Past Simple

Article excerpt · target grammar marked

Last Tuesday, Yuto's morning was different. He woke up late at 7:30. He did not have time for coffee. He ran to the station, but he missed the train. He arrived at his office twenty minutes late.

Grammar Reference · Past Simple

Positive — regular

Add -ed to the verb. He walked to the station. She arrived late.

Positive — irregular

Learn the new form. He went home. She woke up early. They ran fast.

Negative

Use did not + base verb. He did not have coffee. She did not miss the train.

Questions

Use Did + subject + base verb. Did he catch the train? Where did she go?

01Exercise 1 — Form · Write the Correct Form

Past Simple

1.Yuto up at 6 o'clock every morning.

2.He not drink coffee that morning.

3.She to the office by train.

4. he miss the train? Yes, he did.

5.Yuto to bed very early that night.

6.He three alarms before he slept.

02Exercise 2 — Build · Re-order the Words

jumble · capital + full stop + conjugate

1.station · ran · he · the · to

2.time · not · have · did · she

3.train · catch · they · the · did

4.at · woke · 6 · Yuto · up

5.late · arrived · office · he · the · at

6.alarm · set · his · she · not · did

7.go · did · where · she

8.the · missed · he · bus

03Exercise 3 — About You

in your notebook

Personalise: complete five sentences about yourself using the target grammar.

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