Simple Past in Action
Define Simple Past tense.
The Simple Past describes actions completed at a specific time in the past. Example: "I walked to school."
Change the verb "go" into its base, past, and past participle forms.
Base: go, Past: went, Past Participle: gone.
Combine Past Progressive and Simple Past in a single sentence.
"I was studying when my friend called."
Define Past Progressive tense.
The Past Progressive describes an action that was ongoing at a specific time in the past. Example: "I was reading."
Identify the verb form in the sentence: "She ate lunch."
"Ate" is the Simple Past form of "eat."
Name three irregular verbs.
Examples include "run," "write," and "drink."
Complete the sentence: "While I ___ (read), it ___ (rain)."
"While I was reading, it started to rain."
Rewrite the sentence "He eats" in Past Progressive tense.
"He was eating."
Correct the error: "I goed home after school.
"I went home after school."
Rewrite the sentence "She writed a letter" correctly.
"She wrote a letter."
Identify which tense is used in the sentence: "I ran while he was eating."
"Ran" is Simple Past; "was eating" is Past Progressive.
Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb: "I ___ (watch) TV while my sister ___ (read)."
"I was watching TV while my sister was reading."
Create a sentence using Simple Past and the word "when."
"I finished my homework when the phone rang."
Correct the sentence: "We was ran fast."
"We were running fast."
Rewrite: "She swims" into both Past Progressive and Simple Past tenses.
Past Progressive: "She was swimming." Simple Past: "She swam."
Create a sentence using "was running."
"She was running when the rain started."
Use three Simple Past verbs in a short story.
"Yesterday, I walked to the park, played soccer, and ate ice cream."
Use "break, broke, broken" in a sentence
"I broke the vase, but it had been broken before."
Write a short story using both Past Progressive and Simple Past.
"I was walking to the store when I saw a dog. It barked and ran away."
"They were goes to the store."
"They were going to the store."