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WorksheetsPast simple quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
When do we use the Past Simple?
When you are talking about the present.
When you are talking about past actions that are finished.
When you are talking about a period of time.
When you are talking about actions in progress.
My family and I ________ in London when I was young.
lived
live
were living
living
Past form of the verb: HAVE
(a)
I _______ at home yesterday.
were
am
is
was
An irregular verb is one that forms its simple past by adding -ed or -d.
TRUE
FALSE
Write the correct past tens of the verb: GO
(a)
Adam ______ (hear) a new song on the radio last night.
hearded
heart
heard
hear
_____ you _______ your friend last weekend?
do / saw
did / see
do / see
did /saw
The most common time expressions used for the past simple are:
Last year / month / week / night
Yesterday
At the moment / Right now
A week ago
To form the negative of a sentence in the Simple Past you need to use the past form of the auxiliary verb that is 'did' + 'not' + the infinitive of the verb you want to use.
For example – I did not play.
TRUE
FALSE
Past form of the verb: KNOW
(a)
On Sunday afternoon, Michael _________ a book about dinosaurs.
read
readed
readen
reading
They _____ popcorn and ______ TV yesterday morning.
eat / watched
eat /watch
eaten / watch
ate / watched
Past form of the verb: LOSE
(a)
Write the sentence below in the past simple:
"Do you swim?"
(a)
