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Regularverbsfor

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adding

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infinitive.

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different

forms.

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ago,yesterday,lastw

eek/mon

th/year.

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e:

Annandhe

rparents

wenttoFrance

twoyears

ago.

Yesterdayhecalledh

isgirlfrien

d.

LastweekMarkrang

hisfamily

.

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ShedidntgotoLisbo

n.

Interroga

tive:

DidAnngotoF

rance?

UseUse

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1. Write the verbs in the past simple:

Walk __________

Hate __________

Try __________

Love __________

Want __________

Start __________

Study __________

Wash __________

Watch __________

Have __________

2. Complete the sentences.

Dad ____________ ( work) last Sunday.

We ____________ (play) football after school yesterday.

I ____________ (watch) a goof film last night.

My friend and I ____________ (try) skating for the first time yesterday.

Mary ____________ (play) the guitar for an hour this morning.

I ____________ (stay) at my friends house last week.

3. Complete the sentences.

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Mary ____________ (go) shopping in Lisbon yesterday.

Ann ____________ (wear) her new jeans on Tuesday.

They ____________ (take) their books to school.

My grandparents ____________ (come) to our house for lunch last Sunday.

Peter ____________ (buy) some souvenirs for his sister.

4. Write the following sentences in the interrogative form using the past

simple. Follow the example:

The tennis match / why / lose / he why did he lose the tennis match?

His / book / friend / buy / where / that

__________________________________________________

Mary / why / to / yesterday / school / not go

__________________________________________________

Have / she / what / breakfast / for

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At / study / Oxford / they

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5. Write the negative form of the following sentences.

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Carol wrote a letter to her best friend.

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She lost her keys in the supermarket.

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They went to the beach with her parents.

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Mary bought all her books in the bookshop.

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The artists sang beautifully in the concert.

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He was very anxious about the results of her exam.

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Their parents gave them a dog as a birthday present.

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