Complete the sentences with the correct past simple form of the verbs in brackets.

Here are the completed sentences with explanations: 1. They **played** football yesterday. * The verb "play" is regular. In the past simple, regular verbs take the -ed ending. So, "play" becomes "played". 2. Mrs. Black **visited** her parents two days ago. * The verb "visit" is regular. We add -ed to form the past simple: "visited". 3. Tony **lived** in London when he was a child. * The verb "live" is regular. It already ends in -e, so we just add -d: "lived". 4. Sarah **liked** ice cream. * The verb "like" is regular and ends in -e, so we add -d: "liked". 5. Mr. Brown **stopped** work at half past five yesterday. * The verb "stop" is regular. We need to double the final consonant "p" before adding -ed because it follows a short vowel: "stopped". 6. The children **started** school at eight o'clock last week. * The verb "start" is regular, so we add -ed to form the past simple: "started". 7. You **walked** to school yesterday morning. * The verb "walk" is regular, so we add -ed: "walked". 8. My friends **studied** at Oxford University these years. *The verb “study” is regular. We need to change the “y” to “i” before adding -ed. Hence, the word becomes "studied".