ESL - Simple Past Tense

What is a verb?

• A word that tells what the noun is doing

• A word that tells what the verb is doing

• A word that tells what the past is doing

Action and state of being verbs are the two types of verbs we studied on the PowerPoint.

• False

• True

Do state of being verbs show physical action?

• Yes

• No

The verb dancing is a physical action verb.

• True

• False

Is a verb a noun?

• Yes

• No

The verb be is an example of what type of verb?

• action

• state of being

Fill in the blank with the past tense verb in the example at the end of this sentence. She ______ for hours on her job. Example: work

• worked

• works

What does past mean?

• happening now

• going to happen

• has already happened

Fill in the blank with the past tense verb in the example at the end of this sentence. My grandchildren ____________ at the park for three hours. Example: play

• plays

• played

• playing

The verb in the example at the end of this question ends in "e". What do you add to make it past? Example: like

• y

• d

• s