Impact Foundation Unit 6 Grammar 1 Simple Past

Simple Past: Talking about the past.

Impact Foundation Unit 6 Grammar 1

Simple Past

There are no rules. You have to remember them. Here are some common irregular verbs:
take -> took / go -> went / build -> built / fly -> flew / drink -> drank / eat -> ate / sleep -> slept / leave -> left / speak -> spoke

Irregular Verbs

Most verbs are regular. Make the simple past with these verbs by adding ~ed. If the verb ends in ~y change it to 'i' and add ~ed. If the verb ends in ~e just add ~d.

visit -> visited

carry -> carried

love -> loved

Regular Verbs

We can talk about something that happened in the past by changing the verb to it's simple past form.
There are two kinds of simple past verbs:

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I (walk) to the store yesterday.

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She (cook) dinner for us last night.

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They (go) to the beach on Sunday.

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He (play) basketball with his friends yesterday afternoon.

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She (read) a book before bed last night.

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I (watch) a movie on Netflix last night.

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He (finish) his homework before dinner last night.

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We (take) the bus to work yesterday morning.

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She (visit) her grandparents on the weekend.

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They (have) a picnic in the park yesterday afternoon.