Regular past form: verb + ed *Play  played *Enter  entered Some verbs have an irregular past form * see  saw * go went Verbs ending with e: * arrive  arrived * convince convinced Affirmative: I We You They He She It Negative: I We You They He She It + verb + didn’t + verb Do you know the past form of these verbs? 1- be 11- buy 21- sell 2-have 3-come 4-do _ 5-go _ 6-give 7-eat _ 8-drive _ 9-find 10-leave _ 12- choose 13- fly 14- meet 15- teach 16- tell 17- take 18-read 19- say 20- see Verbs ending with y: *Try  tried *carry  carried Verbs ending with a vowel +a consonant: * stop  stopped *travel travelled Interrogative: Did I We You + verb They He She It Did 22- speak 23- get 24-die 25-drive 26-make 27-drink 28-sing 29-win 30-sleep Write the bracketed verbs in the simple past As a child, I (be)…….afraid of cats Last week, he (break)…… his leg while playing tennis He (not/catch)………………the train because he arrived late Angela (get)……a new dress (make)……by her dressmaker last week The party I (attend)…… last night was held by Cousin Patrick I (go)……to Paris a long time ago His mother (allow)… him to watch the film last night In the past young people (not/choose)……their marriage partners She (speak)……… to me on the phone 10- My uncle Richard (leave)……England twenty years ago 11- (You/watch)………… the film last Sunday? 12-Why (you/be)…………late yesterday? Choose the correct word Supply the right form of the verbs Tom (be)………ill last week He (have) ……temperature., his head (ache) …………, he sneeze, and he (cough) ………So his mother (take) ……….him to the doctor surgery The doctor (examine) ………… Tom He (look)……… at his throat and nose And he (measure) … his temperature Then, he (prescribe) ……… medicines and (tell) ……… him to (drink) ………a lot of water and to stay in bed Her father (died/has been dead) last year He (has left/left) home two years ago Where (have you/did you) go yesterday? (Were you/are you) at home last Sunday? 5-Debbie (has gone/went) to Brazil last month 6- He (didn’t go/ wasn’t going) to zoo yesterday 7- John (travel/travelled) to Italy last week 8-His mother (died/dies) when he was fourteen 9- He (was born/is born) in 2001 10- Richard (forgot /has forgotten) his homework last Monday Rearrange the words to make sentences or questions 1-French/ I/ when/ a primary school/speak/couldn’t/at/I/when/was/fluently …………………………………………………… 2-school/ He/ respect/ the/ didn’t/rules …………………………………………………… 3-about/ Friday night/laughed/On/ she/ friends/with/exams/her …………………………………………………………… 4-party/for/invite/How many/your/people/you/did? …………………………………………………………… 5-Yesterday/in/ father/ Tunis/ your/was? …………………………………………………………… 6-a/ car/ father/ new/your/buy/Did? …………………………………………………………… 7- new/ a/years/ phone/ two/John/ bought/mobile / ago …………………………………………………………… 8-to/ you/ stay up/ homework/night/ Had/late/to finish/ /last/your? …………………………………………………………………… Complete the following dialogue with appropriate questions Daniel :It took me three hours to get here John:……………………………………………………… Daniel: Yes There was a traffic jam ten kilometers long John:……………………………………………………… Daniel: No, I wasn’t; I was with the rest of the family John: ……………………………………………………… Daniel: The children? Oh, they slept all the way John:……………………………………………………… Daniel: No we didn’t have to; we had everything we needed in the car John: ………………………………………………………… Daniel: No I’m not; I ate a sandwich at one of the rest stops John: ………………………………………………………… Daniel: Oh, yes; a shower sounds very good Ask corresponding questions 1- I bought a new house last week 2- Shakespeare wrote a lot of plays 3- She was born in 1996 4- He didn’t go to school yesterday because he was ill 5- Mr Smith was my last year English teacher 6- He succeeded in solving his problem with courage 7- I started working at the age of 15 8- She left two months ago 9- My father gave me five coins 10- He read the English book first Supply the gaps with the right form of the verbs in the list When I first(visit)…………a doctor a year ago because of a severe stomach ache, I(be)……… told that I(have)……… a virus But the pain(continue) ……….for the next four weeks I (take) ……… to hospital where they (discover)……… a tumour in my stomach and I (have)………… To be operated It (be) ……… only after the operation that I(find)……… out that I (have)…………… Cancer Luckily, I’m now fully recovered and apart from check-ups every three years, I don’t need any treatment 1)was/ were, had, came,did,went,gave ,ate,drove,found,left,bought,chose, flew,met,taught, told,took,read,said,saw,sold,spoke,got,died drove, made,drank, sang,won,slept 2) was,broke, didn’t catch, got, made, attended, went, allowed, didn’t chose, spoke, left, did you watch, were you be 3) died, left, did you, were you., went, didn’t go, travelled, died, was born, forgot 4) was, had, ached, coughed, took, examined, looked, measured, prescribed, told, drank, 5) When I was at a primary school, I couldn’t speak French fluently He didn’t respect the school rules On Friday night, she laughed with her friends about exams how 6) Was it difficult for you to drive?/ was there a traffic jam? Were you alone? What did the children do? Did you have to stop to get something to eat or drink? Are you hungry now? Would you like to take a shower then? 7) visited, was told, had, continued, was taken, discovered, had, was, found, had 8) What did you buy last week? What did Shakespeare write? When was she born? Why didn’t he go to school yesterday? Who was your last year English teacher? How did he succeed in solving his problems? When did he star working?