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The past simple tense
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3. Regular verbs
The verbs "lived, started, died" are regular past forms.
The rule is the following:
Verb + ed

4. Irregular verbs:
The verbs "was, wrote" are irregular past forms. "Was" is the simple past of "to be"; "wrote" is the simple past of "write".
There is no rule for these verbs. You should learn them by heart.

5. The form of the past simple tense
The Affirmative form of the simple past:
Examples
1-I played tennis with my friends yesterday.
2-I finished lunch and I did my homework.

6. The form of the past simple tense
The interrogative form of the simple past
Examples:
Did you play basketball yesterday?
Did you watch television?
Did you do the homework?

7. The form of the past simple tense
The negative form of the simple past
Examples
1-I didn't like the food in the wedding last Saturday.
2-I didn't eat it.

8. The use of the simple past
1- Finished events in the past
Examples:
William Shakespeare wrote Hamlet.
Christoph Columbus discovered America in 1492.

9. The use of the simple past
2- Past habitual action Examples: 1- I visited them every day for a year. 2- I drove to work every day when I worked with that company

10. The use of the simple past
3- Events that were true for some time in the past Examples: 1- He lived in Paris for 20 years. 2- They talked on the phone for ten minutes

11. Exercises

12. Write sentences in past simple.
1- We move to a new house.
2- They bring a sandwich.
3- He doesn't do the homework.
4- They sell cars.

13. Write sentences in simple past.
1- Janet / miss / the bus
2- she / tidy / her room
3- Nancy / watch / not / television
4- she / read / a book

14.   Choose "Was“ or "Were“
1- The teacher nice. 2- The students very clever. 3- But one student in trouble. 4- We sorry for him.

15. Answers key Put the sentences into simple past.
We move to a new house. → We moved to a new house.
They bring a sandwich. → They brought a sandwich.
He doesn't do the homework. → He did not do the homework.
They sell cars. → They sold cars.
Write sentences in simple past.
Janet / the bus / miss →Janet missed the bus.
she / her room / tidy → She tidied her room.
Nancy / watch / not / television → Nancy did not watch television.
she / read / book → She read a book.
Choose "Was“ or "Were“:
The teacher was  nice.
The students were  very clever.
But one student was  in trouble.
We were  sorry for him.