PAST SIMPLE TENSE

By Olga Fadeeva

Past Simple Tense

V2 (2 форма глагола)

Yesterday I worked in the evening (regular verbs)

Yesterday I went to the cinema (irregular verbs)

work-worked

go-went

Past Simple Tense

Past Simple Tense

•          Inf. + -ed: 

                           e.g. want- wanted

                                   like-liked

                                   play-played                              

•          Inf. ending –e + -d

                           e.g. arrive-arrived

                    hate-hated                              love-loved

•          Inf ending consonant + -y: -ied

                            e.g. try-tried

•          One- syllable verbs (CVC): double the cons. + -ed

                e.g. plan-planned                   stop-stopped

Past Simple Tense

ü  Действие, которое началось и завершилось в прошлом

                                                                I didn't go to the beach last Sunday  

ü  Действия, которые произошли одно за другим в прошлом (рассказ, история и т.д.)

                       I went into the disco and I saw my favourite girl, then I asked her to dance,.........  

Past Simple Tense

Complete the text with the PAST form of the verbs in brackets.

•     Shakira is perhaps the most recognizable voice in Latin pop/rock today. When she ------(BE) only 8, she-----(DEDICATE) her first song called "Tus gafas oscuras", to her father. Two years later, she------(WIN) local and national talent contests. By 13, she had signed a record deal with Sony in Colombia, which-----(RESULT) in her first album, "Magia (Magic)", a compilation of songs she-----(WRITE) between 8 and 13 years old. 

She was chosen to represent her country at the Festival OTI in Spain. But she was under the minimum age of 16 and she ------(CAN NOT) participate. So instead, Shakira ------(RECORD) a second album of original material, "Peligro (Danger)". At that point, Shakira-----(TAKE) a break from music, ------(GRADUATE) from high school (at age 15-really) and back with a vengeance. The result was the phenomenally successful "Pies Descalzos" which-----(SELL) more than four million copies worldwide. 

In addition, this determined girl ------(WANT) to try her luck as an actress in "Oasis", a soap opera, but she --------(THINK) music was her life instead of TV. Then she---- (BEGIN) to be very popular: the Colombian government-------- (DESIGNATE) Shakira as an official goodwill ambassador.

 Do you like her music? Why?