Introduction
Structure
Simple past
Regular verb exercises.
Irregular verbs exercises
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What's a regular verb?
Regular verbs follow a simple pattern to create simple past and past participle forms.
100
What kind of expressions do we use to identify a simple past tense?
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Sometimes we use expressions of time in the past, for example: Last week, last night, yesterday, etc.
100
Write the simple past of the following verbs and say if it is a regular or irregular verb.
1. Buy
2. Give
3. Talk
4. Dance
5. Sing
1. Bought - irregular
2. Gave - irregular
3. Talked - regular
4. Danced - regular
5. Sang - irregular
100
Write the next verbs in past simple tense:
1. Work
2. Study
3. Watch
1. Worked
2. Studied
3. Watched
100
Write the next verbs in past simple tense: Make sentences using them.
1. Sleep
2. Think
3. Write
1. Slept
2. Thought
3. Wrote
200
What's an irregular verb?
Irregular verbs have their own rules for creating past forms.
200
What are the auxiliary verbs to make questions in the past?
Did, were, was.
200
Complete the paragraph using the past tense.
Last week I ..... (go) to my school and I ..... (talk) to my friend about what she ....... (do) in the summer and what places she..... (visit).
Last week I went to my school and I talked to my friend about what she did in the summer and what places she visited.
200
Last night I ............ videogames in my computer.
Last night I played videogames in my computer.
200
Yesterday, my brother...... a glass of beer.
Yesterday, my brother drank a glass of beer.
300
What's the past tense form of a regular verb?
When forming past tense of regular verbs, add -d or -ed to the simple tense of the verb.
300
When using "did" "were" "was" as an auxiliary in a question form, does the verb change or stay in past tense?
It changes, it return to the simple or base form when it's part of a question.
300
What is the past form of the verb "love"? Make a sentence using it in the past form.
Loved.
300
Put the correct form of the verb in the brackets.
My mom ........ (cook) lasagna last week.
My mom cooked lasagna last week.
300
Put the correct form of the verb in brackets.
My dad ........ (take) his phone to the park yesterday.
My dad took his phone to the park yesterday.
400
What's the past tense form of and irregular verb?
They don't end in -d or -ed, you will need to memorize these special forms.
400
What's the structure for a past simple interrogative form?
Auxiliary (Did) + subject + verb (infinitive) + past complement + ?
400
What is the past form of the verb "fly"? Make a sentence using it in the past tense.
Flew.
400
Is "like" a regular verb? Make a negative sentence using it.
Yes, it is. Liked.
400
Is "eat" an irregular verb? Say 3 sentences using it, one affirmative, one negative and a question.
Yes, it is. Ate.