Simple Past
Over the last years, fake photos of celebrities ______ (begin) to circulate online.
began
It _____ (snow) a lot this evening.
snowing
The news article _____ (not / report) any information regarding the Winter vacations.
did not report
Did you _____ (yawn) while I _____ (talk) to you?
yawn - was talking
True or false? The action in progress in a sentence in the past is in the simple past form.
E.g. She was walking when it started to rain.
False, it is in the past continuous form (was walking).
Yesterday, the baseball player _____ (bat) the ball.
batted
My family and I _____ (watch) the news together when my friend called me.
were watching
Sandy and I _____ (research) an important Canadian event for our project yesterday at 7 o'clock.
were researching
The team _____ (play) soccer when it _____ (start) to rain.
was playing - started
True or false? To form the past continuous tense of a verb, you always need was/were + verbing.
E.g. She was walking when it started to rain.
True
During the covid pandemic, much of the information online and on social media ______ (be) false.
was
__________ (they / dance) with all those famous people, or was that a fake photo?
Were they dancing
The students _____ (study) an article that was not even true for the test today.
studied
Before Dimitri _____ (become) famous, he _____ (deliver) pizza for a living.
became - delivered / was delivering
In which of these situations do you use the past continuous tense?
a) an action in the past that is in progress
b) an action in the past that is completed
c) an action that started in the past and is still happening now
a) an action in the past that is in progress
_____ you _____ (see) the latest study about the average time teenagers spend on video games?
Did you see
Sue _____ (draw) a beautiful flower bouquet when she realized she had nobody to appreciate it.
was drawing
I _____ (read) an article but stopped when my dog started barking.
was reading
You _____ (not know) what you _____ (do). It showed on your face.
didn't know - were doing
What auxiliary verb do you need to conjugate in the simple past to form the past progressive tense?
Verb to be
Rephrase this as a question:
The game started at 6 pm.
Did the game start at 6 pm?
OR
When/What time did the game start?
Fill in and spell correctly:
What kind of party ________ (Susan's friends/plan) for her birthday?
were Susan's friends planning
Fill in and spell correctly:
It _____ (rain) for a long time but we didn't care. We kept playing anyway.
was raining
Fill in and spell:
I _____ (write) my report when the phone _____ (ring).
WAS WRITING - RANG
When do you double the last consonant of a regular verb in the simple past?
What happens when it is a long verb (2 or more syllables)?
When the verb ends in CVC.
If it is a long verb (2 or more syllables), we double the last consonant only if the last syllable is stressed.