Past Simple by Eva Viñas

affirmative -ed (regular verbs) 2nd Column (Irregular verbs) subject + I worked a lot. I came yesterday.

negative subject + didn’t + infinitive She didn’t participate in the competition. 3

question Did + subject + Infinitive ? Did you see my brother? 4

Guess the Past Simple forms: studied 1. He (study) ____________________ very much for the exam. 2. My sister (live) ____________________ in london for some years. lived lived 3. The car (not stop) ___________________. didn’t stop 4. I (go) ___________________ to the shopping centre last Saturday. didn’t go 5

5. The computer (not work) ________________. didn’t work 6. I (not open) ____________________ the windows because it was very cold didn’t open 7. We (eat) ___________________ all the cake. ate 8. We (leave) ___________________ on holidays. left 9. The workers (be) ___________________ on strike. were 6

10. (she/work) __________________ in this office? Did she work 11. (you/see) ____________________ him? Did you see 12. We (buy) ___________________ too many drinks. bought 13. He (read) ___________________ an interesting article on new technologies. read 14. I (not do) ___________________ it. I promise. didn’t do 7

15. We (forget) __________________ to tell you. forgot 16. (you/buy) ____________________ some bread? Did you buy 17. The teenager (help) _________________ the old lady carry her shopping bags. helped 18. You (not tell) ___________________ me the truth. didn’t tell 19. (he/call) ___________________ you? Did he call 20. We (finish) ___________________ the exercise. finished 8