The Past Tense – Simple Past

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The Past Tense ? Simple Past

There are three aspects of the past tense:

1) Simple past

= action

2) Past progressive

3) Past perfect (simple and progressive)

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now

The simple past tense is used to describe:

A time in

the past

1. an action that happened in the past

2. a truth about a time in the past

? Add "ed" or "ied" to regular verb endings in simple past tense when used to describe any subject (I, you, we, they, he, she, it).

Subject [verb + "ed" or "ied"]

The verb "to be" has an irregular conjugation:

I / he / she / it [was] you / we / they [were]

Example: He walked to school yesterday. Example: She was happy. Directions: Write the correct form of the verb in the spaces below.

1) When I was in school, I _____ (to do) my homework everyday. 2) She _______ (to like) chocolate milk when she was a girl. 3) It always _______ (to rain) when we lived in Seattle. 4) Joey and Mike _______ (to be) friends a long time ago. 5) I _______ (to try) to make a snowman last winter. 6) Our favorite game when we were little ______ (to be) chess. 7) It ______ (to be) so sunny yesterday. 8) Jeremy ______ (to want) to go to the beach this summer. 9) Shelby ______ (to save) $100. 10) It ______ (to snow) last December.

Directions: Put the following sentences in simple past tense.

1) I talk to Anne on the phone. ______________________________________________________________________

2) Nikko laughs at the joke. ______________________________________________________________________

Directions: Now make your own sentences using the simple past tense.

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2) _____________________________________________________________________

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DATE: ________________________

GRAMMAR WORKSHEET

PAST SIMPLE: Irregular

I You He She ate It We They

I you he Did she it we they

dinner.

I You He She It We They

eat dinner?

didn't eat dinner.

Yes,

No,

I

I

you

you

he

he

she did. she

it

it

we

we

they

they

didn't.

Fill in the blanks below to complete the sentences. Study the boxes above.

1. I (eat)___________ dinner at six o'clock yesterday. 2. A: ___________ Helen (drive)___________ to work? B: Yes, she ___________. 3. My neighbor (buy)___________ a new car last week. 4. They (go)___________ to Italy on their last summer holiday. 5. A: ___________ they (swim)___________ at the beach? B: No, they __________. 6. My family and I (see)___________ a comedy movie last night. 7. First, we (do)___________ exercise, and then we (drink)___________ some water. 8. Suddenly, the animal jumped and (bite)___________ my hand. 9. What time (do)___________ you (get up)___________ this morning? 10. The Wright brothers (fly)___________ the first airplane in 1903. 11. I think I (hear)___________ a strange sound outside the door one minute ago. 12. When I was ten years old, I (break)___________ my arm. It really (hurt) __________. 13. The police (catch)___________ all three of the bank robbers last week. 14. How many times (do)___________ you (read)___________ that book? 15. Unfortunately, I (forget)___________ to (bring)___________ my money.

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GRAMMAR WORKSHEET

ALL Things Grammar

Grammar Focus Past Simple: Irregular Level Intermediate

ANSWER KEY

My Notes

1. ate 2. Did / drive / did 3. bought 4. went 5. Did / swim / didn't 6. saw 7. did / drank 8. bit

9. did / get up 10. flew 11. heard 12. broke / hurt 13. caught 14. did / read 15. forgot / bring

Grades as percentages

15 / 15 = 14 / 15 = 13 / 15 = 12 / 15 = 11 / 15 = 10 / 15 =

9 / 15 = 8 / 15 = 7 / 15 = 6 / 15 = 5 / 15 = 4 / 15 = 3 / 15 = 2 / 15 = 1 / 15 = 0 / 15 =

100% 93 87 80 73 67 60 53 47 40 33 27 20 13

7 0 %

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Name:__________________________ Date: _______________________ Read the clues and then complete the puzzle.

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Across:

3 the past tense of break _________ 4 the past tense of have _________ 5 the past tense of jump _________ 8 the past tense of run _________ 9 yesterday I __________ to music 11 the past tense of dream _________ 14 the past tense of sleep _________ 15 this morning many birds __________ in the sky 19 the past tense of drive _________

Down:

1 the past tense of write _________ 2 the past tense of begin _________ 6 last year he _________ football 7 the past tense of watch _________ 10 the past tense of rain _________ 12 the past tense of eat _________ 13 the past tense of stand _________ 14 the past tense of swim _________ 16 He used to love his girlfriend _________ 17 the past tense of go _________ 18 the team __________ a lot of trophies

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