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Time for another grammar lesson! Back to tenses, and specifically...
Past simple and -ed
A. Past simple
Read this page from an explorer's diary. Write each
verb in brackets in the past simple.
We 1 started (start) our
journey in October. Three of us 2 (leave) early in the morning and the rest of
the group 3 (follow) us an hour later. The group 4
(walk) all day and in the evening we 5
(find) a small lake with fresh water. The
desert 6 (be) cold but very beautiful. My colleagues 7
(photograph) the night sky until finally we 8
(go) to bed. In the morning the team 9 (continue) the journey but it 10 (become) harder and harder to walk in the
heat...
B. Quiz
Test your knowledge of great explorers. Fill in the
gaps with the past simple of these verbs, then answer the questions.
arrive land
lead reach sail
- Who reached the South Pole first?
A Richard
Branson B Roald Amundsen C Robert Scott
- Who the first expedition westwards from
Europe to Asia via the Pacific?
A
Ferdinand Magellan B
Marco Polo C David Attenborough
- Who on the moon?
A
Yuri Gagarin B
Neil Armstrong C Buzz Lightyear
- Who to America first?
A
The Vikings B
The Normans C Christopher
Columbus
- Which European first in Australia?
A
Thor Heyerdahl B
Captain James T Kirk C Captain James Cook
C. Pronunciation: -ed endings
How
many syllables are each word, 1, 2 or 3? Which -ed ending is pronounced - [t], [d], or [ɪd]?
- invented 3 (in
– vent – ed) [ɪd]
- danced
- discussed
- decided
- travelled
- arrived
- introduced
- landed
- worked
- lifted
Adapted
from Language Leader Pearson 2008
Answers below!
And for more tense practice, go to grammar lessons 5, 7, 10, 13, and 17
A. Past simple
Read this page from an explorer's diary. Write each
verb in brackets in the past simple.
We 1 started (start) our
journey in October. Three of us 2 left (leave) early in the morning and the rest of the group
3 followed (follow) us an hour later.
The group 4 walked
(walk) all day and in the evening we 5 found (find) a small lake with fresh water. The
desert 6 was
(be) cold but very beautiful. My colleagues 7 photographed (photograph) the
night sky until finally we 8 went (go) to bed. In the
morning the team 9 continued (continue) the journey but it
10 became (become) harder and
harder to walk in the heat...
B. Quiz
Test your knowledge of great explorers. Fill in the
gaps with the past simple of these verbs, then answer the questions.
arrive land
lead reach sail
- Who reached the South Pole first?
A
Richard Branson B Roald Amundsen C Robert Scott
- Who led the first
expedition westwards from Europe to Asia via the Pacific?
A Ferdinand Magellan B
Marco Polo C David Attenborough
- Who landed on the moon?
A
Yuri Gagarin B Neil Armstrong C Buzz Lightyear
- Who sailed to America
first?
A The Vikings B The Normans C Christopher Columbus
- Which European first arrived in Australia?
A
Thor Heyerdahl B Captain James T Kirk C Captain James Cook
C. Pronunciation: -ed endings
How
many syllables are each word, 1, 2 or 3? Which -ed ending is pronounced - [t], [d], or [ɪd]?
- invented 3 (in
– vent – ed) [ɪd]
- danced 1 danced [t]
- discussed 2 dis - cussed [t]
- decided 3 dec
– id - ed [ɪd]
- travelled 2 trav - elled [d]
- arrived 2 a -
rrived [d]
- introduced 3 in – trod - uced [t]
- landed 2
land - ed [ɪd]
- worked 1
worked [t]
- lifted 2 lift - ed [ɪd]
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