Yesterday, I studied grammar. feline) A. We form the Past Simple of regular verbs by adding -ed to the basic verb: I you he/she/it we you they worked B. Spelling: Here are some spelling rules for regular verbs: 1, Some verbs already end in -e. To form the Past Simple, add -d. For exemple: escape They escaped hope >We hoped live-+! lived rescue+They rescued 2. Some verbs end in consonant + -y, The y changes to i + -ed. For example: carry-+He carried cory *He cried hurry+They hurried marry >She married But remember that verbs ending in vowel + -y end in -ed: For example: play >He played stay +They stayed 3. Some verbs end in consonant + vowel + consonant (a vowel sandwich). Most double the final consonant. For example: cancel +They cancelled plan-+He planned rob>They robbed stop >We stopped travel “He travelled fit *The shoe fitted However there are some exceptions to 3 (see Appendix 1 for more information): e.g.: happen -> happened open + opened visit > visited ©. Pronunciation: We pronounce the -ed in different ways, as (tJ, [d] or [id]. See Appendix 5. D. But not all verbs in English are regular in the past. There is a list in Appendix 1. For example: go>he went have she had E. We use the Past Simple to talk about the past. We use it to tell a story: Harry and Michelle rabbed the bank. Inspector Clark followed them. We use it to talk about something which was true in the past: Rome ruled a great empire. My grandfather liked wine. We use it when we are talking about a particular time in the past: One hour ago/Two years ago/Last night/Yesterday/Last month/in 1992, | visited the President.QD Past Simple 1) I played, he went © = 1 complete tese sentences by using « suitable verb from the list. Use the Past Simple, Be careful with the spelling. break build cancel cany cry die grow happen keep lie open star stare stop study try wony 1. He carried... ... his suitcases to the station. 2. Hitler ... in 1945. 3. The Romans save Stt@light roads. 4, All Week, Ne .......essene @bout the exam, 5. She son French and German from 1994 to 1996, 6. He... soe smoking last January. 7. $he w......es. her leg in the cecident. 8. The accident . at nine o'clock at night, 9. He w..sssssnsnseen Very hard to win the competition. 10, The farmers... . a giant potato, 11. Sue . a Jot when Tom .....:....0:-+ elbout his other girlfriend, 12, He... net love letters in a box under his bed. 13. They ............., the football match because of bad weather. 14, The new supermarket... coves Lost Week, 15, The fll .....ccemene CC Decutiful young Braziliem actress. 16. The people in the street cat the famous actor. Read this love story. Then, put a verb from the list in each gap. Use the Past Simple form. Be careful, all the verbs are irregular. break come drive fall feel fly getmamied give gx go have leave make meet see send sink = sit’ «swim = take tell ‘throw write Sheila (1) .Wentt........... to New York on holiday. She (2) ....0 a handsome young American in the hotel. She (3) ..-1.::..:.: in love with him as soon as she (4) him. He (8)... her that he was a millionaire. He (6) her flowers every day and (7) . her a diamond ring. “I love him — he is kind, intelligent and honest," she (8) sesso fo her family in England, She (9) «scene her return Gir ticket out of the window and (10)... seu to him in Las Vegas. He (11) wissen her to his house in California. They (12)... in the Pacific Ocean every moming and (13) ..........:0:.0n the beach in the evening as the sun 14) veeeseseeseesees OF the HOTZON, She (18)... Very happy except when he (16) ss ssesssesseeosee @WerY On Business trips. Then, one day, the police (17) «2... to the house. Her husbond wos a criminal. He (18) ..v.suisseese bis money from dishonest business deals. Also, he (19) .....ssseseesn thee other “wives" in other houses. It (20) we. er ert, She 1) sess the house aNd (22) «essen Gitectly to the airport. She (23) ....eesssee ack to England. Poor Sheilat! ea = 3 Invent other sentences which use the verbs from exercise 1 in the Past Simple. For example: She broke her leg. They cancelled the panty.