Past simple affirmative

WORKSHEET 13

Name ______________________________

1 Read the text and circle the past simple

form of the verbs.Write them.

3 Write the past simple form of

these verbs.

a) travel ___________
traveled

d) walk

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a) travel ___________

d) talk

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b) stay ___________

e) stop

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b) start ___________

e) visit

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c) visit ___________

f ) return ___________

c) study ___________

f ) play ____________

STOP

PRESENT

PAST SIMPLE

be
go
have
swim
drive
get up
buy

was / were
went
had
swam
drove
got up
bought

a Irregular verbs have special forms for the

past.
b There are lists of English irregular verbs
in books and dictionaries.

to Scotland
Last summer I traveled
stayed in
with my family. First, we
visited
a hotel in Edinburgh, we
walked through
Edinburgh Castle and
y. Then we
the old part of the cit
car. We
went to Inverness by
and swam
stopped for a picnic
ter was cold!
in Loch Ness. The wa
returned home.
And five days later we

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2 Look at the text again. Find three more

4 Match the present form of these

irregular verbs with the past simple
form.
1) be
2) buy
3) drive
4) go
5) have
6) swim

a) had
b) swam
c) bought
d) was / were
e) drove
f ) went

verbs in the past simple.

a) ______________________________________
b) ______________________________________
c) ______________________________________

5 Write these sentences in the past simple.

a) I play tennis on Saturday.

I played tennis on Saturday.

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b) I go to bed at eleven o'clock.

STOP

PRESENT

PAST SIMPLE

stay
visit
walk
return
travel
stop
study

stayed
visited
walked
returned
traveled
stopped
studied

In the past simple we use the same form for

I, you, he, she, it, we and they.

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c) I watch TV in the evening.
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d) I have milk and cereal for breakfast.
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e) I walk to school.
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