SIMPLE PAST PRACTICE.

Part 2

REGULAR VERBS

IRREGULAR VERBS

Verbs that form its past and past participle
form adding ed.

Verbs that dont form its past and past
participle form adding ed. They have a
different spelling different to ed change.

Play Played

Try Tried

Live Lived

Work Worked

Talk Talked

Be Was were

Come Came

Do Did

Go Went

Know Knew

Swim Swam


Check at these web pages:

http://www.madridteacher.com/Activities/Files/verbs-pictures-list.htm

http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/irregular-verbs/

PAST TENSES

SIMPLE PAST

PAST PROGRESSIVE

PAST PERFECT

NORMAL PAST.
Indicate that an activity
or situation began and
ended in a particular
time in the past.

Indicate that an activity or
situation was simultaneous
to other in past.

Indicate that an activity or
situation was completed before
another activity or time in the
past.

Verb in past form.
Regular or irregular

They went to Cali in
December.
I ate a sandwich for
lunch.

I was watching T.V when
she called me.
We were waiting for the
bus when it started to rain.

I had finished the exam when
the teacher collected it.
We hadnt studied this before
the teacher announced the
exam.



EXERCISE 1.
Complete the sentences like in the example. Use the corresponding negative form of the
auxiliary in simple present.

Example Jane ______________ . (not/to read a book)

Answer Jane doesn`t read a book.


1.Andrew _________________________.(not/ make muffins)

2. You _________________________.(not/ cut the grass)

3. Simon _________________________.(not/ write a letter)

4. We _________________________.(not/ swap things)

5. Kathy _________________________.(not/ dance with Bob)

6. Jack and Colin _________________________.(not/ save money for a book)

7. I _________________________.(not/ run home)

8. My mother _________________________.(not/ take a shower)

9. Dave _________________________.(not/ swim in the lake)

10. The teacher _________________________.(not/ ride the bike)

EXERCISE 2.
NEGATIVE SENTENCES.
Write the negative forms of the verbs in bold into the gaps. You can use long forms of the
auxiliaries as well as short/contracted forms in simple past.

Example

Tom wrote a letter.
Answer Tom did not write a letter. or
Tom didn't write a letter.

1. Peter woke up at seven. - Peter _________________________at nine.

2. The children ran home. - The children _________________________ to the park.

3. I forgot to take the book with me. - I _________________________to take the iPod
with me.

4. We turned off the computer yesterday. - We _________________________the lights.

5. My friend looked after her sisters baby. - My friend _________________________ her
neighbours baby.

6. The lady sent invitation cards. - The lady _________________________ presents.

7. Anne dropped a bottle of cola. - Anne _________________________ her purse.

8. The boys jumped into the water. - The boys _________________________into garbage
can.


EXERCISE 4
SIMPLE PAST - SENTENCES, NEGATIONS AND QUESTIONS
Fill in the verbs into the gaps. Use Simple Past.

Example We ___________ the car yesterday. (not/to clean)

Answer We did not clean the car yesterday.


1. The children _________________________.at home last weekend. (not/ be)

2. I _________________________.my Maths homework yesterday. (do)

3. _________________________.Susan _________________________.to England by
plane? (go)

4. Jenny and Peggy _________________________.their brother. (not/ help)

5. When _________________________.you in London? (be)

6. _________________________.you _________________________.your mother
yesterday? (phone)

7. I _________________________.Physics when I _________________________.at
school. (not/ like) (to be)

8. Mandy _________________________.her room. (not/ tidy up)

9. Fred _________________________.early last Sunday. (not/ wake up)

10. _________________________.her mother a few days ago? (she/ ring)

READING EXERCISES
Goldilocks and the three bears
Part 1
Write the verbs in simple past.
Once upon a time there (be) __________three bears: huge Papa Bear, ordinary Mama
Bear and tiny little Baby Bear. They (live) __________in a great big wood.
One day, ordinary Mama Bear (cook) __________a delicious porridge for her family and
(put)

__________it into bowls: a huge bowl for huge Papa Bear, an ordinary bowl for ordinary
Mama Bear and a tiny little bowl for tiny little Baby Bear.

To give the porridge some time to cool down, the three bears (go) __________for a walk.
Near the great big wood, there (live) __________a little girl called Goldilocks.
She (be) __________ not allowed to go into the wood. But one day, she (sneak)
__________out of the house and (run) __________into the great big wood.

After a while, she (come) __________to the house of the three bears.
She (knock) __________at the door. She (look) __________through the windows. But
nobody (seem) __________to be there.
So, little Goldilocks (step) __________inside.