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THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE (3E65)

Regular Verbs Adverbs of Time
+ past tense + adverb (time). yesterday
❖ base form + d/ ed last week
(liked, baked, decided, baked, etc.) last year
when I was
He baked the cake yesterday. two weeks ago
(added, listened, whirred, etc.) in September
He helped me yesterday. in 2019

Complete the sentences in the past tense.

1. The car _________ (climb) up the mountain.

2. The penguins _________ (dive) into the sea.

3. and _________ (wash) their car last Friday.

4. Soon the three bears _________ (stop) playing.

5. Everybody _________ (thank) mom and dad.

6. _________ (phone) my father last week.

7. Mr _________ (work) here in 2019.

8. His dog _________ (bark) at the strangers.

9. She _________ (explain) the rules to the students.

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THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE

Adverbs of Time
Irregular Verbs
yesterday
+ past tense + adverb (time).
last week
❖ Don’t add d/ ed to the base form last year
(wore, ate, slept, chose, bought, etc.) when I was
He bought the cake yesterday. two weeks ago
in September
in 2019

Choose past tense verbs.

1. They their bicycles carefully.

2. Carl my burger without permission.

3. The children to school after a long time.

4. My cousin a red car a few years later.

5. Fahad some patterns on the paper.

6. Mrs Saleem the purse in her bedroom.

7. The boy to catch the train.

8. She to me quite slowly.

9. We them the keys of this house.