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Unit 9. I watched/ cleaned/ went etc. (Past Simple)
(простое прошедшее время)

I watch television every evening. (Present Simple) I watched television yesterday evening. (Past Simple) watched is the Past Simple: I/ we/ you/ they/ he/ she/ it watched

 
The Past Simple is often -ed. For example:
 

word - worked	clean - cleaned	start - started
stay - stayed	live - lived	dance - danced

These verbs are regular verbs.
 
- I clean my teeth every morning. This morning I cleaned my teeth.
- Terry worked in a bank from 1981 to 1986.
- Yesterday it rained all morning. It stopped at launchtime.
- We enjoyed the party last night. We danced a lot and talked to a lot of people.
- The party finished at midnight.
 
See Spelling Appendix 4 (4.2 & 4.4):
 

study - studied	marry - married
stop - stopped	plan - planned

Some verbs are irregular (not regular). The Past Simple is not -ed. Here are some important irregular verbs (See also Appendix 1 & Appendix 2):
 

begin break bring build buy catch come do drink eat   began broke brought built bought caught came did drank ate

fall find fly forget get give go have hear know   fell found flew forgot got gave went had heard knew

leave lose make meet pay put read ring say see   left lost made met paid put read (/red/) rang said saw

sell sit sleep speak stand take tell thing win write   sold sat slept spoke stood took told thought won wrote

- I usually get up early but this morning I got up at 9.30.
- We did a lot of housework yesterday.
- Caroline went to the cinema three times last week.
- Mr Todd came into the room, took off this coat and sad down.
 
See Unit 10. I didn't… Did you …? (Past Simple negative and questions) хостинг для сайтов © Langust Agency 1999-2023, ссылка на сайт обязательна