Past Indefinite (Минулий час)

Past Indefinite is used for:

- the action that happened at the definite time in the past: She visited Lviv last week.

- actions that happened immediately one after another in the past: She knocked the door and entered the room.

- to talk about the lives of people who are no more longer alive: Marilyn Monroe starred in many films.

- is used with such time expressions: yesterday, last week, a month ago, in1987, the other day, just now.

POSITIVE (+)		NEGATIVE (-)			QUESTION (?)			SHORT ANSWER
Subject (Підмет)	Ved / V2	Subject (Підмет)	did not (didn’t)	Verb	Did	Subject (Підмет)	Verb?		Yes, No,	Subject (Підмет)	did. didn’t.
He	arrived. slept.	He	didn’t didn't	arrive. sleep.	Did	he	arrive? sleep?		Yes, No,	he	did. didn’t.

Ved			Irregular Verbs
	Rule	Example		Present Tense	Past Tense (V2)
1.	-e + d	bake – baked		become	became
2.	double consonant + ed (in verbs with short closed syllable)	stop – stopped		begin blow	began blew
3.	C onsonant + y -ied	fry - fried		shake	shook
4.	V owel + y -ed	play - played		feel	felt etc.

1. Write the Past Indefinite of the verbs in the list.

Complete, hire, rub, try, travel, cry, pray, play, promise, refer, tidy, destroy, and drop.

2. Write the Past Indefinite of irregular verbs in the list.

Catch, buy, do, find, fly, forget, know, lose, make, meet, put, take, think, teach, and swim.

3. Translate the following sentences into English using Past Indefinite.

1. Вчора я прийшов додому пізно. 2. Що Ви робили в суботу? – В ходила в кіно. 3. Коли він почав вивчати англійську мову? – Він почав вивчати її 5 років тому. 4. Вони їздили на канікули в Грецію минулого літа. 5. Минулого тижня він провів 3 тренування з плавання. 6. Після занять в університеті він поїхав на зустріч з друзями. 7. Шекспір написав багато п’єс і сонетів. 8. Коли вона зайшла до кімнати, він передав її листа. 9. Вона заварила чай і присіла в крісло відпочити. 10. Вони вам телефонували вчора?

4. Fill in the gaps with the right form of the verbs in brackets.

1. Daisy (bring) some chocolates to the birthday party. 2. I (hear) a new song on the radio. 3. Peter (read) three books last week. 4. The Smiths (speak) Italian to the waitress. 5. Peter (understand) during the class, but now he doesn't understand. 6. My mother (forget) to buy some milk. 7. Susan (have) a baby in August. 8. We (lose) our keys last Friday. 9. They (swim) 500m yesterday afternoon. 10. I (give) my mother a CD for her birthday. 11. At the age of 23, she (become) a teacher. 12. I (know) the answer yesterday. 13. Peter (tell) me that he lived in New York. 14. We (lend) John €200. 15. She (drink) too much coffee yesterday. 16. The children (sleep) in the car. 17. He (keep) his promise. 18. We (choose) the steak for dinner. 19. The film (begin) late. 20. They (fly) to Madrid. 21. We (drive) to Edinburgh. 22. Mrs. Black (teach) English at the University. 23. They (send) me an e-mail earlier. 24. We (leave) at 7 a.m.