Revision: Past Simple (regular and irregular verbs)

1) Write the base forms of 2) Last Monday the police found a woman’s coat. These things were in
the following verbs. the pockets. What did she do recently? What didn’t she do? Use the
verbs in the past simple to write what we know about her.
PresentPast
be / visit / stay / go / call / check / travel / book / write / change / clean / buy (2)
1.________ discovered
2.________ wore
3.________ taught
4.________ carried
Car wash
5.________ lost Super wash
Thanks for
Manchester October 2016
your letter
6. _______ threw Paid: €4.23
last week.
7. _______ kept RECEIPT Shopping list: Nice to
1. lipstick + keep in
8. _______ chose 2. magazine -- touch with
To do list: - book a taxi + 3. apples +
- check tickets + you.
9. _______ rode 4. new socks + Love, Ann.
- change money - call Ted
10._______ stopped
11._______ began
3) Make sentences negative. 1. Example: She visited Rome in October 2016.
2. ______________________________________
1. Jane packed her suitcase. _________________________
3. ______________________________________
2. We lost our keys. ________________________________
4. ______________________________________
3. Jack broke his leg. _______________________________
5. ______________________________________
4. It rained a lot. ___________________________________
6. ______________________________________
5. He met his friends. _______________________________ 7. ______________________________________
8. ______________________________________
4) Make questions and answers. Use the cues. 9. ______________________________________
1. Example: you / write a letter / yesterday? + 10._____________________________________
Did you write a letter yesterday? Yes, I did.
11. _____________________________________
2. you / speak Chinese / ? –
12. _____________________________________
_________________________________________________
13. _____________________________________
3. Jack / have a good time / at the party on Sunday /? +
_________________________________________________
4. they / swim in the sea / last summer/ ? –
_________________________________________________ 6) Complete the questions to fit the answers.

1. Where did you go yesterday, Mary?

5) Make questions. Use the following words. I went to the birthday party.
1. where / you / go on holiday / last year / ? 2. Who______________________ with?
__________________________________________________ I went with Sarah and her brother.
2. when / you / first / ride a bike / ?
__________________________________________________ 3. What_________________________there?
3. what / Ann / do / last weekend / ? We watched DVDs and played games.
__________________________________________________ 4. __________________ a great time?
4. what lessons / you / have / yesterday / ? Yes, we really did.
__________________________________________________
5. Where ____________ after the party?
5. who / Jill / meet / last Monday / ?
KEY
__________________________________________________
We went for a walk in the park.
Ex. 1)
1 discover 2 wear 3 teach 4 carry 5 lose 6 throw 7 keep
8 choose 9 ride 10 stop 11 begin

Ex. 2)
2. She stayed at the Clayton Hotel.
3. She was at the cinema.
4. She travelled to Manchester by train.
5. She cleaned her car.
6. She went to the city centre of Manchester.
7. She wrote a letter to Ann.
8. She bought a lipstick, new socks and apples.
9. She didn’t buy a magazine.
10. She booked a taxi.
11. She checked the tickets.
12. She didn’t change money.
13. She didn’t call Ted.

Ex. 3)
1. Jane didn’t pack her suitcase.
2. We didn’t lose our keys.
3. Jack didn’t break his leg.
4. It didn’t rain a lot.
5. He didn’t meet his friends.

Ex. 4)
2. Did you speak Chinese? No, I didn’t.
3. Did Jack have a good time at the party on Sunday? Yes, he did.
4. Did they swim in the sea last summer? No, they didn’t.

Ex. 5)
1. Where did you go on holiday last year?
2. When did you first ride a bike?
3. What did Ann do last weekend?
4. What lessons did you have yesterday?
5. Who did Jill meet last Monday?

Ex. 6)
2. Who did you go to the party with?
3. What did you do there?
4. Did you have a great time?
5. Where did you go after the party?