6 3.22 Listen to James Ryder talk about his
story. Choose the correct words to complete
the sentences.
1 The police arrested Ryder Horner for
stealing the blue diamond,
2 James Ryder took the diamond to his
sister's/brother's house,
3 Ryder decided to visit his friend Maudsley/
Mr Oakshott in North London,
4 There were lots of people/geese in Ryder's
sister's garden
5 Ryder caught a goose with a white/black
tail and put the diamond in its mouth,
6 Later, he caught a goose with a black tail
and took it to his/Maudsley's house.
7 When he opened the goose, Ryder found/
didn't find the diamond.
8 There were two / five geese with black tails,
and Ryder took the wrong one.
9 Mr Breckinridge would not/would tell Ryder
where the geese were.
10 Ryder was unhappy because his sister thinks
he is a good /terrible brother and he didn't
get any money from his crime.​

Vladimir, a very beautiful city. There are many attractions, such as the Golden Gate Church of the Trinity, and more. This is one ofthe oldest Russian cities. There are beautiful parks and alleys. There are many rivers and beaches. I love a legend associated with the history of the most famous gorodaOdna urban legends connected with the history of conversion of the Golden Gate. In 1767, Vladimir visited Catherine II. But immediately get into the city to the Empress could not - according to one version, her carriage is stuck in the arch of the Golden Gate (despite the 5-meter width of the arch), on the other - Catherine simply afraid to pass under the arch, since that is in disrepair. After this incident, the Empress ordered to repair the monument and demolish part of the fortress rampart, directly adjacent to the walls of the gate to the city could enter freely.

The past simple tense is quite straightforward. The main problem is its spelling rules, which you’ll find below.

We use the past simple to describe an action that started in the past and ended in the past. It could be something that happened twenty years ago or something that happened two minutes ago. It started. It stopped. It’s over.

I visited a client in London yesterday.

She planned the event all by herself.

The most common time expressions used for the past simple are: yesterday, a week (month, year) ago, last (month, year, weekend, Monday) night, the day before yesterday, two days (months, years) ago. The time expression appears either at the beginning or at the end of the sentence – never in the middle of the sentence.

Forming the Past Simple

Subject Verb + d, ed, ied

or irregular form (V2) Rest of Sentence

I / He / She / It You / We / They walked to the shop yesterday

slept late last Saturday

The past simple is usually formed by adding d, ed, or ied to the base form of the verb, however, in English there are many irregular verbs that take on a completely different form in the past tense. Some people call this the V2 form of the verb. The best thing to do is to try and memorize them.

Negative Sentences in the Past Simple Tense

Spelling Tip

When shortening the 3rd person (he, she, it) negative, just remove the o in not and add an apostrophe (‘)

did not > didn’t

To create a negative sentence in the past simple, use didn’t (did not) + the base form of the verb.

Note: Save the long forms (did not) for when you want to create emphasis. When speaking, put the stress on ‘not’.

Subject didn’t + verb in the base form Rest of Sentence

I / He / She / It You / We / They didn’t walk to the shop yesterday

didn’t sleep late last Saturday

I didn’t talk to John yesterday.

He didn’t steal those ideas from the company.

You didn’t show me the photos from the wedding.

Ron did not sign the document.