PAST SIMPLE TENSE

REGULAR VERBS
-ED ending

A finished action in the past!

YESTERDAY/LAST SUMMER/LAST WEEK/TWO WEEKS AGO/TWO MONTHS AGO
The children played football last week.
The children didn’t play football yesterday.
What did the children do last week?
Did the children play football last week? Yes, they did./No, they didn’t.
play ►played cry ►cried wait ► waited stop ► stopped
stay ► stayed try ► tried paint ► painted skip ► skipped
jump ► jumped dry ► dried fade ► faded drop ► dropped
fail ► failed fry ►fried faint ► fainted swap ► swapped

I. What happened? Fill in the gaps with the suitable verb from the chart,
then match the sentences to the questions!

a. Peter _______ his exam two weeks ago.

b. We __________ in a beautiful hotel last summer in Greece.
c. Mary accidentally ___________ the flower vase yesterday.
d. The boys ____________ tennis last weekend.
e. The train didn’t stop, so I ___________ it.
f. Last weekend he ___________ delicious meat at our garden party.
g. I _____________ for the bus yesterday, but it didn’t come.
h. He ___________ the ball high.
i. My father _____________ the walls all around the house all by himself
last summer.
j. She ____________ because of the heat-wave two days ago.
k. He successfully _____________ over that high fence.
l. The baby __________ at night.
m. The squirrel ____________ from tree to tree.
n. The colors of the rainbow ____________.
o. They ___________ e-mail addresses last summer.
p. I ____________ to call you yesterday, but you didn’t answer the phone.

waited faded swapped jumped (2x) stayed tried painted fainted

cried dropped failed kicked played fried missed

1. Why did she faint?
2. Why did he fail his exam?
3. How did the squirrel jump?
4. What did he fry last weekend?
5. What did your father paint?
6. What did he do successfully?
7. What did he kick high?
8. What did you try to do yesterday?
9. What did the baby do at night?
10. What did the boys play last weekend?
11. What did the colors do?
12. What did Mary accidentally drop?
13. What did you do yesterday?
14. Why did you miss the train?
15. When did they swap e-mail addresses?
16. Where did you stay in Greece?

a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. j. k. l. m. n. o. p.
 PAST SIMPLE TENSE
IRRREGULAR VERBS
verbs that change form
(2nd form used as P.S.)
The children
swam in the lake last week.
The children didn’t swim yesterday.
Where did the children swim last week?
Did the children swim last week? Yes, they did./No, they didn’t.
!!! BE ► NEGATIVE FORMS IN THE PAST: wasn’t/weren’t
swim ► swam bring ► brought feel ► felt take ► took set ► set
drink ► drank get ► got tell ► told wear ► wore leave ► left
begin ► began come ► came write ► wrote have ► had find ► found
sing ► sang buy ► bought wake ► woke cut ► cut can ► could
ring ► rang fly ► flew send ► sent read ► read be ► was/were
give ► gave forget ► forgot spend ► spent throw ► threw meet ► met

What did Peter do yesterday?

Peter _____ (get) up early yesterday morning. It _________ (be) Friday, the last
school day of the week. He _______ (go) to the bathroom, _______ (get) washed and
_______ (get) dressed. He _____ ________ (not have) breakfast. He _________ (leave)
home for school at half past 6. It ________(be) a nice, sunny morning and he _______
(feel) very happy. In the streets there ________ (be) already a lot of children going to
school or people going to work.
Peter ________ (go) to the grocer’s to buy some rolls and cocoa drink for his ten
o’clock break. Then on his way to school he ________ (meet) his best friend coming
from the other direction. They _______ (be) glad to go together to school.
Peter _____ ________ (not have) a difficult day at school. They only ________
(write) an English test, but it ________ (not be) difficult at all. After classes Peter
________ (spend) all his afternoon playing football with his friends. At around 5 o’clock
he finished playing football and _______ (set) off home.
On his way home from school Peter _________ (buy) a bunch of roses for his
mother, who _______ (have) her birthday yesterday. He _______ (get) home, but his
mother ________ (not be) at home yet. She ________ (come) home late, at around 7
o’clock in the evening. She ________ (be) very happy and proud of her only son!
Father arrived home at about 9 o’clock. He ________ (buy) a wonderful golden-
ring and of course a big bunch of flowers. Mother liked the ring very much. They
________ (have) dinner together talking about their day. After dinner they decided to
play cards, because they ______ __________ (not have) to get up early the next day.
They ________ (be) happy to be finally together and enjoyed the card-game.
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