Change the verbs into the past simple, keeping them as positives, negatives, or questions

1 He lives here. He lived here.

2 Do you work here? Did you work here?

3 I don't like the film

4 She hates the hotel

5 We don't live there

6 Does he play the piano?

7 I love Paris

8 He doesn't work very hard

9 She travels a lot

10 He walks everywhere

11 I don't study English

12 Do you drive to school?

13 I don't like him

14 Do you miss your parents?

15 We love Spain

16 John studies music

17 Where do you live?

18 What does he study?

19 Where does she work?

20 We don't like London

21 They hate waiting

22 They work in a factory

Past Simple: positive - irregular verbs

FORM

• Irregular verbs have the same form for all persons (I, you, he, she, etc)

Subject	Past Simple
I he she it we you they	went.

• Irregular verbs are irregular in the past simple in the positive only (not in the

negative or question form):

go — went She went home yesterday,

sit — sat I sat down,

write — wrote She wrote for hours.

Use the verbs above to complete these sentences.

1 I .wrote... a few letters yesterday.

2 He at six o'clock this morning.

3 They home late last night.

4 She a headache yesterday.

5 I was hungry so I some bread and cheese.

6 They came into my office and down.

7 We some water.

8 I was late so I to work.

9 She abroad last week.

10 They him some money.

Past Simple: positive

Write the past simple positive of these irregular verbs.

buy - bought

catch

choose

come

do

drink

eat

forget

give

go

know

make

put

read

see

sit

speak

take

tell

think

understand

In your notebook, write these sentences putting the verbs into the past simple. Remember that the infinitive is used for questions and negatives.

1 I … some new clothes last week, (buy)

I bought some new clothes last week.

2What time … last night? (they come)

What time did they come last night?

3 I … his question, (not understand)

I didn't understand his question.

4 I … he was wrong, (think)

5 … a lot at the party? (you eat)

6 I … the bus this morning, (not catch)

7 I … my keys yesterday, (forget)

8 … you about the meeting? (they tell)

9 Peter … the washing-up last night, (do)

10 They … anything at the disco, (not drink)

11 I … your suitcase in your bedroom, (put)

12 We … it was your birthday, (not know)

13 … to the office yesterday? (you go)

14 They … her a present when she left, (give)

15 We … their letters, (read)

UNIT 9