Past simple tense

PAST SIMPLE ONLINE EXERCISES

If you want to learn how to talk about the past, have a go with these activities:

• PAST SIMPLE for beginners
• Regular verbs in the past

THE PAST SIMPLE

The past simple is used to write and talk about completed actions that happened in a time before the present. It is the basic form of the past tense in English. Study the following information how to form the simple past and how to form the negation and questions.

REGULAR VERBS

How to form: Infinitive + ed = 2nd form
Examples:	walk + ed		walked
	laugh + ed		laughed
	want + ed		wanted
Note:	cry - cried		y » i
	carry - carried		y » i
	love - loved		no e
	hope - hoped		no e
	stop - stopped		if you speak a short vowel » doubling
	drop -dropped		if you speak a short vowel » doubling
Keywords: yesterday, last week (month, Monday, October,...), in 1984, ago

PAST TENSE 2

Complete these sentences. Use the verbs below. clean - die - enjoy - end - happen - live - open - play  rain - repair - start - stay - want - watch 1. Yesterday evening I  TV. 2. I only  my teeth four times last week. 3. Bruce  his mountain bike yesterday evening. 4. The concert last night  at 7.30 and           at 10 o'clock. 5. The accident  last Sunday afternoon. 6. When I was a child I  to be a lawyer. 7. Mozart  from 1756 to 1791. 8. We  our holiday last week. 9. Today the weather is nice, but yesterday it . 10. It was hot in the room, so I  the window. 11. The weather was good yesterday afternoon, so we  tennis. 12. William Shakespeare  in 1616. https://conteni2.educarex.es/mats/17323/contenido/ http://www.bradleys-english-school.com/online/speedword/spdwrdpast1.html