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Lesson 19.2 Actions that people and things did not do

Very often we say things that we did and did not do at the same time. Here are some examples:

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Lesson 19.1 Actions that people and things did not do

In Lesson 18, we learned about actions that people and things did or happened in the past. In this lesson, we are going to learn the negative, actions that people and things did not do. We use the word did … Continue reading

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Answers to Exercise 69 Making simple past time

Exercise 69 Change each verb to simple past time Example: A neighbour ____ (find) my kitten. A neighbour found my kitten.

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Answers to Exercise 68 Making simple past time

Exercise 68 Change each verb to simple past time Example: She ______ (catch) a cold two days ago. She caught a cold two days ago.

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Answers to Exercise 67 Making simple past time

Exercise 67 Change the y to i before adding ed to these verbs to make them simple past time. Example: The mice ______ (scurry) into the bush. The mice scurried into the bush.

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Answers to Exercise 66 Making simple past time

Exercise 66 Double the last letter before adding ed to these verbs to make them simple past time. Example: We ____ (sip) the hot chocolate slowly. We sipped the hot chocolate slowly.

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Answers to Exercise 65 Making simple past time

Exercise 65 Add d to these verbs to make them simple past time. Example: Someone ______ (sneeze). Someone sneezed.

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Answers to Exercise 64 Making simple past time

Exercise 64 Add ed to these verbs to make them simple past time. Example: We ______ (enjoy) ourselves at the party. We enjoyed ourselves at the party.

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Answers to Exercise 63 Making questions present continuous time

Exercise 63 Making questions from statements Example: They are planning a big party. Are they planning a big party?

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Answers to Exercise 62 Negative present continuous time

Exercise 62 Making negative present continuous sentences Example: The girls are bickering. The girls are not bickering.

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Exercise 69 Making simple past time

Exercise 69 Change each verb to simple past time Example: A neighbour ____ (find) my kitten. A neighbour found my kitten.

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Exercise 68 Making simple past time

Exercise 68 Change each verb to simple past time Example: She ______ (catch) a cold two days ago. She caught a cold two days ago.

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Exercise 67 Adding ed to a verb

Exercise 67 Change the y to i before adding ed to these verbs to make them simple past time. Example: The mice ______ (scurry) into the bush. The mice scurried into the bush.

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Exercise 66 Adding ed to a verb

Exercise 66 Double the last letter before adding ed to these verbs to make them simple past time. Example: We ____ (sip) the hot chocolate slowly. We sipped the hot chocolate slowly.

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Exercise 65 Adding d to a verb

Exercise 65 Add d to these verbs to make them simple past time. Example: Someone ______ (sneeze). Someone sneezed.

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Exercise 64 Adding ed to a verb

Exercise 64 Add ed to these verbs to make them simple past time. Example: We ______ (enjoy) ourselves at the party. We enjoyed ourselves at the party.

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18.6 Actions that people and things did

These verbs do not follow any rules in the simple past time. We call them irregular verbs. Here are some examples:

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18.5 Actions that people and things did

We change the y to i from these verbs before adding ed to make them simple past time. Here are some examples:

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18.4 Actions that people and things did

To make these verbs simple past time, we double the last letter before adding ed to the verbs whose second last letter is a vowel. Here are some examples:

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18.3 Actions that people and things did

We add ed to these verbs to show simple past time. Here are some examples:

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