Ielts writing task 1 academic

The waiter was able to re-
arrange the tables but couldn’t find enough chairs 
for everyone so some had to stand.
We use 
had
or 
didn’t have 
to 
refer to 
have
(for possessions 
or actions) in the past

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STRATEGY: USING THE SIMPLE PAST 
Our boss was absolutely delighted and my colleagues were equally pleased 
with the choice of venue. 
There were eighteen of us but there wasn’t enough food
We had a wonderful evening, even though a couple of my colleagues didn’t 
really have enough to eat.
Although the meal 
started
before seven, it
finished 
after midnight.
During the meal last Thursday, the waiter brought out a cake, lit the candles 
and sang ‘Happy Birthday’. 
The waiter didn’t cut the cake into slices because we didn’t want to eat it in 
the restaurant. He didn’t mind at all that we took the cake away with us and 
didn’t eat it straightaway/
The waiter was able to re-
arrange the tables but couldn’t find enough chairs 
for everyone so some had to stand.
We form the simple past of 
many verbs by adding
-ed

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STRATEGY: USING THE SIMPLE PAST 
Our boss was absolutely delighted and my colleagues were equally pleased 
with the choice of venue. 
There were eighteen of us but there wasn’t enough food
We had a wonderful evening, even though a couple of my colleagues didn’t 
really have enough to eat.
Although the meal started before seven, it finished after midnight.
During the meal last Thursday, the waiter