past+simple


 * PAST SIMPLE – FORM AND USES **


 * FORM **


 * AFFIRMATIVE FORM **

I **//worked//** you **//worked//** he **//worked//** she **//worked//** it **//worked//** we **//worked//** you **//worked//** they **//worked//**

- Only –//d// is added after a final –//e// (e.g. like-liked; love-loved) - Double the consonant if //short, stressed vowel + consonant// (e.g. admit-admitted) or //consonant + vowel + consonant// (travel-travelled). - Final –//y// after a consonant becomes ­–//i// (e.g. hurry-hurried).
 * EXCEPTIONS ** **in spelling when adding –//ed//**

Click here for a complete [|list of irregular verbs] Here, you can find a [|list of irregular verbs with Spanish translation] and a [|list of irregular verbs with phonetic transcription and translation into Spanish]
 * IMPORTANT ****: you must learn the irregular verbs.**

Below are some exercises to help you memorise the irregular verbs.

[|exercise 1] [|exercise 2] [|exercise 3] [|exercise 4] [|exercise 5] [|exercise 6] (here you can select the level of difficulty of the verbs and learn their meaning) [|exercise 7] [|exercise 8] [|exercise 9]


 * NEGATIVE FORM **

I **//didn’t work//** you **//didn’t work//** he **//didn’t work//** she **//didn’t work//** it **//didn’t work//** we **//didn’t work//** you **//didn’t work//** they **//didn’t work//**


 * INTERROGATIVE FORM **


 * //Did//** I **//work//**?
 * //Did//** you **//work//**?
 * //Did//** he **//work//**?
 * //Did//** she **//work//**?
 * //Did//** it **//work//**?
 * //Did//** we **//work//**?
 * //Did//** you **//work//**?
 * //Did//** they **//work//**?


 * SHORT ANSWERS **

Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t. Yes, you did. / No, you didn’t. Yes, he did. / No, he didn’t. Yes, she did. / No, she didn’t. Yes, it did. / No, it didn’t. Yes, we did. / No, we didn’t. Yes, you did. / No, you didn’t. Yes, they did. / No, they didn’t.


 * USES **

1. Finished action in the past. e.g. //When I was twelve I got up at 7 o’clock every morning.//

2. Action in the past taking place in the middle of another action. e.g. //When I was having breakfast, the phone suddenly rang//.

3. Conditional sentences type II. e.g. //If I had a lot of money, I would share it with you//.


 * TIME EXPRESSIONS AND ADVERBS **

The following time expressions and adverbs are used in the past simple: - yesterday - (2 hours) ago - in 1999 - last (Wednesday) - the other day - when
 * Download a pdf version** [[file:past simple - form and uses.pdf]]

[|exercise 1](affirmative sentences) [|exercise 2](affirmative sentences) [|exercise 3](affirmative sentences) [|exercise 4](affirmative sentences) [|exercise 5](affirmative sentences) [|exercise 6](affirmative sentences) [|exercise 7](negative sentences) [|exercise 8](negative sentences) [|exercise 9](negative sentences) [|exercise 10](negative sentences) [|exercise 11](questions) [|exercise 12](questions) [|exercise 13](questions) [|exercise 14](questions) [|exercise 15](questions) [|exercise 16](questions) [|exercise 17](mixed sentences) [|exercise 18](mixed sentences)
 * EXERCISES**

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