Simple Past - Book 2 - 1ª série

Grammar: Simple Past

Book 02 - p. 07
Teacher Marcelo Pinheiro
Colégio Meta

Simple Past: What is it?

Simple Past is used to talk about actions that started and ended at a specific time in the past. 

When forming the simple past, it is important to remember that there are two types of verbs: regular and irregular.

3) DROP - DROPPED
4) TRY - TRIED

​Examples:
1) PLAY - PLAYED
2) ARRIVE - ARRIVED

​Verb be in the Simple Past

​Simple Past: Affirmative, Negative, Interrogative

​Simple Past:
Time Expressions!

Question 01

What is the correct form of the following verbs in the Simple Past form?

Multiple Choice

1) The verb "work" in the simple past is

• worked

• workied

• work

Multiple Choice

2) The verb "enjoy" in the simple past is

• enjoyied

• enjoyed

• enjoying

Multiple Choice

3) The verb "come" in the simple past is

• comed

• came

• coming

Multiple Choice

4) The verb "join" in the simple past is

• joined

• joinied

• joind

Multiple Choice

5) The verb "go" in the simple past is

• goed

• went

• wonder

Multiple Choice

6) The verb "do" in the simple past is

• did

• died

• doed

Multiple Choice

7) The verb "have" in the simple past is

• have

• havied

• had

Multiple Choice

8) The verb "make" in the simple past is

• maked

• made

• mid

Question 02

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs.

Multiple Choice

a) Mark _______ (write) a letter to his family last week.

• writed

• wrote

• writing

Multiple Choice

b) Natalia ____________ (watch) the game with her friends.

• watch

• watched

• watchied

Multiple Choice

c) I __________ (try) to understand math, but it's so difficult.

• tryed

• tryied

• tried

Multiple Choice

d) My heart almost __________ (stop) during the game.

• stoped

• stopped

• stoppied

Multiple Choice

e) Did they __________ (arrive) from the mall with a pile of new titles?

• arrive

• arrived

Multiple Choice

f) The kids _______ (not get) good grades on the literature test.

• didn't getted

• didn't get

Multiple Choice

g) My grandma really ________ (enjoy) reading stories to her grandkids.

• enjoy

• enjoyed

• enjoying

Multiple Choice

h) Our friend Josh came back from France and ________ (bring) with him many books written in French.

• bringed

• brought

• brught