Past simple tense

​ Past simple tense

Form

​ Usage

The Past Simple is used to write and talk about completed actions that happened in a time before the present.


Example: I played football yesterday.

He won the lottery last year.

​ Regular Verbs

​How to form: Infinitive + ed = 2^nd form

Examples:

walk + ed = walked

laugh + ed = laughed

want + ed = wanted


Note:
cry - cried - y » i           carry - carried - y » i                 

hope - hoped - no e       stop - stopped - if you speak a short vowel » doubling

drop -dropped - if you speak a short vowel » doubling

​ Irregular verbs

​1st form                                         2nd form

am, is                                                      was                                     

are                                                          were

get                                                         got

go                                                           went

see                                                           saw

do                                                            did

take                                                            took

have                                                           had

Note: Every student will be provided with a sheet of Irregular verbs

​ Practise

​Fill in the gaps. Use the past simple tense of the verbs in brackets!

1. She __________(bake) a delicious cake last weekend.

2. They _________(have) a great time at the party.

3. He ____________ (do)his homework after school.

4. We ___________(watch) a movie at the cinema.

5. Mary __________(buy) a new car last year.

6. The cat _________(catch)a mouse in the garden.

7. Tom and Sarah ________(take)a trip to Europe last summer.

8. My parents __________(get) me a bike for my birthday.

9. The teacher __________(grade) the students' exams yesterday.