a) Look at the list of irregular verbs and put the verbs in brackets into the past simple.

2 a) Here is the text with the verbs in the Past Simple form: Last Friday it 1) **was** (be) my birthday. I usually go out to celebrate, but this year I decided to cook dinner for my friends at home. What a mistake! As soon as I finished work I 2) **went** (go) straight home to start cooking because the invitations were for 8 o'clock. First of all, I 3) **put** (put) the chicken in the oven, then I prepared the vegetables. When I finished peeling, dicing and stirring, it was 6:45 pm. I 4) **set** (set) the table quickly and went upstairs to get dressed. Meanwhile the smell of cooking filled the house. I was downstairs again by 7:30 pm. I 5) **took** (take) the chicken out of the oven and arranged all the food nicely on the table. When I finished everything, I 6) **had** (have) just enough time to go and get some flowers. I rushed out of the house and quickly walked towards the shops. I 7) **bought** (buy) some beautiful roses and was back outside my front door ten minutes later. Suddenly, I realised I 8) **didn't have** (not/have) my keys! I 9) **ran** (run) round the house checking windows and doors. No luck! Finally my friends arrived. At 8:00 pm, everything was ready and everybody was there. The only problem was that we 10) **were** (be) outside the dining room window, flowers in hand, watching the perfect birthday meal go cold. 2 b) Past simple forms: 1. spend — spent 2. leave — left 3. write — wrote 4. read — read (pronounced like 'red') 5. see — saw 6. make — made 7. eat — ate 8. find — found 9. give — gave 10. say — said