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Past Simple (affi rmative) ) A Find regular and irregular verbs in the magazine article
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REGULAR VERBS IRREGULAR to complete the tables below.
Base form + -ed VERBS REGULAR VERBS IRREGULAR VERBS
I I wait  help  swim 
You You look  stay  take 
He (visit) visited He
She (love) loved She (go) went start  want  see 
It (try) tried It (have) had B Complete with the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets.
We (stop) stopped We
You You 1. Two weeks ago, my cousins and I (go)
They They hiking in the forest. We (take) lots of
pictures and we (have) a great time.
TIME EXPRESSIONS
2. Last Sunday, Jane and Stan (visit) the
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two days History Museum. They (see) lots of
a week  ago
three months interesting things. They (stay) there for
ive years three hours. They (love) it.
3. Last summer, I (try) windsur ing,
but I wasn’t very good at it. Yesterday, I
(join) a windsur ing club because I want to learn to
I windsurf.
started
skiing when I was just
five years old, so I’m really Pronunciation
good at it! Last winter, my A Listen and repeat. What’s the difference
family and I went to France. between a, b and c?
We stayed at a ski resort in the a. liked b. played c. wanted
We stayed at a ski resort in the
Alps and went skiing every day.
Alps and went skiing every day.
We were there for almost B Listen and tick (4) the sound you hear.
We were there for almost
two weeks, and I wanted
two weeks, and I wanted
to stay forever! liked // played // wanted //
The Alps are fantastic! loved
Duncan Busby, 14
watched
visited
enjoyed
hated

helped
needed
stopped
B Read again and write tried
T for True or F for False.
for False.
1. Last summer, James and his Speak
family went to Egypt.
Talk in pairs about fun or scary experiences.
2. James was really scared
in the water.
Last weekend, I went to the beach with my
3. Veronica needed some help. cousins, and we saw a dolphin. It was great!
4. Veronica wants to go rock What about you?
climbing again. Last summer, my family and I went to the
forest, and we saw a bear. We were scared!
5. Duncan tried something new. forest, and we saw a bear. We were scared!
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