Positive form — Regular verbs

I watch television every evening. (present simple)

I watched television yesterday evening. (past simple)

watched is the past simple:

■ The past simple is often -ed. For example:

work –> worked clean –> cleaned start –> started

stay –> stayed live –> lived dance –> danced

These verbs are regular verbs.

- I clean my teeth every morning. This morning I cleaned my teeth.

- Terry worked in a bank from 1981 to 1986.

- Yesterday it rained all morning. It stopped at lunchtime.

- We enjoyed the party last Might. We danced a lot and talked to a lot of people. The party finished at midnight.

Spelling ► stud y –> stud ied marr y –> marr ied

sto p –> sto pped pla n –> pla nned

Exercise 1. Complete the sentences using the words in the list. Use the Present Simple or the Past Simple:

Example: Mike often asks questions. He asked a lot of ques­tions in class yesterday.

1. Lily and Jack ___their grandparents every weekend. They ___ them last weekend too.

2. I usually ___ to the news on TV before I go to sleep at night, but last night I ___ to the news on the radio.

3. Ann seldom ___ her homework before midnight. But yesterday she ___ her homework at 10 p.m.

4. I usually ___ a lot of people to my birthday party. But last year I ___ only my close friends.

5. Take care! This crossroads is extremely dangerous. Accidents are often here. A serious accident ___ at this crossroads only a few days ago.

6. In the evening my parents ___ at home and ___ TV. As usual they ___ at home and ___ TV last night.