ASSIGMENT 2 : Past Tense

Exercise 1. Change the verbs below to V2.

NO V1 V2 V3 NO V1 V2 V3
1  Go  Went Gone 24  Meet  Met Met
2  Say  Said Said 25  Leave  Left Left
3  Do  Did Done 26  Wake up  Woke up Woken up
4  Come  Came Came 27  Read  Read Read
5  Have  Had Had 28  Sleep  Slept Slept
6  Stand  Stood Stood 29  Ride  Rode Ridden
7  Make  Made Made 30  Build  Built Built
8  Buy  Bought Bought 31  Catch  Caught Caught
9  Sit  Sat Sat 32  Tell  Told Told
10  Swim  Swam Swum 33  Understand  Understood Understood
11  Speak  Spoke Spoken 34  Cut  Cut Cut
12  See  Saw Seen 35  Ring  Rang Rung
13  Write  Wrote Written 36  Eat  Ate Eaten
14  Sing  Sang Sung 37  Wear  Wore Worn
15  Run  Ran Run 38  Put  Put Put
16  Begin  Began Begun 39  Sell  Sold Sold
17  Feel  Felt Felt 40  Think  Though Though
18  Get  Got Gotten 41  Drive  Drove Driven
19  Draw  Drew Drawn 42  Win  Won Won
20  Bring  Brought Brought 43  Drink  Drank Drunk
21  Know  Knew known 44  Break  Broke Broken
22  Take  Took Taken 45  Fight  Fought Fought

23  Pay  Paid Paid

Exercise 2. Complete the sentences, put the verb into the correct form.

1. I heard a new song on radio

2. I read three books last week
3. They spoke French to the waiterss
4. He understood during the class, but now he doesn’t understand
5. I forgot to buy some milk

Exercise 3. Change the sentences below to Negative and Interrogative.

1. He walked to school yesterday.

(-) He didn’t walk to school yesterday
(?) Did he walk to school yesterday?

2. They did their homework last night

(-) They didn’t do their homework last night
(?) Did they do their homework last night?

3. You were lazy last week

(-) You weren’t lazy last week
(?) Were you lazy last week?

4. I was hungry yesterday.

(-) I wasn’t hungry yesterday
(?) Was I hungry yesterday?

5. This morning my teacher taught English.

(-) This morning my teacher didn’t teach English
(?) Did my teacher teach English this morning?

6. The gardener cut the trees last month.

(-) The gardener didn’t cut the trees last month
(?) Did the gardener cut the trees last month?
 7. She drank milk this morning.
(-) She didn’t drink milk this morning
(?) Did she drink milk this morning?

8. Last month the man rode a horse

(-) Last month the man didn’t ride a horse
(?) Did the man ride a horse last month?

9. The birds flew in the sky this morning.

(-) The birds didn’t fly in the sky this morning
(?) Did the birds fly in the sky this morning?

10. The farmer grew rice last year.

(-) The farmer didn’t grow rice last year
(?) Did the farmer grow rice last year?

Exercise 4. Complete the exercise with the verbs inside the box. (simple past tense)

1. Mozart wrote more than 600 pieces of music

2. “how did you learn to drive?” my father taught me
3. We couldn’t afford to keep our car, so we sold it
4. I was very thirsty. I drank the water very quickly
5. Paul and I played tennis yesterday. He’s much better than me, so he won easily
6. Don fell down the stairs this morning and hurt his leg
7. Jim caught the ball to sue, who threw it
8. Ann spent a lot of money yesterday. She bought a dress. It 100