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Past Simple

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    Past simple regular and irregular verbs, past simple negative. Navigate Elementary.
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  • It is difficult to believe that just over twenty years ago the internet ___________ (not be) here for us to use.
    wasn't
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  • When the internet was invented there __________(not be) many people with computers.
    weren't
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  • In the past, people who ___________ (not have) computers __________(go) to internet cafes.
    didn't have / went
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  • Before the internet, students ___________ (do) their homework with information from books.
    did
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  • ___________ (be) things better in the past or are they better now?
    Were
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  • We ___________ our bikes to school when we were children.
    rode
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  • She __________ money from the bank to pay her university fees when she was a student. (borrow)
    borrowed
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  • When my parents were young, they __________ in South Africa.
    lived
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  • Phil __________ football with his friends on Saturday.
    played
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  • They __________ for last night's meal with a credit card.
    paid
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  • John __________ work at half past five and __________ home. (stop/go)
    stopped / went
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  • I don't know why you're tired. You __________ for ten hours last night.
    slept
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  • Which verb has a different vowel sound: taught / bought / rode
    rode
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  • Which verb has a different vowel sound: chose / put / wrote
    put
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  • Which verb has a different vowel sound: said / felt / heard
    heard
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  • Which verb has a different vowel sound: came / drank / sang
    came
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