GE|Pre-Int|HW||6. A bad hair day

Irregular verbs: bingo


Turn over the card and name the second form of the verb

Grammar reference

Was, were


We use Past Simple for actions, events and situations that happened at a definite time in the past.

We often use past time expressions with Past Simple.

yesterday, yesterday morning, yesterday afternoon, last night, last week, in September, two days ago, in 1988

Past Simple of be has two forms: was and were.

I/he/she/it was
we/you/they were

I was here. 

You were right.

I/he/she/it wasn’t
we/you/they weren’t

It wasn’t difficult.
They weren’t late.

Was I/he/she/it…?
Were we/you/they…?

Were you OK? Yes, I was.
Was he in the garden? No, he wasn’t.

Past Simple: regular verbs

We form Past Simple of regular verbs by adding -ed to the verb.

play → played, ask → asked, start → started, wash → washed

I cleaned my room yesterday.
They waited for two hours.

Look at these other regular spelling rules:

Add -d to verbs ending in -e.
like → liked, share → shared

Change -y to -ied in verbs ending in consonant + -y.
study → studied, cry → cried

Double the last letter and then add -ed to most verbs ending in one vowel and one consonant.
travel → travelled, chat → chatted

We use did or didn’t and the base form for questions and negative forms.

I didn’t enjoy the film.
When did you start that book?

Who, where, what, when, why, how


We use question words (who, where, what, when, why and how) when we ask for information.

Questions with question words usually have the same word order as yes/no questions.

Do you like it? Yes, I like it. Why do you like it?
Is he leaving? Yes, he’s leaving. When is he leaving?
Did it happen? Yes, it happened. How did it happen?
Will you go? Yes, I’ll go. Where will you go?
Did you do it? Yes, I did it. What did you do?

We often use who as the subject of a question, without do, does or did.

 Who likes pizza?
Who wrote this?

We can also use it inthe same pattern as a yes/no question.

Can you talk to someone? Yes, I can talk to someone. Who can you talk to?

Were you at school yesterday?

Choose the correct option


Choose the correct option to complete the sentence

Two young adventurers


Complete the text with the verbs in Past Simple

Irregular verbs

Write the verbs in Past Simple form

give — gave

Write the base form of the verbs

come — came

become — became

An accident

Listen to the recording and put the pictures in the correct order








What happened to Sophia?


Write past tense questions


What was the weather like?

— It was warm and sunny.

Katy’s day

Look at the pictures and write the questions







Katy talks about her day







Listen and choose if the pictures are True or False

Last weekend

How did you spend your last weekend?


Write about your last weekend. Use the questions below as a plan

  • What time did you get up?
  • What did you have for breakfast?
  • Did you do homework?
  • Did you do housework?
  • Where did you go?
  • How did you spend the afternoon?
  • Who did you meet?
  • What did you do in the evening?


1. get a present 5. miss the bus 9. meet an interesting person
2. be tired of 6. learn some good news 10. have a bad hair day
3. be late for school 7. buy 11. invite to
4. leave at home 8. quarrel with


Learn the irregular verbs

Base form

Past Simple

Past participle

be was been
become became become
begin began begun
break broke broken
bring brought brought
build built built
buy bought bought
catch caught caught
come came come
cost cost cost
do did done
drink drank drunk
drive drove driven
eat ate eaten
fall fell fallen
feel felt felt
find found found
fly flew flown
forget forgot forgotten
get got got
give gave given
go went gone, been
have had had
hear heard heard
know knew known
leave left left
lose lost lost
make made made
meet met met
pay paid paid
put put put
read read read
run ran run
say said said
see saw seen
send sent sent
sing sang sung
sit sat sat
sleep slept slept
speak spoke spoken
spend spent spent
stand stood stood
swim swam swum
teach taught taught
take took taken
tell told told
think thought thought
understand understood understood
wake woke woken
wear wore worn
win won won
write wrote written