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Englez Caraca Gabriela Marilena

Form: S + vb2 (past tense) / (-ed)

Affirmative
I stayed
You stayed
He stayed
She stayed
It stayed
We stayed
You stayed
They stayed

Fia 8: Past Tense Simple

Negative
I did not (didnt) stay
You did not (didnt) stay
He did not (didnt) stay
She did not (didnt) stay
It did not (didnt) stay
We did not (didnt) stay
You did not (didnt) stay
They did not (didnt) stay

Interrogative
Did I stay?
Did you stay?
Did he stay?
Did she stay?
Did it stay?
Did we stay?
Did you stay?
Did they stay?

Using:
Timpul trecut n limba englez este echivalentul perfectului simplu din limba romn. Desemneaz un eveniment finalizat
i amintit n prezent.
a) past action which happened one after the other
Eg: She wrote the letter, put a stamp and send it.
b) past habit or state
Eg: He used to walk / walked to work by himself.
c) action happened at a definite past time
Eg: Shakespeare wrote a lot of plays.
Time expressions: yesterday, last week, then, just now, when, in 1947.
Spelling (regular verbs):
a. verbs ending in e, take only d
Eg: like liked
hate hated
b. some verbs ending in consonant, double the consonant and take ed
Eg: prefer preferred
stop stopped
c.
verbs ending in consonant + y, take ied
Eg: carry carried
study studied
d. verbs ending in vowel + y, take yed
Eg: play played
enjoy enjoyed
Irregular verbs have special past forms for the Infinitive form, Past Tense and Past Participle.

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Regular Verbs
I.
Put the verbs into Past Simple:
1. We ...................... (need)a lot of new furniture.
2. We ........................... (want) to paint and decorate the rooms, too.
3. For weeks I ........................... (shop)in department stores and paint
shops. I ............................ (look) at all kinds of curtains and carpets,
wallpaper and paint.
4. Soon our house ........................... (start) to look like a beautiful home.
5. But I still ...................... (need) a curtain for the living-room.
6. I ........................ (want)one exactly the same colour as the walls.
7. I couldnt find one that is just the right blue. Luckily, my toothbrush
was the same colour blue that I .......................(need) for the curtain.
(need)
8. So I ......................... (show) my toothbrush to the shop assistant and
........................ (ask) them for exactly that colour.
9. I ......................... (try) several shops, but none of them had a curtain
just that blue.
10. In one shop I .......................... (look) at seven curtains.
11. I ............................ (look) at each curtain and then I ........................ (look)
at my toothbrush. None of them ................................. (match)
12. Finally the shop assistant ............................ (look) at me angrily and
............................. (ask) me.
Madam, why dont you buy a new toothbrush?
II.
Use the words in brackets to make negative sentences:
Eg: Ann liked the novel. (the film)
Ann liked the novel, but she didnt like the film.
1. Paul watched the English lesson on television. (film)
2. Father worked all the morning. (in the afternoon)
3. We liked their house. (car)
4. The students visited the factory. (the factory museum)
5. It rained last night. (yesterday morning)
6. I helped Jane. (Julia)
7. He missed the train. (the bus)
8. The children played in the park. (in the street)
9. We studied German at school. (French)
10. The teacher showed us some slides. (a film)
11. I attended the lecture. (the meeting)
12. The pupils solved the exercise. (the problem)

III.
Complete the text with the past simple:
Yesterday my family and I .................... (visit) my grandparents. My
mum ....................... (help) my grandma with the housework. My dad
................... (clean) the windows. My brother and I ............................ (watch)
cartoons on TV. Later, we ............................. (play) outside in the garden.
We ........................... (climb) up the tree to get to the treehouse. We
...................... (stay) there all afternoon. Then our mum ...........................
(call) us because it was time to go. Our grandparents ..............................
(kiss) us goodbye and we .................................. (return) home.
IV.
Complete the text with past simple:
Yesterday my sister and I ............................... (help) our mum in the
house. First, we ...................... (clean) our rooms and then we .......................
(wash) our clothes. After that, we ............................ (cook) some pasta. The
pasta ............................... (not / be) very good. Horrible, but our mum
............................ (be) happy to eat it. She ............................ (not / want) to
show that the food ............................... (be) awful! Our Mum is so kind!
V.
Write the sentences in the negative:
1. We studied in the library yesterday.
2. Pedro played football last Sunday.
3. I watched TV last night.
4. Ayalistened to music yesterday.
5. The cat climbed a tree yesterday.
6. It rained last week.
7. He smiled at me.
8. George tidied his room an hour ago.

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Irregular Verbs
I. Fill in the blanks with the past tense of the underlined verbs:
1. Andy runs very fast. Yesterday he ................... in the inter-school
competition.
2. We begin our lessons at 8 oclock. We ................... our classes at 8
oclock yesterday, too.
3. Christine sings very well. She ..................... two songs at the school
festival.
4. I read a lot in my spare time. I ........................ three novels last week.
5. My sister often breaks things. She ...................... a vase this morning.
6. We leave for our holiday in August. The younger children
.............................in June.
7. The bell rings for the long break at 9:50. Yesterday it ......................
earlier.
8. The girls usually swim in the morning. Yesterday morning the boys
............................ with them.
9. The form-teacher speaks to the parents once a week. He ......................
to them last night.
10. We generally eat dinner at 7 oclock. Last night we ...........................
dinner at 7 oclock, too.
11. Children drink a lot of milk. My baby brother ......................... three
cups yesterday.
12. We usually meet our English teacher three times a week. Last week
we ............................ her four times.
13. Carmen makes her own clothes. She ........................ a pretty dress last
week.
14. Boys grow very fast. Andy ...................... fifty centimetres last year.
15. Peter always knows the lesson. Yesterday he got a ten, as he
..........................the lesson very well.
16. I am feeling well now, much better than I ...................... yesterday.
17. Stephen spends a lot of money on books. Yesterday he ....................
500 $.
18. Our class football team wins most of the games, but yesterday the
other class .............................. the match.
19. When I go to the cinema I always sit in the back row. Yesterday I
.......................there, too.
20. Jenny draws very well. She ....................a nice picture of her form
teacher yesterday.
21. I usually wake up early, but last Sunday I .......................up at 10
oclock.

22. The wind blows hard in autumn. Last night it ...................... some
trees down.
23. Fresh bread sells very quickly. Yesterday ................... all the bread in
two hours.
24. The sun often shines in summer. It ................... all day yesterday.
II. Put the verbs in brackets in Past Simple:
1. It ............................ (be) a bad time for the birds.
2. They .......................... (fly) about but could not find food.
3. Many of them .......................... (come) to our back yard.
4. Mother ................................. (throw) them all the food was left.
5. When she ........................... (open) the door the birds .................... (fly)
away, but when she ............................. (shut) it again, they .........................
(come) back at once.
6. The big birds ......................................... (take) most of the food and
.............................. (leave) the small birds not much.
7. Dad ......................... (make) a feeding table for the birds.
8. When he ............................ (finish) it, I .......................... (buy) some paint
and ............................... (paint) it.
9. It ....................... (take) me a long time.
III. Fill in the blanks with the Past Tense of the verbs:
1. I .................... (forget) to set my clock last night so I ..................... (wake)
2. Mother ............................. (shake) me in order to wake me up.
3. I ..................... (get) up at last ............. (get) dressed and then .............
(have) breakfast in a hurry.
4. The wind ...................... (blow) hard all day yesterday and it also
................ (rain)
5. I ...................... (ride) my bike to school last week, but yesterday I
couldnt because of the wind and rain so I ............. (take) a bus.
6. I ........................ (hold) my umbrella tightly on my way to the bus stop.
7. In the bus I ....................... (sit) down on an empty seat.
8. Then an old lady .................... (get) on the bus.
9. I .................... (stand) up and ..................... (offer) her my seat.
10. I ................... (arrive) at school exactly when the clock ................
(strike) eight.
11. I ..................... (keep) very quiet in the class until the bell ...............
(ring).
12. During the break I ................ (eat) a sandwich and ................... (drink)
some water.
13. I .................... (feel) very tired all day yesterday.

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14. When I ...................... (go) back home I .................... (feed) the cat,
...................... (have) lunch myself and then ...................... (sleep) for
three hours!
IV. Complete the following tag questions with the correct verb:
1. (help) Tom .............................you, didnt he?
2. (lose) Dr. Brown never ...................... his temper, did he?
3. (carry) You ..........................those heavy bags, did you?
4. (put) Mary ...................... the dishes away, didnt she?
5. (smoke) Grandfather ..........................when he was young, did he?
6. (disappoint) Her paper ............................... everybody, didnt it?
7. (live) The Scotts ......................... in London for quite a long time, didnt
they?
8. (wear) Mary .......................a beautiful dress at the party, didnt she?
9. (throw) They ............................ out those old papers, didnt they?
10. (explain) The teacher ........................ it to us very clearly, didnt he?
11. (meet) You ....................... Alan yesterday, did you?
(take) Mr. Smith ........................... his son to the game, didnt he?