Practice 08: Past Simple: Regular and Irregular Verbs: Jorge Basadre Grohmann National University

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JORGE BASADRE GROHMANN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY English II

PRACTICE 08: PAST SIMPLE: REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS


CODE: __________________ FULL NAME: ________________________________

1. Write the simple past forms of the following verbs:


Infinitive Simple past Infinitive Simple past
Visit Have
Look Can
Like Get
Talk Go
Decide Teach
Study Buy
Cry Leave

2. Read the following text and complete the spaces with the correct form of the verbs:

My name is Flor and I am from Abancay but I came (1. come) to Tacna fourteen years ago.

I came here because I ……………. (2. hear) Tacna is a safe city to live in. As soon as I ……………. (3.
be) in Tacna, I ……………. (4. Go) to University and ……………. (5. Study) Obstetrics for five years. I
……………. (6. Like) my days as a university student. I ……………. (7. Participate) in a lot of activities.
I ……………. (8. Have) some friends, but I had only one best friend. Her name was Ana. She was very
smart and she liked to practice sports. She ……………. (9. Can) play basketball and soccer very well.

I ……………. (10. not-like) sports very much, but she ……………. (11. Teach) me to play basketball every afternoon.
Unfortunately, I ……………. (12. not-can) learn it. It was difficult for me.

TRUE (T) OR FALSE (F)

1. She came to Tacna because it was


dangerous. ( )

2. I didn’t study for six years. ( )

3. I had a lot of friends. ( )

4. My friend and I liked sports. ( )

5. I couldn’t learn any sports. ( )

4. Turn the following sentences into negative or affirmative form:


Infinitive Simple past
Last night I drank some tea but… ……………………………………... any coffee.
Luz found her purse but… ……………………………………... her keys.
My nephew didn’t break the door, but … ……………………………………... the windows.
Yesterday morning, we didn’t have a shower but … ……………………………………... breakfast.
For my teacher’s birthday, my friends and I made a cake but … ……………………………………... any pastries.
At ten years old, I could play the piano but … ……………………………………... the flute.
As a school student, I was shy but ……………………………………... timid.
JORGE BASADRE GROHMANN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY English II

5. What did they do last weekend? Use the prompts below to describe what the people did.

6. What memories do you have of your childhood? Write a brief text. Similar to the one found in act. 2-3

……………………………………………………………………………………
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……………………………………………………………………………………
PICTURE ……………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………
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