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• Past simple: affirmative
• Past time expressions
I can ask and answer about events in the past.
Past simple: affirmative
1. Look at the examples and complete Rules 1-3 with have got or haven't got.
compete (regular)
I competed in the Olympics.
They competed in the X Games.
win (irregular)
She won an X Games medal.
We won at the X Games.
| RULES |
| 1. Regular verbs _______ past simple forms ending in -ed. 2. Irregular verbs _______ past simple forms ending in -ed. 3. Verbs in the past simple _______ the same form for I, you, he, she, it, we and they. |
2. Read the Study Strategy. Then complete the Young sports superstars text with the past simple form of the verbs in blue.
YOUNG SPORTS SUPERSTARS
PHAN THỊ HÀ THÀNH
Phan Thi Hà Thanh (1) _______ (start) gymnastics when she was six. She (2) _______ (go) to an athletic training centre in Hải Phòng. In 2011, she was the first Vietnamese gymnast who (3) _______ (win) a world medal for Việt Nam and she (4) _______ (compete) in the Olympic Games in 2012 and 2016.
MARTIN ODEGAARD
Martin Odegaard, from Norway, (5) _______ (become) a professional footballer at fifteen and (6) _______ (score) great goals for his club. He first (7) _______ (play) international football before he was sixteen.
A lot of famous clubs were interested in him and he (8) _______ (train) with some of them. Finally, in 2015, Real Madrid (9) _______ (give) him a contract.
| STUDY STRATEGY |
| Learning irregular verbs It's important to check the past simple forms of verbs and learn the irregular ones. Put the verbs in groups of ten and try learning a different group every week. |
3. 🎧2.17 PRONUNCIATION: -ed endings. Listen and repeat the words. Which letters come before the -ed ending in list 3?
1. /t/ practised, watched
2. /d/ travelled, played
3. /ıd/started, decided
Finished?
Write true and false statements about your life. Use the verbs on this page.
