Regular past simple

When do you use past simple?

• For actions that take place in the future

• For actions happening right now

• For actions happening in the past that are completed

• For ongoing actions happening in the past

How do you form the regular past simple?

• verb + -ed

• To be + verb + -ing

• have + verb + -ed

• infinitive form

What are the signal words for past simple?

• now, right now, at the moment

• while, when, yesterday, tomorrow

• tomorrow, next year, later

• yesterday, last week, a year ago

When do we duplicate the last consonant, for example stop > stopped

• when the verb ends with -y

• when the verb ends with a consonant

• when the verb ends with consonant, vowel, consonant

• when the verb ends with a vowel

Complete the sentence : he _________ his homework 20 minutes ago.

• ending

• had ending

• finishing

• finished

Complete the sentence : she __________ born in England.

• was

• were

• is being

• was being

Complete the sentence : he ________ English at school when he was 16.

• had studing

• was studying

• studied

• studyed

Complete the sentence : I ______ this trip last year.

• planed

• planned

• was planning

• was planing