Past indefinite

Affirmative form			Interrogative form		Negative form
I He She It We You They	played	I he she Did it play? we you they		I He She It did not play We (didn’t) You They

!!! Але деякі дієслова мають неправильну форму дієслова у стверджувальних реченнях:

To read − read

To write − wrote

To go − went

To see − saw

Список неправильних дієслів подається у додатку “Irregular Verbs”.

Short answers

Affirmative form	Negative form
I he she Yes, it did we you they	I he she No, it did not we (didn’t) you they

Зверніть увагу!!!

1. Якщо слово закінчується на приголосну та літеру “y”, то перед закінченням –ed літера “y” змінюється на “i” (to try - I tried).

2. Літера “y” не змінюється, якщо слово закінчується на голосну + “y” (to play -I played).

3. Якщо слово закінчується на голосну + приголосну, приголосний подвоюється (to stop – I stopped).

Signal words: yesterday, a week (month, year) ago, last week (month, year), in 2012.

Past Simple вживається:

1. Для вираження дії, що регулярно відбувалася у минулому:

Last winter I spent a lot of time Минулої зими я проводив багато часу

in the library. в бібліотеці.

While she was in London, she Коли вона була в Лондоні,

wrote us letters every week. вона писала нам листи щотижня.

2. Для вираження факту в минулому:

What did you say? Що ви сказали?

The negotiations ended last week. Переговори закінчилися минулого тижня.

3. Для вираження послідовності минулих дій:

He came to the table, took a pen Він підійшов до столу, взяв ручку

and started writing. і почав писати.

Exercise 1. Translate the following sentences into Ukrainian.

1. I saw a movie yesterday. 2. I didn't see a film yesterday. 3. Last year, I traveled to France. 4. Last year, I didn't travel to England. 5. Did you have dinner last night? 6. She washed her car. 7. He didn't wash his car. 8. I finished work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim. 9. He arrived from the airport at 10:00, checked into the hotel at 11:00, and met the others at 12:00. 10. Did you add flour, pour in the milk, and then add the eggs? 11. I lived in Brazil for two years. 12. Shauna studied Japanese for five years. 13. They sat at the beach all day. 14. They did not stay at the party the entire time. 15. I studied French when I was a child. 16. She was shy as a child, but now she is very outgoing. 17. He didn't like tomatoes before. 18. When I paid her one dollar, she answered my question.

Exercise 2. Open the brackets choosing the correct form of the verb.

A. 1. Tom ______ (to repair) the car. 2. She ______ (to go) to the door. 3. You ______ (to see) that car? 4. We ______ (to sing) at the concert. 5. John ______ (to drive) to London on Monday 6. We ______ (not to be) late. 7. First I ______ (to get up), then I ______ (to have) breakfast. 8. We ______ (not to play) football yesterday. 9. We ______ (to see) Rose in town a few days ago. 10. It was cold, so I ______ (to shut) the window. 11. They ______ (not to be) able to come because they ______ (to be) so busy. 12. We all ______ (to leave) the party at 11 o'clock. 13. This house ______ (to cost) £ 35,000 in 2005. 14. I ______ (not to enjoy) the film.

B. One day the hare and the tortoise ______ (to decide) to have a race. The hare ______ (to know) that he ______ (can) run faster than the tortoise. But the tortoise ______ (to be) more intelligent than the hare. 'Yes, I'll race you,' ______ (to say) the clever tortoise. The tortoise ______ (to have) a clever plan. He ______ (to find) his brothers and sisters and he ______ (to tell) them to wait in different places along the path of the race. So they all ______ (to hide) behind the trees along the path. The race ______ (to begin)! The tortoise ______ ( to run) as fast as possible. But the hare ______ (to be) faster, of course. 'This will be a very easy race', ______ (to think) the hare. So the hare ______ (to decide) to have a rest, and he quickly ______ (to fall) asleep at the side of the road. Suddenly, the hare ______ (to wake up) and he ______ (to see) a tortoise ahead of him! 'How he ______ (to get) ahead of me?' the hare ______ (to ask) himself. In fact, it ______ (to be) not his friend the tortoise: it ______ (to be) the tortoise's sister. But to a hare, all tortoises look the same. The hare ______ (to run) past the tortoise easily. Soon, he ______ (can't) see the tortoise, so he ______ (to sit) down and he ______ (to have) another rest. Then the hare ______ (to get up) and continued the race. But - as the hare happily ______ (to come) around the last corner before the finish line - his friend the tortoise ______ (to cross) the line and ______ (to win) the race!