Simple Past

Tense
 a completed action in
the past

past future
now

The action finished in the past.

The action started in the past.

 Verbs in English

Regular Irregular

VERB + d / ed NO RULES
work : worked write : wrote
watch : watched read : read
like : liked go : went
study : studied eat : ate
 Simple Past
Affirmative

Regular verbs Irregular verbs

Verb + d / ed No rules
•You worked •I wrote
•He worked •She wrote
•They worked •We wrote
 Regular Verbs

Affirmative Form
 Most Regular Verbs form their past, adding ed / d to the base form
verbs ending in... change add examples
work worked
consonant ___ + ed wash washed
listen listened
live lived
e ___ +d love loved
change changed
study studied
 
consonant + y y i + ed copy copied
carry carried
play played
vowel + y ___ + ed
obey obeyed
duplicate
stop stopped
consonant + vowel + consonant the last + ed
consonant plan planned 
Exercises
 Regular verbs
Complete the chart:
Simple present form Simple past form
wash washed
love loved
open opened
watch watched
study studied
play played
miss missed
live lived
look looked
Complete with the correct form of the verb:

stopped smoking last week. (stop)

1. Luis ________

washed
2. Mrs. Alva ______ her blue pajamas. (wash)

likedthe movie last night. (like)

3. My parents ____

4. The baby ______

crieda lot last night. (cry)

5. The children ______ with a ball. (play)

played

closedthe door of her bedroom. (close)

6. Sue______
Underline the correct form of the verb:
1 2
walk: walked walkked
listen: listened listend
brush: brushhed brushed
help: helpd helped
dance: danced danceed
kiss: kised kissed
use: used ussed
enjoy: enjoyed enjoyied
relax: relaxxed relaxed
Irregular Verbs

Affirmative Form
• Irregular verbs do not take d / ed
• They do not follow any rules.
• Some irregular verbs do not change:
put = put
hit = hit
• Some change a little: You have to
learn the past
write = wrote form of
drink = drank irregular verbs
«by heart».
• Others change completely:
go = went
 Some Irregular verbs
Complete the chart:
Simple present form Simple past form
eat ate
have had
write wrote
read read
get up got up
speak spoke
drink drank
go went
come came
Complete with the correct form of the verb:

got up at 6:30 a.m. (get up)

1. Lily ________

2. Mr. Smith _____

wentto work by taxi. (go)

3. I ____
read2 books last week. (read)

4. Lucas _____
dranklots of beer last night. (drink)

5. The children _____ a nice story. (write)

wrote

atea big hamburger yesterday. (eat)

6. Tom ____
Circle with the correct color:

drink took read write

eat drank spoke come

have did had speak

take came ate read

buy wrote made make

do saw bought see