Universidad Emiliano Zapata

Ingles ll
Simple past regular verbs

Name: Rodolfo Alejandro Medellin Salas

Teacher: Luis Angel Garcia Martinez
Carrera: Ingenerate in Mechatronic
Matricula: 118626
Group: IM 2-V1
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Simple Past

Simple Past Tense – Regular Verbs

Choose the correct verb from the list below to complete the following sentences. Put the verb in the past
tense.
play / listen / paint / water / visit / mail / help / arrive / learn / watch / change / wait

1. I visited my friend in the hospital last night.

2. The boys played baseball in the field behind the school.
3. Robert helped his wife wash the dishes.
4. We painted our living room a soft blue color.
5. Susan watched TV for two hours last night.
6. We changed planes on the way to New York.
7. I mailed the letter on the way to work.
8. She waited for him for 20 minutes at the coffee shop.
9. They learned how to swim many years ago.
10. She watered the flowers in the garden yesterday.
11. The students arrived late for class.
12. We listened to the radio until midnight.

Simple Past Tense – Negative

Change the following sentences to a negative and then write another sentence of your own in the
affirmative.
Ex. Mary baked a cake. Mary didn’t bake a cake.
She baked cookies.

1. The boys played soccer. The boys didn’t play soccer. They played videogames.

2. Carol called her mother. Carol didn’t call her mother. She called her friend.

3. Donald fixed his TV. Donald didn’t fix his TV. He fixed his console.

4. Peter danced with Betty. Peter didn’t dance with Betty. He danced with mother.

5. Ann studied history. Ann didn’t study history. She studied chemistry.

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Past simple | Regular verbs exercises

Exercise 1
Put the regular verbs in the correct category:

cry like stop wait stay fail

enjoy label agree marry explain hop
care bury use jog clap prefer

- d only - ed only - ied double consonant + -

ed
lived cleaned studied shopped
Liked Waited Cried clapped
Agreed Failed married jogged
Cared Labeled Buried preferred
Used Explained
Hoped
Enjoyed
Stayed
jogged

Exercise 2
Complete the story with the correct forms the verbs in brackets.
A young man aged 13 robed.............the Simpson Bank in Motown yesterday night. (rob)

He used................... his toy gun and traveled.......by his father's red BMW. (use | travel)

He carried................ the money in his sister's school bag. (carry) The young man hurried.......

to his grandma's garden to hide the money there. (hurry) When he entered......the garden,

he could see a policeman. (enter) The policeman started. .to chase him. (start) The young

man dropped. the bag with the money. (drop) - Suddenly, he could hear his telephone.

"Bob, are you still asleep?"

"Oh, mum. I had a terrible dream!"