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Yesterday, I (go) _______ to the market and (buy) _______ some groceries. I (see) _______ my friend there and we (talk) _______ for a while. She (tell) _______ me about her weekend trip. After that, I (return) _______ home and (prepare) _______ lunch.

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Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the simple past tense. Use regular and irregular verbs where appropriate. For example, 'go' becomes 'went' and 'buy' becomes 'bought'.

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Later in the afternoon, I (decide) _______ to go for a walk. I (enjoy) _______ the fresh air and (wave) _______ at my neighbor. In the evening, my family and I (watch) _______ a movie together. It (be) _______ a wonderful day.

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Here are some regular verbs: decide, enjoy, wave, return, prepare. These verbs typically take '-ed' endings in the past tense.

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The past simple is the most common way of talking about past events or states which have finished. It is often used with past time references (e.g. yesterday, two years ago).
Please explain past events or states!

A past event could be one thing that happened in the past, or a repeated thing.
I stopped at a zebra crossing.
Wecarried on with the test.
Weplayed tennis every day in August.
A state is a situation without an action happening.
We stayed at my grandparents' house last summer.
How do you form the past simple?

Regular past simple forms are formed by adding - ed to the infinitive of the verb.

Yes, but there are some spelling rules. If a verb ends in - e, you add - d.

If a verb ends in a vowel and a consonant, the consonant is usually doubled before - ed.

If a verb ends in consonant and - y, you take off the y and add - ied.

But if the word ends in a vowel and - y, you add - ed.

OK, not quite so easy! But the past simple form doesn't change at all for I, you, he, she, we and they, does it?

No, the form doesn't change. See, it is easy!

What about the pronunciation of the - ed ending?

There are three kinds of pronunciation: /d/, /t/ and /ɪd/. Look at the table below.

Aaagh! How do I know how to pronounce each one?

Good question. Well, really all you need to know is that /d/ is easier to say after arrive, and /t/ is easier to say after ask. For /ɪd/, the infinitive ends in a /d/ or a /t/ sound already so you must add an extra syllable for these verbs.

All right, that makes sense, but how do you form questions and negatives?

With the verb did (do in the past) + the infinitive.

Right, thanks, I've got it now!

Good. But you also need to learn the irregular past simple forms.

You mean there are verbs that don't end in - ed in the past?

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Alfie took his driving test for the second time this morning. Did he pass?

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Here are some irregular verbs: go, buy, see, tell, be. These verbs have unique past tense forms that often do not follow a specific rule.

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Learn about irregular verbs like be, eat, get, know and wear and do the exercises to practise using them.

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Yesterday, I (go) went to the market and (buy) bought some groceries. I (see) saw my friend there and we (talk) talked for a while. She (tell) told me about her weekend trip. After that, I (return) returned home and (prepare) prepared lunch.

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Later in the afternoon, I (decide) decided to go for walk. I (enjoy) enjoyed the fresh air and (wave) waved at my neighbour. In the evening, my family and I (watch) watched a movie together. It (be) was a wonderful day.