Past Tense Verbs

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.