SIMPLE PAST TENSE I

SIMPLE PAST TENSE I

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

• The simple past tense is used to talk about actions that happened at a specific time in the past. You state when it happened using a time adverb.

  
  

• You form the simple past of a verb by adding -ed onto the end of a regular verb but, irregular verb forms have to be learned.

To be

Positive Statements

• I was

• She was

• He was

• It has

• You were

• They were

• We were

To be

Negative Statements

• I wasn't

• She wasn't

• He wasn't

• It hasn't

• You weren't

• They weren't

• We weren't

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Decline

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Dip

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drop

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slump

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reduce

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plunge

Multiple Choice

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level

• levels

• levelled

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remain

• remained

• remains

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stay

• staid

• stayed

• stays

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maintain

• maintained

• mantained

• maintains

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fluctuate

• fluctuates

• fluctuated

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stand

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see

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rise

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Go up

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increase

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decrease

• decreases

• decreasing

• decreased

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Surge

• surges

• surged

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Boom

• booms

• boomed

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Escalate

• escalating

• escalates

• escalated

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Climb

• climbs

• climbed

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fall

• fell

• falled

• falls

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rank

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run

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come