Mastering Simple Past Tense

Form a negative sentence: He (to play) soccer yesterday.

• He was not playing soccer yesterday.

• He did not play soccer yesterday.

• He did not played soccer yesterday.

• He does not play soccer yesterday.

Identify the regular verb in the sentence: They cooked dinner last night.

• fried

• grilled

• cooked

• baked

Which of the following is an irregular verb? (a) talk (b) eat (c) clean

• eat

• run

• jump

• sing

Form a negative sentence: She (to visit) her grandmother last week.

• She was not visiting her grandmother last week.

• She did not visit her grandmother last week.

• She did not visited her grandmother last week.

• She does not visit her grandmother last week.

Identify the regular verb in the sentence: I watched a movie last night.

• watching

• watched

• watches

• watchedly

Which of the following is an irregular verb? (a) help (b) write (c) dance

• write

• sing

• play

• run

Form a negative sentence: We (to finish) our homework on time.

• We finish our homework on time.

• We do not finished our homework on time.

• We are not finishing our homework on time.

• We do not finish our homework on time.

Identify the regular verb in the sentence: He painted the fence last summer.

• paint

• painting

• paints

• painted

Form a negative sentence: They (to watch) a movie last night.

• They did not watched a movie last night.

• They do not watch a movie last night.

• They did not watch a movie last night.

• They were not watching a movie last night.

Identify the regular verb in the sentence: She cleaned her room yesterday.

• cleaned

• cleans

• clean

• cleaning