Past Tenses/Irregular Verbs

Irregular Verbs

100

Sing -

 sing- sang-sung

200

Swim-

swim-swam-swum

300

Write-

Write-wrote-written

400

Drive-

Drive-drove-driven

500

Hide-

Hide-hid-hidden

Complete the sentence

100

"When I ______ (arrive) at the party, everyone was dancing."

Answer: arrived ( Past Simple)

Explanation: The Past Simple tense "arrived" is used to describe a completed action that occurred at a specific time in the past. The sentence sets the background scene with "everyone was dancing" in Past Continuous.

200

"She ______ (finish) her project before the deadline."

• Answer: had finished (Past Perfect)
• Explanation: The Past Perfect tense "had finished" is used to indicate that the action of finishing the project was completed before another action or time in the past (the deadline). Past Perfect shows the earlier of the two past actions.

300

While they ______ (watch) the movie, the power went out."

Explanation: The Past Continuous tense "were watching" is used to describe an ongoing action that was happening at a specific moment in the past when another action, "the power went out" (Past Simple), interrupted it.

400

"He ______ (not see) the email until he got to work."

• Answer: had not seen (Past Perfect)
• Explanation: The Past Perfect tense "had not seen" is used to indicate that the action of not seeing the email occurred before another action in the past ("got to work"). It shows the earlier action in the past.

500

"Yesterday, I ______ (meet) an old friend at the market."

• Answer: met (Past Simple)
• Explanation: The Past Simple tense "met" is used to describe a completed action that happened at a specific time in the past, indicated by "yesterday."

Fix the mistakes

100

"She was write a letter when I called."

"She was writing a letter when I called." (Past Continuous)

200

"They had went to the museum last weekend."

"They had gone to the museum last weekend." (Past Perfect)

300

"I was eat dinner when the doorbell rang."

•  "I was eating dinner when the doorbell rang." (Past Continuous)

400

"He was walked home when he realized he had forgot his keys."

"He was walking home when he realized he had forgotten his keys." (Past Continuous+Past Perfect)

500

"She was cooking dinner while we were play games."

"She was cooking dinner while we were play games."

Story sequencing

100

"By the time we ______ (arrive), the show ______ (start). (arrive, start)"

• Answer: "By the time we arrived, the show had started."
• Explanation: "Arrived" is in the Past Simple because it describes a completed action at a specific time in the past. "Had started" is in Past Perfect because it indicates that the show started before the action of arriving.

200

"While she ______ (study), her friends ______ (call) her. (study, call)"

"While she was studying, her friends called her."

Explanation: "Was studying" is in Past Continuous to describe an ongoing action in the past. "Called" is in Past Simple to show an action that interrupted the ongoing action.

300

"He ______ (lose) his wallet before he ______ (go) home. (lose, go)"

• Answer: "He had lost his wallet before he went home."
• Explanation: "Had lost" is in Past Perfect to indicate that losing the wallet happened before the action of going home. "Went" is in Past Simple because it describes a completed action.

400

"They ______ (finish) dinner when they ______ (hear) the news. (finish, hear)"

• Answer: "They were finishing dinner when they heard the news."
• Explanation: "Were finishing" is in the Past Continuous to describe an action that was in progress. "Heard" is in Past Simple to show an action that occurred and interrupted the ongoing action.

500

"I ______ (meet) her after I ______ (see) her in a movie. (meet, see)"

• Answer: "I met her after I had seen her in a movie."
• Explanation: "Met" is in Past Simple because it describes a completed action. "Had seen" is in Past Perfect to indicate that seeing her in a movie happened before meeting her.

Make a sentence

100

Words: dog, bark, loudly, night (Past Simple)

Example Sentence: "The dog barked loudly last night."

200

Words: children, play, park, afternoon (Past Continuous)

• Example Sentence: "The children were playing in the park in the afternoon."

300

• Words: she, finish, homework, before, go, bed (Past Perfect and....?)

Example Sentence: "She had finished her homework before she went to bed."

400

• Words: we, visit, museum, see, many, interesting, exhibits (Past Simple)

Example Sentence: "We visited the museum and saw many interesting exhibits."

500

• Words: they, walk, beach, realize, leave, keys, hotel. (Past Continuous + Past Perfect)

"They were walking on the beach when they realized they had left their keys at the hotel."