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like/love/enjoy/hate
• like/love/enjoy/hate + noun: SPELLING
I love my family. • most verbs take -ed talk  talked
Pablo hates basketball. • verbs ending in -e, take only -d dance  danced
• like/love/enjoy/hate + -ing form: • verbs ending in a consonant try  tried
Maria loves swimming. + -y, take -ied BUT
I hate doing my homework. play  played
• verbs with one syllable ending
in one vowel + one consonant, stop  stopped
Module 7 double the consonant before
the -ed
Past Simple • verbs with two or more prefer  preferred
syllables ending in a stressed BUT
• We use the Past Simple to talk about past actions, vowel + one consonant, double happen  happened
the consonant before the -ed
states or situations.
Yesterday we visited a museum. It was great! • verbs ending in one vowel + -l, travel  travelled
double the -l before the -ed BUT
Past Simple of the verb be sail  sailed

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
FULL FORMS SHORT FORMS

I was I was not I wasn’t Past Simple of irregular verbs (Affirmative)
You were You were not You weren’t
He was He was not He wasn’t AFFIRMATIVE
She was She was not She wasn’t I
It was It was not It wasn’t He/She/It went
We were We were not We weren’t We/You/They
You were You were not You weren’t
They were They were not They weren’t Irregular verbs don't take -ed in the Past Simple.

SHORT ANSWERS
QUESTIONS © MM Publications NOTE
Was I? Yes, I was. No, I wasn’t.
Were you? Yes, you were. No, you weren’t. Look at the list of irregular verbs.
Was he? Yes, he was. No, he wasn’t.
Was she? Yes, she was. No, she wasn’t.
Was it? Yes, it was. No, it wasn’t.
Were we? Yes, we were. No, we weren’t. TIME EXPRESSIONS
Were you? Yes, you were. No, you weren’t. yesterday / yesterday morning, etc.
Were they? Yes, they were. No, they weren’t. last night/week/weekend/month/year
last Wednesday/Friday, etc.
There was / There were last summer/winter, etc.
two days / a week / three months / ive years ago
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE in + year
There was There wasn’t

There were There weren’t
Past Simple of regular and irregular verbs
QUESTIONS SHORT ANSWERS AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
Yes, there was. FULL FORMS SHORT FORMS
Was there?
No, there wasn’t. I played / ate I did not play / eat I didn’t play / eat
You played / ate You did not play / eat You didn’t play / eat
Yes, there were.
Were there? He played / ate He did not play / eat He didn’t play / eat
No, there weren’t.
She played / ate She did not play / eat She didn’t play / eat
It played / ate It did not play / eat It didn’t play / eat

Past Simple of regular verbs (Affirmative) We played / ate We did not play / eat We didn’t play / eat

You played / ate You did not play / eat You didn’t play / eat
AFFIRMATIVE They played / ate They did not play / eat They didn’t play / eat
I
He/She/It played
We/You/They

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