carried
needed
lived
walked
a.2. Irregular Verbs : learn by heart
Write the past form of these verbs :
buy _____ give _____ run _____
bring _____ go _____ see _____
come _____ have _____ do _____
know _____ swim _____ drink _____
leave _____ take _____ drive _____
lose _____ teach _____ find _____
make _____ tell _____ fly _____
meet _____ think _____ forget _____
put _____ cost _____ get _____
bought
gave
ran
brought
went
saw
came
had
did
knew
swam
drank
left
took
drove
lost
taught
found
made
told
flew
met
thought
forgot
put
cost
got
1. Form :
S +
Ex 1: I was at home yesterday
Ex 2: They play football last week
b. Negative
didn’t + V1 + O
be not + adj./noun/noun phrase
c. Question sentence:
Be + S + adj./noun/noun phrase?
Did + S + V1 + O?
Ex 1: Were you at home yesterday?
Ex 2: Did he play football last week?
not
(wasn’t)
did not
(didn’t)
ed
2. Usage :
a. To express actions happened in the past with definite time
Ex : She came here yesterday
Adverbs:
yesterday
ago
last
morning
afternoon
evening
two days
three months
four years
in
October
2011
night
summer
month
Ex : I watched TV, listened to music, then I went to bed
2. Usage :
b. To express a range of actions in the past in chronological order
Conjunctions :
2. Usage :
and, then, after that = afterwards
c. To express habits in the past, but now they don’t happen any more, used with: used to + V1
Ex : I used to smoke a lot
REVIEW
weren’t/wasn’t
didn’t V1
S +
+ adj./noun
Were/was
Did
+ S
+ adj./noun
+ V1
2. Usage :
1. He (live) _____ in London last year
2. They (sell) _____ their house several days ago
3. When _____ you (see) _____ her ?
4. She (meet) _____ me in the street last Sunday
5. We (wait) _____ for the telephone call all afternoon
Exercise 1: Complete these sentences in the past simple
lived
sold
did
see
met
waited
2. Usage :
6. I (study) _____ music when I (be) _____ at school
7. My grandmother (die) _____ last year
8. Claire (go) _____ to Egypt last month
9. The accident (happen) _____ in May
10. It (not be) _____ a very comfortable journey
Exercise 1: Complete these sentences in the past simple
studied
was
died
went
happened
wasn’t
2. Usage :
11. Professor T. (teach) _____ another class last year
12. We (spend) _____ 2 weeks in Japan
13. We (speak) _____ to our friends last night
14. It (rain) _____ every day last month
15. We (see) _____ a good film yesterday
Exercise 1: Complete these sentences in the past simple
taught
spent
spoke
rained
saw
2. Usage :
1. Joe fell and hurt his arm
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
2. My mother taught the boy Russian
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
3. He read a new book
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
Exercise 2: Change these sentences into negative and question form :
Joe didn’t fall and hurt his arm
Did Joe fall and hurt his arm ?
My mother didn’t teach the boy Russian
Did your mother teach the boy Russian ?
He didn’t read a new book
Did he read a new book ?
2. Usage :
4. Jack went to the shop
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
5. He bought some eggs
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
6. She put them into a bag
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
Exercise 2: Change these sentences into negative and question form :
Jack didn’t go to the shop
Did Jack go to the shop ?
He didn’t buy some eggs
Did he buy some eggs ?
She didn’t put them into a bag
Did she put them into a bag ?
2. Usage :
7. The man opened the door
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
8. My father took off his hat
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
9. He sat down in a chair
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
Exercise 2: Change these sentences into negative and question form :
The man didn’t open the door
Did the man open the door ?
My father didn’t take off his hat
Did your father take off his hat ?
He didn’t sit down in a chair
Did he sit down in a chair ?
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