Unit 11. worked / got / went, etc.(simple past)

 

BASIC GRAMMAR IN USE

 

Unit 11.  worked / got / went, etc.(simple past)

 

They watch TV every night.  (simple present)

They watched TV last night.  (simple past)

 

The simple past is often -ed(regular verbs). 

work → worked

dance → danced

clean → cleaned

stay → stayed

 

I brush my teeth every morning. This morning I brushed my teeth.

Tony worked in a bank from 2005 to 2011.

Yesterday it rained all morning. It stopped at lunchtime.

 

 

just = a short time ago

"Is Tom here?"   "No, he just left."

 

 

try → tried

study → studied

copy → copied

stop → stopped

plan → planned

 

Some verbs are irregular.

begin → began

break → broke

bring → brought

build → built

buy → bought

catch → caught

come → came

do → did

drink → drank

eat → ate

fall → fell

find → found

fly → flew

forget → forgot

get → got

give → gave

go → went

have → had

hear → heard

know → knew

leave → left

lose → lose

make → made

meet → met

pay → paid

put → put

read → read

ring → rang

say → said

see → saw

sell → sold

sit → sat

sleep → slept

speak → spoke

stand → stood

take → took

tell → told

think → thought

win → won

write → wrote

 

I usually get up early, but this morning I got up at 9:30.

We did a lot of work yesterday.

James came into the room, took off his coat, and sat down.