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Simple Past
Table of Contents
2 Grammar Notes 16 Exercise 10
Simple Past Irregular Verbs: Opposites
7 Exercise 1 17 Exercise 11
Be: Fill in the Blanks Irregular Verbs: Time Markers
8 Exercise 2 18 Exercise 12
Be: Complete the Sentences Irregular Verbs: Positive & Negative
9 Exercise 3 19 Exercise 13
Be: Pair Work Irregular Verbs: Write the Questions
10 Exercise 4 20 Exercise 14
Regular Verbs: Verb Chart Irregular Verbs: Find Someone Who
11 Exercise 5 21 Exercise 15
Regular Verbs: Choose the Correct Verb All Past Verbs: Writing
12 Exercise 6 22 Exercise 16
Regular Verbs: Questions & Answers All Past Verbs: Quiz
14 Exercise 8
Irregular Verbs: Choose the Correct Verb
15 Exercise 9
Irregular Verbs: Bingo
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Grammar Notes
SIMPLE PAST
A. Use
B. Time Markers
Words that show the time of an action are called "time markers."
Common time markers for the simple past are yesterday, last, ago, and when.
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A common way to form the simple past is to add -ed to the end of a verb.
These verbs are called “regular verbs.”
Let’s look at regular verbs, irregular verbs, and the Be verb in more detail.
D. Regular Verbs
To form the past tense of regular verbs, add -ed to the base verb.
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# Rule Examples
• like liked
1 If a verb ends in -e, add -d. • arrive arrived
• decide decided
• carry carried
2 If a verb ends in consonant + -y, change -y to -i and add -ed. • try tried
• study studied
• play played
3 If a verb ends in vowel + -y, add -ed.* • stay stayed
• enjoy enjoyed
• hug hugged
If a verb ends in a consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) pattern,
4 • plan planned
double the final consonant and add -ed.**
• stop stopped
• watch watched
5 For all other verbs, add -ed. • ask asked
• clean cleaned
*Note: **Note:
There are some exceptions to this rule: For verbs with more than one syllable, this rule is only
true if the stress is on the last syllable. Notice the
• pay paid
difference below:
• lay laid
• prefer preferred
• visit visited
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*Note:
For a complete list of irregular verbs,
see page 23 in this lesson.
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To form the past tense of the Be verb, use the words was or were.
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Exercise 1
FILL IN THE BLANKS
was
Ex. Eva sick yesterday.
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Exercise 2
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES
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Exercise 3
PAIR WORK
Write the questions using the prompt and the simple past tense. Then
interview your partner. Write your partner’s answers in the chart below.
Ex at home / last night Were you at home last night? Yes, she was.
1 at school / yesterday
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Exercise 4
VERB CHART (REGULAR VERBS)
1 brush 11 learn
2 carry 12 like
3 check 13 listen
4 clean 14 plan
5 cry 15 play
6 dance 16 study
7 decide 17 talk
8 hope 18 walk
9 hug 19 wash
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Exercise 5
CHOOSE THE CORRECT VERB
Choose a verb from the list on the right to complete the following
sentences. Write the verb in the past tense. Use each verb only once.
visited
Ex. I my friend in the hospital last night.
Verb List:
1. The boys baseball in the field behind the school. • change
• visit
2. Robert his wife wash the dishes. • paint
• travel
• listen
3. We our living room a soft blue color.
• help
• arrive
4. Susan TV for two hours last night. • learn
• watch
5. We planes on the way to New York. • play
• wait
6. She for him for 20 minutes at the coffee shop.
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Exercise 6
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Answer the questions using the simple past tense and the prompt.
Now write five questions using any regular verbs from the list on page 10.
Then ask your partner the questions and write his or her answers.
# Question Answer
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Exercise 7
VERB CHART (IRREGULAR VERBS)
1 begin 11 read
2 bring 12 run
3 catch 13 see
4 choose 14 sing
5 do 15 sleep
6 fall 16 take
7 go 17 teach
8 have 18 think
9 know 19 write
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Exercise 8
CHOOSE THE CORRECT VERB
Choose a verb(s) from the list on the right to complete the following
sentences. Write the verb(s) in the past tense. Use each verb only once.
broke
Ex. She a plate when she was washing the dishes.
Verb List:
1. They to Paris in a jumbo jet last week. • buy
• ring
• lie
2. I the alarm clock for 7:00 yesterday morning, but I
• break
• teach
up an hour before the alarm clock . • fly
• set
• send
3. I an email to my friend back home.
• wake
• swim
4. He a five-page essay last night. • feel
• pay
• meet
5. His mother care of him when he sick.
• have
• write
6. The teacher the mathematics class • drink
• give
• get
and then the students three exercises to do for homework.
• take
• catch
7. Matthew his wallet on the way to work yesterday. • lose
8. Angie a bad cold last week. She in bed for three days.
9. The children in the lake behind their house last summer.
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Exercise 9
IRREGULAR VERB BINGO
Choose any 24 verbs from the Irregular Verb List on page 23 and write
the past tense forms in the squares. Then play Bingo! Draw an when
you hear your teacher call out a matching verb.
Free
Space
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Exercise 10
OPPOSITES
Write the opposite of each verb below. Make sure to use the past tense.
There may be more than one possible opposite, but try to think of one
that has an irregular past form.
# Verb Opposite
Ex gave took
1 remembered
2 bought
3 found
4 sat
5 arrived
6 opened
8 learned
9 floated
10 saved (money)
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Exercise 11
TIME MARKERS
last
Ex. We went skiing a lot winter.
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Exercise 12
POSITIVE & NEGATIVE
Read the example. Then complete the sentences below using the past
tense. Make the first sentence negative and the second one positive.
Ex. Ben usually eats cereal for breakfast. 6. Ben usually meets his boss in the morning.
1. Ben usually gets up at 7:00. 7. Ben usually writes ten emails in the morning.
2. Ben usually takes a shower. 8. Ben usually eats lunch in the office.
3. Ben usually reads the Times newspaper. 9. Ben usually has a lot of appointments every day.
4. Ben usually leaves the house at 8:00. 10. Ben usually gets home at 6:00.
He a bus yesterday.
He a taxi.
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Exercise 13
WRITE THE QUESTIONS
Use the correct question word (who, what, where, when, why, how many)
to make Wh- questions in the simple past tense. The bold words are the
answers to the questions.
1. 7.
2. 8.
She didn’t go to work because she was sick. The sun rose at 6:45 am yesterday.
3. 9.
4. 10.
Rosa spoke to the boss.* The meeting took place in Room 29.
5.
*Note:
There is a difference between questions 4 and 5.
Can you explain the grammar rule?
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Exercise 14
FIND SOMEONE WHO
1 who woke up late this morning. Did you wake up late this morning?
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Exercise 15
WRITING
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Exercise 16
QUIZ
1. Two weeks ago, I a new car. 7. They left the city a month .
a) bought a) ago
b) buyed b) last
2. Juan at the store on his way home. 8. She a cold last week.
a) stoped a) cought
b) stopped b) caught
4. It us two days to write the report. 10. Maya and Louise late for class.
a) taked a) was
b) took b) were
5. How the weather last weekend? 11. They to sell their house.
a) was a) tryed
b) were b) tried
6. Alyssa to go to Spain. 12. Chang to the party last night.
a) decideed a) didn’t go
b) decided b) didn’t went
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Base Form Past Form Base Form Past Form Base Form Past Form
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