Past simple (regular verbs)

5. Write the past-tense form of these verbs. Check your answers with the
dialogue between Ashley and Mark.

control _______________

want ______________

visit _______________

We use the past simple to talk about actions which happened at a specific time in
the past.
We form the past simple of most regular verbs by adding ed. Verbs ending in -e,
take d. Verbs ending in a consonant +y, take ied. Verbs ending in a vowel +y, take
ed.

Past simple (affirmative and negative)

AFFIRMATIVE
I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They

NEGATIVE

worked yesterday.

didnt work yesterday.

liked the film.

didnt like the film.

stayed in a hotel.

didnt stay in a hotel.

studied for the exam.

didnt study for the exam.

stopped the bus.

didnt stop the bus.

Past Simple (interrogative)

INTERROGATIVE
Did you work yesterday?
Did he like the film?

SHORT ANSWERS
Yes, I did. / No, I didnt.
Yes, he did. / No, he didnt.

Pronunciation ed ending
6.

Listen and tick (

8. Read Darwins biography and complete

the sentences below.

), then repeat.

(Track 19)

Charles Darwin
/t/ /d/ /d/

/t/ /d/ /d/ On 12th February, 1809, the same day of

watched
invented
Abraham Lincolns birth, Susannah Darwin
gave birth to Charles Darwin in Shrewsbury,
cleaned
wanted
England. The fifth son of Robert Waring
invited
stopped
Darwin grew up in a relatively wealthy family
that stressed education and the arts. Charles
Speaking
Darwins grandparents were Erasmus Darwin,
the famous scientist, and Josiah Wedgwood,
7. Which of the following did you do the china and pottery maker. In Darwins
yesterday? Tell your classmate.
eighth year, his mother died, and he became
a boarder at Shrewsbury Grammar School.
1. play/basketball
In April of 1831, Darwin graduated from the
I played basketball yesterday. or I University of Cambridge with a BA in
didnt play basketball yesterday.
Theology, Euclid, and the Classics.
At the age of 30, Darwin married his first
2. listen/music
cousin, Emma Wedgwood. They soon moved
3. cook/dinner
to a small estate, Down House, outside of
4. watch/TV
London. Emma gave birth to ten children, but
5. clean/bedroom
three died in infancy. For a long time, Darwin
6. brush/teeth
held back publishing his ideas about evolution
due to his wife who knew the devastating
Years
effect it would bring to the church. Finally, in
1859, he published The Origins of Species.
In English, we write years as four-digit On 19th April, 1882 Darwin died of a heart
numbers but we usually read them as two attack. His last words were, I am not the
sets of two digit numbers.
least afraid to die. said to his wife, Emma.
Taken from: www.hyperhistory.net

1697 = sixteen ninety-seven

1708 = seventeen oh eight
1995 = nineteen ninety-five
BUT
2001 = two thousand and one
1. Charles Darwins mother died before he became
______________________________.
2. In 1831, Darwin ___________________________________.
3. At the age of 30, he ________________________________.
4. In 1859, Darwin ___________________________________.
5. Before Darwins death, his last words were
___________________________________.

9. Put the events of Darwins life in correct chronological order.

He married Emma Wedgwood.

Darwin graduated from the University.
Darwins mother died when he was 8.
Darwin was born.
He published The Origins of Species.
Darwin died of a heart attack.