Overview: Simple Past

Multiple Choice

Why is it important to learn the simple past tense in English?

• It helps us talk about completed actions in the past.

• It is used to describe future events.

• It is only used in poetry.

• It is not commonly used in daily conversation.

Open Ended

Can you think of a situation where you would use the simple past tense to describe something that happened to you?

Open Ended

How can the Simple Past tense be used to describe past habits or routines? Give an example.

Fill in the Blanks

Fill in the blank: I went to Spain

year.

Multiple Choice

Which time expression is used in the sentence:

'We visited Barcelona two years ___.'

• before

• ago

• last

• since

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are examples of regular and irregular verbs in the Simple Past tense?

• Danced (regular), Went (irregular)

• Went (regular), Danced (irregular)

• Danced (irregular), Went (regular)

• Go (regular), Dance (irregular)

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences uses the correct positive structure for the past simple tense?

• He eat lunch an hour ago.

• He ate lunch an hour ago.

• He eats lunch an hour ago.

• He eating lunch an hour ago.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences are in the correct negative form of the past simple tense?

• He didn't played soccer last week.

• He didn't play soccer last week.

• He doesn't play soccer last week.

• He not play soccer last week.

Multiple Choice

What is the correct word order to form a question in the past simple tense using 'did'?

• Did + Subject Pronoun + AV

• Subject Pronoun + Did + AV

• AV + Did + Subject Pronoun

• Did + AV + Subject Pronoun

Open Ended

Explain the difference between regular and irregular verbs in the context of the past simple tense.

Multiple Choice

What rule should you follow when spelling the past tense of a verb that ends in a silent 'e'?

• Add -ed

• Add -d

• Change 'e' to 'i' and add -ed

• Double the last letter and add -ed

Multiple Choice

Which of the following verbs forms its past tense by simply adding -ed?

• talk

• cry

• bake

• carry

Fill in the Blanks

The past tense of 'cry' is

Multiple Choice

If the verb ends in a consonant + y, what should you do to form the past tense?

• Add -ed

• Change 'y' to 'i' and add -ed

• Add -d

• Double the last letter and add -ed

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the correct simple past form of the verb 'go'?

• goed

• went

• goes

• gone

Open Ended

Explain why the verb 'to be' is considered special in the English language when used in the simple past tense.

Fill in the Blanks

Fill in the blank: She

at school last week.

Multiple Select

Select all the correct pairs of subject pronouns and their corresponding simple past form of 'to be'.

• I - was

• They - was

• You - were

• He - were

• She -was

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences is in the negative form of the simple past tense of 'to be'?

• He weren't at the park yesterday.

• They wasn't at the concert.

• I wasn't at work today.

• She was a good doctor.

Open Ended

What is one thing you learned today about the simple past tense

that you did not know before?

Open Ended

After this lesson, what things about the Simple Past do you think are easier now?

Open Ended

And what aspects of the Simple Past do you think are still challenging?