SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Forming Negative Sentences in Simple Past Tense

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1. How do you form a negative sentence in the simple past tense for the verb "to walk"?

Answer: You add "did not" before the base form of the verb. "I did not walk."

200

1. How do you form a negative sentence in the simple past tense for the verb "to eat"?

Answer: You add "did not" before the base form of the verb. "I did not eat."

300

1. How do you form a negative sentence in the simple past tense for the verb "to study"?

Answer: You add "did not" before the base form of the verb. "I did not study."

400

1. How do you form a negative sentence in the simple past tense for the verb "to have"?

Answer: You add "did not" before the base form of the verb. "I did not have."

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1. How do you form a negative sentence in the simple past tense for the verb "to be"?

Answer: You add "not" after the verb. "I was not," "They were not."

Past Tense of Irregular Verbs

100

1. What is the past tense of the verb "to BRING"?

Answer:BROUGHT

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What is the past tense of the verb "to MEET"?

Answer: MET.

300

What is the past tense of the verb "to CATCH"?

CAUGHT

400

What is the past tense of the verb "to BE"?

WAS/WERE

500

What is the past tense of the verb "to DRINK"?

DRANK

Creating Questions in Simple Past Tense

100

1. How do you form a question in the simple past tense for the verb "to like"?

Answer: You add "did" before the subject and use the base form of the verb. "Did you like?"

200

1. How do you form a question in the simple past tense for the verb "to go"?

Answer: You add "did" before the subject and use the base form of the verb. "Did you go?"

300

1. How do you form a question in the simple past tense for the verb "to eat"?

Answer: You add "did" before the subject and use the base form of the verb. "Did you eat?"

400

1. How do you form a question in the simple past tense for the verb "to be"?

Answer: You invert the subject and the verb. "Was he?" "Were they?" 

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1. How do you form a question in the simple past tense for the verb "to have"?

Answer: You add "did" before the subject and use the base form of the verb. "Did you have?"

Tense Conjugation for Different Pronouns in Simple Past Tense

100

1. How do you conjugate the verb "to run" in the simple past tense for the pronoun "he"?

Answer: He ran.

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1. How do you conjugate the verb "to be" in the simple past tense for the pronoun "they"?

Answer: They were.

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1. How do you conjugate the verb "to go" in the simple past tense for the pronoun "I"?

Answer: I went.

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1. How do you conjugate the verb "to have" in the simple past tense for the pronoun "it"?

Answer: It had.

500

1. How do you conjugate the verb "to see" in the simple past tense for the pronoun "she"?

Answer: She saw.

Common Mistakes and Spelling Rules for Simple Past Tense

100

1. What is a common mistake when forming the simple past tense for regular verbs?

Answer: Forgetting to add "ed" to the end of the verb. For example, "walk" instead of "walked."

200

1. How do you form the simple past tense for verbs ending in -e, like "dance"?

Answer: You add "d" to the end of the verb. For example, "danced."

300

1. What is the past tense of the verb "to try"?

Answer: Tried (changing the "y" to "i" and adding "ed").

400

1. What is the mistake in this sentence: "He goed to the store"?

Answer: The correct form is "He went to the store."

500

1. How do you form the simple past tense for the verb "to carry"?

Answer: Carried (changing the "y" to "i" and adding "ed").