Grammar .

Past simple
To be Affirmative
2

V/He/she/it You/We/They
was were
old.
What is the Past simple form of these verbs?
1 play played 7 do
13 see 2 go
8 carry 14 like 3 start
9 eat 15 write 4 read
10 give 16 take 5 clean
11 listen 17 come 6 drink 12 hear 18 sit
To be Negative

V/He/She/lt You/We/They
wasn't (was not) weren'i (were not)
old.

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Complete the sentences with the Past simple. 1 She did (do) her history
homework last night. 2 The soldiers .... (fight) in the war. 3 The young
man .... (become) a knight. 4 1.... (have) a terrible day yesterday. 5
They .... (study) for a test last night. 6 You .... (make) a big mistake!
To be: Questions and short answers
Yes, l/he/she/it was. Was l/he/she/it old?
No, l/he/she/it wasn't.

Yes, you/we/they were. Were you/we/they old?

No, you/we/they weren't. Regular verbs. affirmative and negative
1/You/He/She/lt/We/They stayed
in London. 1 You/He/she/it/We/They didn't (did not) stay in London.
Irregular verbs: affirmative and negative 1/You/He/She/lt/We/They left
the city. 1/You/He/She/lt/We/They didn't (did not) leave the city.

Time expressions yesterday yesterday evening last year three years ago in
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Complete the sentences with these words.
.
.
.
..
.....

give
learn
leave
play
read
watch

1 We played tennis on Saturday. 2 Luke and Jason .... a horror movie last
night. 3 He.... me a present for my birthday. 4 1.... a text about ancient Rome. I
.... about
Julius Caesar. 5 You .... school early yesterday.

Watch Out! cook cooked stop stopped

dance hurry
danced hurried
Pronunciation Verb endings: /t/, /d/, /id/ 5a Listen and
repeat the sentences. 1.32 1 /t/: We liked the castle.
2/d/: He traveled to London.
3/id/: The fire started there. b Listen. Copy the table and put the
verbs in the 1.33 correct column.
asked died ended escaped happened lived visited wanted watched
Study the grammar table. Choose the correct options to
complete the rules. 1 The past forms of regular / irregular verbs
end in -ed. 2 The past forms of regular / irregular verbs are
all different. It is important to learn them.
L
/d/
/id/
// asked
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Unit 3. Past Lives