Past Simple Name _______________ Date_______________

Regular & irregular verb forms Exercises

1. Fill in the correct regular verb forms in the Past 2. Fill in the correct irregular verb forms in the
Simple. Past Simple.

Infinitive Past Simple Infinitive Past Simple

play be
watch can
look buy
listen catch
wash drive
open put
stop eat
cry go
close think
help sleep

3. Put into the Past Simple. 4. What happened? Use the correct
Past Simple verb form.
Present Simple Past Simple a) Last week the Richards ____________ (come)
they drink back from the USA.
she answers b) Two weeks ago Betty ____________ (do)
he sings
a presentation at school.
it snows
you ride c) At the weekend Rob ____________ (bring)
I stay a present for Sue.
we fly d) Last night I ___________ (write) an e-mail to
they swim my friend in England.
I dance e) On Wednesday Carol ___________ (meet)
Jessy after school.
f) Yesterday Dan and Jou ___________ (have)
fish and chips for dinner.
5. Fill in the correct verb forms in the Past Simple.
Yesterday Rob and I _________(see) a great film at the
cinema. It _________ (be) boys’ day there and we only
_________ (pay) half the price. We _________ (have)
some money left. So I __________ (buy) a big box of
popcorn and two bottles of lemonade. The film
_________ (be) about a space shuttle and aliens. It
_________ (be) really funny. We _________ (eat) all
the popcorn and __________ (drink) our lemonade.
Have a
After the film we _________ (go) home to Jake’s house.
There we _________ (meet) Cathy and Betty. They
nice
_________ (tell) us about their film with Daniel Grey. I
__________ (say) our film __________ (be) much
day !
better, but they __________ (do) not listen. Girls…
Past Simple Answer Key
Regular & irregular verb forms
1. 2.

Infinitive Past Simple Infinitive Past Simple

play played be was / were
watch watched can could
look looked buy bought
listen listened catch caught
wash washed drive drove
open opened put put
stop stopped eat ate
cry cried go went
close closed think thought
help helped sleep slept

3. 4.
a) Last week the Richards __came____ (come)
Present Simple Past Simple back from the USA.
they drink they drank
b) Two weeks ago Betty __did_______ (do)
she answers she answered
a presentation at school.
he sings he sang
it snows it snowed c) At the weekend Rob __brought__ (bring)
you ride you rode a present for Sue.
I stay I stayed d) Last night I __wrote___ (write) an e-mail to
we fly we flew my friend in England.
they swim they swam e) On Wednesday Carol __met______ (meet)
I dance I danced Jessy after school.
f) Yesterday Dan and Jou ___had_____ (have)
fish and chips for dinner.

5.
Yesterday Rob and I __saw___(see) a great film at the
cinema. It __was___ (be) boys’ day there and we only
__payed__(pay) half the price. We __had___ (have)
some money left. So I _bought___ (buy) a big box of
popcorn and two bottles of lemonade. The film
__was____ (be) about a space shuttle and aliens. It
__was____ (be) really funny. We __ate___ (eat) all the
popcorn and __drank_____ (drink) our lemonade. After
the film we __went____ (go) home to Jake’s house.
There we __met____ (meet) Cathy and Betty. They
_told_____ (tell) us about their film with Daniel Grey. I
__said______ (say) our film __was____ (be) much
better, but they __did_____ (do) not listen. Girls…