A general Past simple tense quiz

Is it true that English has regular and irregular verbs in the past tense?

• Yes

• No

• Yes, but verbs from a non-English origin

• The past is always regular

How is the regular past formed in English

• Adding an -s in the third person singular

• Changing the root of the verd and keeping the ending

• Adding -ed to the verb

• Adding -ing to the verb

In the list of irregular verbs, which word is the simple past tense?

• The first

• The second

• The third

• All of them

We use the auxiliary verb_____________ to form questions and the negatives

• Did

• Does

• Do

• Have

• Be

What happens to the verb when we write DID for questions and negatives?

• Nothing

• It remains in the past

• It goes to the base form (infinitive without to)

• We add an -s

• We don’t need a verb when we use DID

If we use DO NOT or DOES NOT in the present tense to form negatives, for the past we use....

CHANGE THIS SENTENCE INTO A QUESTION IN THE PAST SIMPLE: My students always complete the activities.

CHANGE THIS SENTENCE INTO A QUESTION IN THE PAST SIMPLE: We went to school all year.

CHANGE THIS SENTENCE INTO A NEGATIVE IN THE PAST SIMPLE: Our teacher likes working from home.

Use this elements to create a question in the past simple: Play/she/instruments/many/when/little/was/She