Grammar

Past Simple

Interactive workbook

Quick reminder / Краткое правило

be → was / were
I was, he/she/it was, we/you/they were.

Regular verbs → verb + -ed
play → played, watch → watched, cry → cried.

Irregular verbs
go → went, make → made, buy → bought, find → found.

Show what you know

Complete the dialogues with the correct past form of the verb to be.

1 Liam: Where were you this morning?

Stella: I at the gym. I go every Saturday.

2 James: ^a the football match exciting?

David: No, it ^b. Their players ^c much better than our players.

3 Sue: ^a your parents worried about you going skiing?

Alice: Yes, they ^b. It ^c strange. My dad ^d more worried than my mum.

★★Complete the email with the words from the box. Put the verbs in the correct form. There are two extra words.

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Hi Chris,

How are you? We had a sports day at our school ¹. It was quite good. I ² table tennis and ³ some kung fu. Then I had a rest and ⁴ the running competition. After that, some friends and I stayed at school and ⁵ to clear up. The teachers ⁶ us some cans of drink, so we ⁷ them to the park and ⁸ them there. I ⁹ home quite early because I had a lot of work to do ¹⁰ night. We had a Maths test today and we’ve got exams all this week.

I must do some more work. Hope all is well.
Nick

★Complete the text with the correct past forms of the verb in brackets.

On Saturday, I was bored. I phoned (phone) my friend. We ¹ (chat) for a while and then we ² (agree) to meet at her house. We ³ (plan) to play tennis but it ⁴ (start) to rain, so we ⁵ (decide) to watch a DVD. Jackie’s little sister was there. She ⁶ (want) to play with us but we said ‘no’. Then she ⁷ (cry) and Jackie’s mum ⁸ (ask) us to look after her. So, we all ⁹ (watch) a film that Jackie’s sister ¹⁰ (like). It was terrible!

★★★Put the words in the correct order with the verbs in the correct form to make sentences.

yoga / of / I / doing / age / at / start / the / twelve
be / he / younger / Phil / want / doctor / when / a / to / be
My / yesterday / a salad / sister / make / for lunch
decide / Becky / last / a volleyball club / to join / week
ago / I / this tennis racket / months / two / buy
last month / my / find / old / in / skateboard / I / the garage

★Complete the sentences with one word in each gap. The first letters are given.

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I first became interested in skateboarding at the ¹a of eight. Then, ²w I was about ten or eleven, a new skatepark opened in our town. I went every day and got better and better. ³L year, there was a competition and I won the under-18 skateboarding prize. I was really happy. A few months ⁴a, I heard about a summer skateboarding camp. It starts today. I packed my clothes ⁵y and sent messages to my friends. I went to bed late last ⁶n but it’s 6 a.m. now and I’m eating breakfast. The coach for the camp leaves at 11 o’clock but I can’t sleep.

Show what you’ve learnt

Complete the dialogue with the words from the box. Change the form of the verbs. There are four extra words.

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Tim: Is this a good film?

Jan: Oh, it’s lovely. I cried when I saw it.

Tim: Why? Is it sad?

Jan: Very. I saw it ¹ weekend. I ² with Amelia. She ³ it. She wanted to leave before the end.

Tim: I can believe that. I remember when I was at her house a few weeks ⁴. We ⁵ to watch a DVD. When I looked at her collection of films, they were all things most people like at the ⁶ of 12! In the end, we watched The Lion King!