Simple past with regular and irregular verbs.
Argued, asked, invited and rented are examples of...
regular verbs.
To make the simple past form of regular verbs, you need to add...
-ed
Make a Wh-question in simple past based on the underlined part: I was at home last night.
Where were you last night?
Make a yes/no question in simple past based on the response: No, I didn't. I had a terrible time at the party.
Did you have a good time at the party?
Make a negative sentence in simple past based on the affirmative part: Last vacation, we stayed in a five-star hotel. _____________ in a two-star hotel.
We didn't stay in a two-star hotel.
Began, bought, chose and ate are examples of...
irregular verbs.
These are the three sounds of -ed:
/d/, /t/, /Id/
Make a Wh-question in simple past based on the underlined part: The concert tickets cost $2000 each.
How much did the concert tickets cost?
Make a yes/no question in simple past based on the response: Yes, my grandpa was born in Guanajuato.
Was your grandpa born in Guanajuato?
Make a negative sentence in simple past based on the affirmative part: It was hot and sunny in Mexicali last summer. ___________ cold and windy.
It wasn't cold and windy.
These are the simple past forms of verb be.
was / were
Say the simple past form of the following verbs: decide, want, visit, accept, end, divide
decided, wanted, visited, accepted, ended, divided
Make a Wh-question in simple past based on the underlined part: We arrived at the airport at two o'clock.
What time did you arrive at the airport?
Make a yes/no question in simple past based on the response: No, my classmates weren't at school last Friday. They were at home.
Were your classmates at school last Friday?
Make a negative sentence in simple past based on the affirmative part: My classmates were at the movies last Friday night. __________ at the nightclub.
They weren't at the nightclub.
The simple past forms of can and can't are...
could / couldn't
Say the simple past form of the following verbs: look, wash, watch, wrap, miss, fix, sunbathe, laugh.
looked, washed, watched, wrapped, missed, fixed, sunbathed, laughed
Make a Wh-question in simple past based on the underlined part: Last Friday night, Carlos went dancing with his girlfriend.
Who did Carlos go dancing with last Friday night?
Make a yes/no question in simple past based on the response: Yes, I arrived late at school today because there was a lot of traffic.
Did you arrive late at school today?
Make a negative sentence in simple past based on the affirmative part: I bought some books and board games on my last vacation. ____________ any clothes or accessories.
I didn't buy any clothes or accessories.
Complete the following short story with the simple past form of the verbs in parentheses:
Four years ago, we _____ (decide) to go away for the weekend. We ____ (want) to go to Mexico, so we ___ (book) a beautiful apartment online. A week later, we _____ (take) a taxi to the airport. We ___ (arrive) at the airport at two o'clock, and we ______ (go) to check-in. The woman at the desk ______ (ask) us for our passports. We _____ (look) in our bags and in our coat pockets, but we ____ (can't) find them. So we ____ (go) home again! It ____ (be) a miserable weekend! :(
1. decided 2. wanted 3. booked 4. took 5. arrived 6. went 7. asked 8. looked 9. couldn't 10. went 11. was
Say the simple past form of the following verbs: play, listen, cry, love, clean, use, enter, destroy
played, listened, cried, loved, cleaned, used, entered, destroyed
Make a Wh-question in simple past based on the underlined part: Last summer, it was hot and sunny in Mexicali.
What was the weather like in Mexicali last summer?
Make a yes/no question in simple past based on the response: No, I couldn't speak English well when I was in high school.
Could you speak English well when you were in high school?
Make a negative sentence in simple past based on the affirmative part: We could visit the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco last summer, but ____________ Alcatraz Island.
...but we couldn't visit Alcatraz Island.