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Give 3 examples of regular verbs in past simple?
Eg: walked/watched/cried
Give 3 examples of 3 irregular verbs in simple past?
Eg: go-went/buy-bought/write-wrote
Create two sentences using simple past.
Teacher's judgement.
Give 3 examples of past time expression.
eg: yesterday/last night/last Monday
When to use simple past tense? Give 1 answer.
Teacher's judgement
Create 3 sentences using simple past tense to describe Sports Day.
Teacher's judgement
I was/were famous.
I was famous.
Create 3 sentences using simple past tense to describe Arabic Day.
Teacher's judgement.
Teacher's judgement
Change these sentences to simple past form:
As the son of a samurai, Basho grows up in the household of Yoshitada. He and Yoshitada write poetry together and publish some poems.
As the son of a samurai, Basho grew up in the household of Yoshitada. He and Yoshitada wrote poetry together and published some poems.
Complete the sentences with the simple past form of the verbs in the brackets.
A bird _____ (come) down the walk, he _____ (not know) I saw, he _____ (bite) a worm in halves....
A bird came down the walk, he did not know I saw, he bit a worm in halves....
Change this statement to a negative one.
Her father was very shy.
Her father was not very shy.
Complete the sentences with the simple past form of the verbs in the brackets.
During the 1860s, she _____ (become) a recluse. She almost never _____ (leave) her house. She _____ (allow) very few people to visit her.
During the 1860s, she became a recluse. She almost never left her house. She allowed very few people to visit her.
What is the simple past form for be verb?
was/were
Complete this formula of past simple:
Subject + ______ + _______
Subject + verb (past tense) + object.
Complete this sentence with the simple past form of the verbs in brackets.
What _____ you ______ (see)?
What did you see?
Complete this sentence with the simple past form of the verbs in brackets.
I _____ (see) "Devil Wears Prada." I ______ (not like) it very much.
I saw "Devil Wears Prada." I did not like it very much.
Any sentences using past time expressions such as yesterday, last week, 3 years ago and etc.
Change this statement to a question.
Basho was a poet.
Was Basho a poet?
Find the mistakes and correct them.
Years ago, many people believe the person were Frost.
Years ago, many people believed the person was Frost.
Change this to a negative form:
She traveled to London.
She did not travel to London.
Complete this sentence with the simple past form of the verbs in brackets.
______ you ______ (go) out last night? I _____ (call) you, but you ______ (not answer).
Did you go out last night? I called you, but you did not answer.
Change this to a question form:
You were famous.
Were you famous?
Find the mistakes and correct them:
At that time, he did not thought it was an important decision, but his choice change his life.
At that time, he did not think it was an important decision, but his choice changed his life.