SIMPLE PAST FORM [VERB+ed] or irregular verbs (see list) Examples: You called Jack. Did you call Jack? You did not call Jack. USE: COMPLETED ACTION IN THE PAST Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. Sometimes, the speaker may not actually mention the specific time, but they do have one specific time in mind. Examples I saw a movie yesterday. I didn't see a play yesterday. Last year, I traveled to Japan. Last year, I didn't travel to Korea. Did you have dinner last night? She washed her car. He didn't wash his car. EXERCISE Put the verbs in the correct form. 1. Last year I (spend) ________________ my holiday in Ireland. 2. I (travel) ________________ around by car with two friends and we (visit) ________________ lots of interesting places. 3. In the evenings we usually (go) ________________ to a pub. 4. We (to be) ________________ very lucky with the weather. 5. It (not / rain) ________________ a lot. 6. We (to enjoy) ________________ our holiday very much! 7. Where (spend / you) ________________ your last holiday? 8. We (buy) ________________ a new lamp last week. 9. He (not / write) ________________ five letters yesterday. IRREGULAR VERBS The irregular verbs are very important since they are used a lot in English. Study this list. lie lay lain been lose lost lost became become make made made begin began begun meet met met blow blew blown pay paid paid break broke broken quit quit quit bring brought brought read read read build built built ride rode ridden buy bought bought ring rang rung catch caught caught rise rose risen choose chose chosen run ran run come came come say said said cut cut cut see saw seen deal dealt dealt sell sold sold do did done send sent sent drink drank drunk shake shook shaken drive drove driven shine shone shone eat ate eaten sing sang sung fall fell fallen sit sat sat feed fed fed sleep slept slept feel felt felt speak spoke spoken fight fought fought spend spent spent find found found stand stood stood fly flew flown steal stole stolen forget forgot forgotten swim swam swum forgive forgave forgiven take took taken freeze froze frozen teach taught taught get got gotten tear tore torn give gave given tell told told go went gone think thought thought grow grew grown throw threw thrown have had had understand understood understood hear heard heard wear wore worn hide hid hidden win won won hold held held write wrote written hurt hurt hurt keep kept kept know knew known lay laid laid leave left left let let let Present Past Participle be was, were become Translation 2|P a g e EXERCISES: SIMPLE PAST These are lyrics from well known songs. Fill in the correct form of the verb, then listen to the songs to check your answers. 1. Music ___________ (to be) my first love, and it will be my last. (Music – John Miles) 2. I got in one little fight and my mom got scared and ___________ (to say) "you're moving with your aunt and uncle in Bel-Air" (Fresh Prince – Will Smith) 3. God ___________ (to give) me the sunshine, Then __________ (to show) me my lifeline,… (Bodies – Robbie Williams) 4. When I ___________ (to see) you the first time, I ___________ (to know) right-away that you and I ___________ (to be) connected in a way, yeah I ___________ (to knew) that there was way something more than I could ever express in my own words. (Three days in a row – Anouk) 5. I never ___________ (to open) myself this way. Life is ours, we live it our way. (Nothing else matters – Metallica) 6. Yesterday, all my troubles ________ (to seem) so far away, now it looks as though they're here to stay, oh, I believe in yesterday. (Yesterday – The Beatles) 7. I see a red door and I want it ___________ (to paint)black. (Paint it black – The Rolling Stones) 8. I was once the girl that ___________ (to make) your world stand still. Don't you remember? In a corner of my mind I keep the memory of every little thing you ___________ (to say) . (Blackout – Milk Inc.) 9. I ___________ (to be) five and he ___________ (to be) six. We ___________ (to ride) on horses made of sticks. He ___________ (to wear) black and I ___________ (to wear) white He would always win the fight Bang bang, he ___________ (to shoot) me down Bang bang I ___________ (to hit) the ground. (bang bang – Nancy Sinatra) 10. I ___________ (to walk) across an empty land. I ___________ (to knew) the pathway like the back of my hand. I ___________ (to feel) the earth beneath my feet. ___________ (to sit) by the river and it ___________ (to make) me complete. (Somewhere only we know – Keane) 11. I met a girl who ___________ (to sing) the blues and I ___________ (to ask) her for some happy news. But she just ___________ (to smile) and ___________ (to turn) away (American Pie – Madonna) 12. She ___________ (to tell) me her name was Billie Jean, as she ___________ (to cause) a scene. Then every head ___________ (to turn) with eyes that ___________ (to dream) of being the one who will dance on the floor, in the round. (Billie Jean – Michael Jackson) 13. I ___________ (to survive) the crash. ___________ (to survive) the burn. ___________ (to survive) the worst, yeah baby, but I’ve ___________ (to learn). ___________ (to survive) the lies. ___________ (to survive) the blues. It almost ___________ (to kill) me, but I ___________ (to survive) the truth. And the best is when the smoke ___________ (to clear) through, I ___________ (to survive) you. (I survived you – Nathalia) 3|P a g e 14. ___________ (to leave) the good job in the city, working for the man every night and day. And I never ___________ (to lose) one minute of sleeping, worrying bout the way things might have been. (Proud Mary – Tina Turner) 15. Freedom ________ (to come) my way one day and I ________ (to start) out of town, yeah! All of a sudden I ________ (to see) sheriff John Brown aiming to shoot me down, So I ________ (to shoot) - I ________ (to shoot) - I ________ (to shoot) him down and I ________ (to say): If I am guilty I will pay. (I Shot the sheriff – Bob Marley) 16. Sally ________ (to call) when she got the word, She said "I suppose you've heard - About Alice". Well I ________ (to rush) to the window, and I ________ (to look) outside, but I could hardly believe my eyes - As a big limousine ________ (to roll) up into Alice's drive... (Who the f is Alice – Smokie) 17. Dear Slim, I ________ (to write) you but you still aren't calling. I ________ (to leave) my cell, my pager, and my home phone at the bottom. I ________ (to send) two letters back in autumn, you must not have got them. (Stan – Eminem) BRYAN ADAMS – SUMMER OF ’69 I got my first real six-string ___________ it at the five-and-dime ___________ it ‘til my fingers bled It ___________ the summer of '69 Me and some guys from school ___________ a band and we tried real hard Jimmy quit and Jody got married I should have known we'd never get far Oh when I look back now That summer ___________ to last forever And if I ___________ the choice Yeah - I'd always want to be there Those ___________ the best days of my life Ain't no use in complaining When you got a job to do ___________ my evenings down at the drive-in And that's when I ___________ you Standing on your Mama's porch You ___________ me that you'd wait forever Oh and when you ___________ my hand I ___________ that it was now or never Those ___________ the best days of my life Back in the summer of '69 4|P a g e Man we ___________ killing time We ___________ young and restless We ___________ to unwind I guess nothing can last forever - forever, no And now the times are changing Look at everything that's come and gone Sometimes when I play that old six-string I think about you and wonder what went wrong Standing on your Mama's porch You ___________ me it would last forever Oh the way you ___________ my hand I ___________ that it was now or never Those ___________ the best days of my life Back in the summer of '69 JEFF BUCKLEY - HALLELUJAH Fill in the correct verb forms and then listen to the song to check your answers I (to hear) ________________ there (to be) ________________ a secret chord That David (to play) ________________ and it pleased the Lord But you don’t really care for music, do you? Well it goes like this: the fourth, the fifth The minor fall and the major lift The baffled king composing hallelujah Hallelujah… Well your faith (to be) ________________ strong but you (to need) ________________ proof You (to see) ________________ her bathing on the roof Her beauty and the moonlight (to overtrow) ________________ you She (to tie) ________________ you to her kitchen chair She (to break) ________________ your throne and she (to cut) ________________ your hair And from your lips she (to draw) ________________ the hallelujah Hallelujah… Baby, I’ve been here before I’ve seen this room and I’ve walked this floor 5|P a g e I used to live alone before I (to know) ________________ you I’ve seen your flag on the marble arch But love is not a victory march It’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah Hallelujah… Well, there (to be) ________________ a time when you let me know What’s really going on below But now you never show that to me, do you? But remember when I (to move) ________________ in you And the holy dove was moving too And every breath we (to draw) ________________ was hallelujah Well, maybe there’s a god above But all I’ve ever learned from love (to be) ________________ to shoot somebody who (to outdraw) ________________ you It’s not a cry that you hear at night It’s not somebody who has seen the light It’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah Hallelujah… Some background information about this song… This text uses a lot of biblical metaphors. In the first two verses refer to king David and his relationship with Batseba. The first verse refers to his musicality. In Samuel 16:14-23 it says that David was asked to play Music for Saul so that the evil spirits would go away. In the second verse You saw her bathing on the roof refers to David who sees Batseba bathing from the roof of his palace. He was taken aback by her beauty and slept with her, despite the fact that she was married to someone else. And she cut your hair refers to the story of Samson and Delila. She cut his hair to make him powerless against the Philistines. Delila had been bribed by the Philistines to find out what the extraordinary power of Samson was. His power was in his hair that had never been cut because he was devoted to god. 6|P a g e
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