Question

Work with a partner. Look at the verbs in the box and answer these questions.
buy
stay up
start
hurry
receive
fall
go
a) Which verbs have irregular past forms?
b) How do you form the past simple form of regular verbs like stay up and start?
c) What happens when the regular verb ends in e or a consonant+y?
d) Which auxiliary verb do you use to make past simple negative and question forms?
2.Re-write each of these sentences with past simple affirmative and negative forms.
a) Yesterday I (buy) a CD.
b) Last Saturday I (stay up) all night. c) in January i (start) a new diet
d) today i (hurry) to my English lesson. e) this morning i (receive) an e-mail. e) Last night I (fall) asleep watching TV,
g) last year i (go) on holiday abroad. repede va rog.​

Answer 1

a) The verbs which have irregular past forms are:

• buy
• fall
• go

b) "verb" + past participle "ed"

c) When the regular verb ends in "-e", you only add "d".

When the regular verb ends in consonant + "y", you change the "y" to "i" and add "-ed".

d) The auxiliar verb "do".

Exercițiul 2:

a)Yesterday I bought a CD.

Yesterday I didn't buy a CD.

b) Last Sunday I stayed up all night.

Last Sunday I didn't stay up all night.

c) In January I started a new diet.

In January I didn't start a new diet.

d) Today I hurried to my English lessons.

Today I didn't hurry to my English lessons.

e) This morning I received an email.

This morning I didn't receive an email.

f) Last night I fell asleep watching TV.

Last night I didn't fall asleep watching TV.

g) Last year I went on holiday abroad.

Last year I didn't go on holiday abroad.