Grammar: Simple Past Tense

We often talk about memories using the past tense because obviously those memories happened in the past. That is why you need to know the Simple Past Tense!

Let's check the material in the slides below!

Exercise!

Write the past forms of the irregular verbs.

1. go → 
2. come → 
3. buy → 
4. have → 
5. do → 

Complete the table in simple past.

positive	negative	question
Jane was tired.
	Sean did not work.
		Did I have a cat?
	Mary did not sing.
		Did she see us?

Put the sentences into simple past.

1. We open the door. → 
2. You write poems. → 
3. Richard plays in the garden. → 
4. Kerry does not speak English. → 
5. Do you see the bird? → 

Write sentences in simple past.

1. you / cards / play 
2. I / a car / want 
3. we / the game / lose 
4. not / I / early / get up 
5. not / Jeff and Linda / home / cycle 

Ask for the bold part of the sentence.

1. Billy ate an apple. 
2. The children played in the garden. 
3. Laura came home at six o'clock. 
4. The boy read a book. 
5. The girl wrote five letters.