Mastering the Simple Past Tense

Identify the regular verb in the sentence: She walked to the store.

• strolled

• ran

• walked

• jogged

Which of the following is an irregular verb? (a) jump (b) go (c) play

• run

• swim

• dance

• go

Form a negative sentence: He (not eat) breakfast yesterday.

• He did not eat breakfast yesterday.

• He was not eating breakfast yesterday.

• He did not have breakfast yesterday.

• He does not eat breakfast yesterday.

Identify the regular verb in the sentence: They played soccer last week.

• ran

• scored

• kicked

• played

Which of the following is an irregular verb? (a) talk (b) make (c) help

• run

• see

• make

• play

Form a negative sentence: She (not finish) her homework last night.

• She will not finish her homework last night.

• She has not finished her homework last night.

• She did not finish her homework last night.

• She did finish her homework last night.

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

• I a movie

• movie watched

• watched movie

• watched

Which of the following is an irregular verb? (a) call (b) sing (c) dance

• sing

• jump

• talk

• write

Form a negative sentence: We (not visit) our grandparents last month.

• We have not visited our grandparents last month.

• We did not visit our grandparents last month.

• We do not visit our grandparents last month.

• We did not visited our grandparents last month.

Identify the regular verb in the sentence: He cleaned his room.

• clean

• cleaning

• cleaned

• cleansed