Lesson 16, Exercise 3 - The Adventures of Bill in
Paris using Past Simple Tense
Six things about Bill. Number 2? He got lost. Another
verb in the past.
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It is 2023 now. Bill went to Paris in 2021.
He went to Paris 2 years
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ago.
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since.
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later.
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Get
is a complicated little verb. The past of get is
got.
What happened to Bill in Paris?
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He got lost.
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He got out of Paris.
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He got over it.
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"Some guy" got a taxi cab for Bill
(and this French guy paid for the taxi cab!). "Some guy" =
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A stranger.
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Bill's brother.
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Bill's mother.
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What did the French guy do?
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He got a cab for Bill.
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He got Bill a cab.
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Bill got a cab on his own.
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Bill went to Paris a couple of years ago. Went
is the past form of
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go.
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come.
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arrive.
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Bill went to Paris 3 times after his first trip:
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He has been back 3 times.
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He is going to go back 3 times.

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