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Unit 6 - Lesson 29 - The Simple Past - "I did."

Remember It

The past of the verb to be

Mr Bean's daily routine

Learn It

We use the Simple Past tense when discussing finished time (yesterday, last year, in 1999 etc).

Only the verb to be needs to be changed in the third person. Regular verbs add -ed to the end. Irregular verbs have to be learnt.

What Mr Bean did yesterday.

		Yesterday Mr Bean woke up at 6.00 am.
		He got up at 6.15 am,
		and went to the bathroom.
		He had a shower,
		then he had a shave and brushed his teeth.
		He ate breakfast at about 7.00 am.
		After breakfast he read the newspaper.
		At 7.30 am he went to work.

Spelling Tip - Rules for Regular Verbs:

Words ending in -e / -d: for example like > liked - hike > hiked

Words ending in -y:-

-y becomes -ied : For example worry > worried - cry > cried

Spelling Tip - Rules for Irregular Verbs:-

First rule: There are no rules!

be > was/were
do > did
have > had
go > went

Test It

Test the simple past - fill in the gaps using the verbs given - Fill It!

Practise It

On the Forum - Tell me something you did yesterday.

For homework read and do the exercises in Essential Grammar in Use (Unit 11- Pages 30 and 31 - All the exercises)

Print Version - Thanks to Ali (aka GSMTG) you can print this lesson out here

Next lesson - The Simple Past Negative

Week 29