Past simple

Regular verbs
On September 6th 2007, Bettina Rossi baked
a cake for her birthday. It weighed I 70 kilos
and she invited the whole village to eat it!

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In June 2008, John Smith talked
to 146 people on the phone for
70 hours without stopping!

Four months ago, Jamal Keyes played for Last year, Paul and Emma Yates travelled
his school basketball team for the first time round Europe and Asia on their bikes. They
and scored 102 points in one game! visited 28 countries in five months!

o Complete the tables.

Past simple regular verbs
Statements
Positive played.
I / You / He / She / It / We / They travelled.
talk. .
Negative
did .
(didn't)

Questions Short answers

Yes, I / you / he / she /
play?
I / you / he / she / it / we / they did.
travel?
it / we / they No, I / you / he / she /
................. ?
it / we / they .

~ Look at the spelling rules on page 14 I .

 Wh- questions

What play?
Where travel?
When

e Read the information.

Use Form
• We use the post simple to talk about • To form the past simple of regular verbs,
things that happened in the past. We we add -ed or -d to the main verb:
usually say when they happened. We play'" played like ••• liked
often use past time expressions: tidy ••• tidied stop'" stopped
We walked to school yesterday. • In negative sentences and questions, we
She finished her homework an hour ago. use didn't/did and the infinitive.
Did you play football yesterday? V"

e Complete with the past simple.

Amazing facts
In February 2004, a young man from Australia. 1 . play'e~ [play) the
drums for 84 hours.
The largest sandwich in the world 2 . [weigh) 2,467 kg.
Sergio Goldvarg of Argentina 3 . [collect) 7000 model cars
in 43 years [1962-2005).
In 2000. a 34-year-old man from Nepal 4 [climb) Mount
Everest in 16 hours and 56 minutes!
In 1930. Mike Ritof and Edith Boudreaux 5 [dance) for
5152 hours and 48 minutes.
Pele, one of the world's greatest football players. 6 .. [score)
1280 goals in 1360 games!

e Correct the sentences.

Harry watched a film on TV last night.
·.H.e .did.n)t 'Nat.ch..a .fi/.m.·..Me..w.atc~e~. cartoons.
2 Beth and Vicky played football on Saturday.
·............... . tennis.
3 You studied for your Maths test last weekend.
I .. . History test.
4 Mrs Hardy baked a chocolate cake last Sunday.
·................ ............ .... a banana cake.
S Lucy phoned Izumi yesterday.
 I Peter / tid~ / his room 2 Sophie / help / her teacher
pe~r. qiqn ..t. Fi.dy.~is. ,room. $oph.ie:.~e.lpeq. ~e,r. te:a.ch.er.

e Look at Exercise S. Ask and answer.

Peter / tidy / the living room / yesterday?
.P.iq. peFer..tidy. Fhe:.1 ivin.9.,roor!1.yel)te,rday ? .
2 Harry / finish his puzzle?

• Choose and complete with the correct form of the past simple.

Harry: I pid. yo.u..enJoy.. your holiday in Spain?

Leo: Yes, I 2 It was great. \~
Harry: 3 in a hotel? \~
Leo: No, we 4 We stayed at my uncle's house. ." _If-

Harry: S to any local people? ,," j ,'"

Leo: No, lb.. I don't speak Spanish.
Harry: 7 . the Alhambra in Granada?
Leo: Yes, I 8 .. It was fantastic!
 Irregular verbs
Yes, we did. He didn't have a photo so he
wrote his name on a packet of dried cat food.
~

Wow! The famous basketball player?

Did you get his autograph?

No, it wasn't! Cosmo chewed

the box and ate the cat food!

He ate Ben Baker's

autograph!

e Complete the tables.

Past simple regular verbs

Statements
Positive saw.
I / You / He / She / It / We / They ate.
wrote.
Negative see.
did .
eat.
(didn't)

Questions Short answers

I / you / he / she / Yes, 1/ you / he / she / it / we / they did.

it / we / they No, I / you / he / she / it / we / they .

Wh· questions
What
Where did I / you / he / she / it / we / they eat?
When
 • Irregular verbs don't form the past simple with -ed. Each irregular verb is different.
go ••• went see'" saw eat'" ate write'" wrote
We went the supermarket. We didn't go to the supermarket. Did you go out?

~ See the list of irregular verbs on page 138.

G> Match.

Infinitive Past simple

1 wear a ran
2 think b swam
3 run c drank
4 give d had
5 swim e found
b take f wore
7 drink g sang
8 find h did
Cl make thought
10 sing j took
II have k made
12 do I gave

G Complete with the past simple.

I Peter and Harry ..sCl~ Ben Baker at the supermarket. (see)
2 They ... his autograph. (get)
3 I a letter to my friend in Spain. (write)
4 We our homework and then we watched TV. (do)
5 My mum a cake for my birthday. (make)
b Hey! you my sandwich! (eat)
7 David a present for his friend yesterday. (buy)
8 a very interesting book last week. (read)

49 Read Peter's list of things to do on Saturday. What did he do? What didn't he do?

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tell Ml,f(Y\ o.bOl.{t the coY\cer+ tI'
3
et tickets .for the coY\cer+ )(
4
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5
Meet _tI'
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 Complete the questions. Then write short answers. Don't look at Exercise 12.
How much can you remember?
I .p.icj.P.et;e:r.ge.t.up at 8.00 on Saturda~? (Peter / get up)
2 his homework for Monda~? (he / do)
3 his mum about the concert? (he / tell) .
4 tickets for the concert? (he / get)
5 an~ cat food? (he / bu~)
b an email to David? (he / send)
7 Harr~ at half past five? (he / meet)

CD Complete.

Dear Izutni, I
I had alt awful titne yesterday! 11.. tAJ.et'lt (go) to the J
leisure celttre with Peter ilt the tnorltiltg. I 2 .
3
(forget) tny switnSuit so 1 (I\Otgo)
switntniltg.
Thelt we played volleyball with sotne kids frotn schooL
Our teatn 4 ................. (ltot wilt) because Peter was a
terrible player! After the gatne I 5 (break) tny
sultglasses altd thelt I 6... .... . .. . (lose) tny i-pod!
We ? ................ (cotne) back hotne at four o'clock altd
8 (filtd) Mutn outside our house. She
9. (ltot have) her keys so we all 10 .
(wait) for Dad ilt the gardelt. He n.. (cotne) back
frotn work after two hours!
Love,
Lucy

Read Exercise lit again and answer the questions.

I Where did Luc~ go ~esterda~ morning? She went to the leisure centre.
..................................................

2 Did she have a good time? .. t'-jO.I.. she..d.idr) )t .

3 Wh~ didn't she swim?
4 Did Luc~'s team win the volle~ball game?
5 What happened to her sunglasses?
b Wh~ did the~ wait for their dad in the garden?
7 When did he come home from work?
 All forms
e Complete with the past simple.
Every summer ... Last summer ...
I I go on holiday with my family. we went . to Spain.
2 we travel by plane. we by train.
3 we stay in a hotel. we in a small hotel near the beach.
4 I get up late. I at ten o'clock every morning.
5 my brother and I swim in the sea. we in the hotel swimming pool.
l;, we meet a lot of new people. we a very nice family with two children.
7 I send a postcard to my best friend. I postcards to all my friends.
8 we visit my grandparents in August. we my grandparents in July.

4D Complete with the past simple.

A: What '. ~id.1Jo.u..d/) . . . . . . . .. (you / do) last weekend? 2 .
(you / stay) at home?
B: No, we 3. We 4 (visit) my cousins in Brighton.
A: Really? s (you / have) a nice time?
B: Yes! It b (be) lovely! What about you? Where
7 (you / go)?
A: Well I B (go) to the shopping centre with Mike and
Nancy on Saturday. And guess what? We 9 (see)
Ray Matthews there!
B: Ray Matthews? The famous footballer? Wow! 10 .

(you / speak) to him?

A: Yes, I I I. ... .... ... .... .. .. ... ... ! And I 12........................ (get) his autograph,
too. Here it is.

Cl What did you do last weekend? Write questions. Then write true answers.
what time / you / get up / last Saturday?
..W~at. ~im.e. .d.i~.you. .B.et..up .Ia.st..S.at;ur~OJJ.?.
2 you / go / shopping with a friend?
 Writing practice

G) Choose and complete with the correct form of the past simple.

NBA basketball star in our town!

by Harry Oavis
Ben Baker, the famous NBA basketball player, was in our town last week!
I 1 .rne:t Ben at a local supermarket and I 2 him for his
autograph. Then I 3 to him about his visit.
Ben 4 to England last week because he 5 to visit his
·
re Iatlves. 6 you................. t h at B'en s gran d parents I"Ive In our town. ?
I didn't!
Ben has many fans in our town. Last Wednesday he 7 the sports
centre and 8 a game with the local basketball team.
Ben 9. for the USA yesterday, but he wants to come back and v'isit our
school very soon! Sadly, 1didn't 10 a photo of Ben.

~ Write.
You met a famous person in your town last week. Write an article for TeenLink about this person.
Use Exercise Iq and these questions to help you.

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FAMOUS IN OUR TOWN!
by .
1 Who was the persott?
2 ~hett did you meet him/her? Where?
3 D~dyou ask for his/her autograph?
Old he/she write it for you? Where?
4 Why did he/she COmeto your tOWtt?
5 Did you take a photo? .
6 How did you feel?