Past Tense English

UNIT 1 : the simple past tense

English class

​The simple past tense

​The simple past tense use for actions in the past or already happened.

​The simple past tense ; Regular verbs

​The simple past tense ; irregular verbs

​GRAMMAR RULE

​Example :

​I played badminton last night. We were at the circus last Tuesday.

​He ate ice cream yesterday. She was the famous unicyclist.

They saw the circus last week. I won the first medal two days a go.

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​REMEMBER :

• ​For regular verbs, we use verb + - ed; play - played, watch - watched

• ​For irregular verbs, we use special form ; eat - ate, drink - drank, cut - cut

• ​when we use negative sentence, we don't change the verb but use 'did not' instead, for example : I didn't go to Bali last week.

​ He didn't watch Avenger last night.

Multiple Choice

We .. at the movie theater last week.

• is

• are

• was

• were

Multiple Choice

My sister and I ... marathon race.

• wins

• winning

• won

• winned

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct answer in past form.

• He was a clown.

• He is a clown.

• He was a ringmaster.

• He are a ringmaster

Multiple Choice

I went to the circus last week. I ... ... ...

• I see a tightrope walker.

• I saw a tightrope walker.

• I walk to the circus.

• I walked to the circus.

Poll

She ... songs in music class yesterday.

• singing

• sings

• sing

• sang

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct past form

• There was a juggler at the circus yesterday.

• There were jugglers at the circus yesterday.

• There is a juggler at the circus now.

• There are jugglers at the circus now.

Fill in the Blanks

The clown ... funny.

Fill in the Blanks

We went to the game center. The game

super fun! 

Fill in the Blanks

James ... a gift from the chocolate company last week.