Past Tense
Negative Past Tense
Past Abilities
Irregular Past Verbs
Negative Irregular Past Verbs
100

She _________ tv last night. 

She watched tv last night.

100

Put this in the negative:

He watched a movie last night.


He didn't watch a movie last night. 

100

What is the past tense of can?

could

100

Write this in the past tense:

I swim everyday. 

I swam everyday. 

100

Change this from positive to negative:

We wrote two stories.

We didn't write two stories. 

200

He _________ to school. It was 2 miles. 

He walked to school.

200

Put this in the negative:


We cooked pasta for dinner. 

We didn't cook pasta for dinner. 

200

What is the past tense of can't?

couldn't

200

Write this in the past tense:

We speak five languages. 

We spoke five languages. 

200

Change this from positive to negative:

She bought a lot of shoes!

She didn't buy a lot of shoes!

300
I _________ soccer when I was 8. 

I played soccer when I was 8.

300

Put this in the negative:

They climbed a tree. 

They didn't climb a tree.

300

Change this sentence isn't the past tense:

Ben can speak Italian.

Ben could speak Italian.

300

Write this in the past tense:


She goes to school. 

She went to school. 

300
He sold his car for $14,000. 

He didn't sell his car for $14,000. 

400

We ________ the movie last night. 

We liked the movie last night. 

We enjoyed the movie last night. 

400

Put this in the negative:

Alfonso wanted to go to the beach.

Alfonso didn't want to go to the beach.

400

Change this sentence isn't the past tense:

Rob and Monica can't dance very well. 

Rob and Monica couldn't dance very well.

400

Write this in the past tense:


She is having a great vacation. 

She had a great vacation. 

400

Change this from positive to negative:

I broke my leg. 

I didn't break my leg. 

500

I _________ a puppy, but my mom said no. 

I wanted a puppy, but my mom said no.

500

Put this in the negative:


We played video games together. 

We didn't play video games together. 

500

Write a sentence describing something you can't do now, but you could do when you were younger. 

Ex: I can't climb trees now, but I could when I was younger. 

500
Write this in the past tense:


She takes the bus to work. 

She took the bus to work. 

500

First, I put down my coffee mug. Then, I cooked bacon and eggs. Last, I went to work. 

First, I didn't put down my coffee mug. Then, I didn't cook bacon and eggs. Last, I didn't go to work. 

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