Past Simple Tense Quiz

Past Simple Tense

• Used for completed actions, events, or states in the past.

Forming the Past Simple

• Regular Verbs: Add "-ed" to the base form.
  • Example: work → worked, play → played
• Irregular Verbs: Require memorization.
  • Example: go → went, have → had

Affirmative Sentences

• Subject + Past Simple verb
  • Example: She visited the museum yesterday.

Negative Sentences

• Subject + did not (didn’t) + base form of the verb
  • Example: I did not study last night.

Questions

• Did + subject + base form of the verb
  • Example: Did you watch the movie?

Usage of the Past Simple

• Completed Actions: Describing actions that began and finished in the past.
  • Example: I traveled to Paris last summer.
• Series of Actions: Talking about a sequence of past actions.
  • Example: She woke up, brushed her teeth, and left for work.
• Past Habits: Describing repeated actions in the past.
  • Example: We played outside every evening.
• Past States: Describing situations or conditions true in the past.
  • Example: I lived in London when I was a child

Time Expressions

• Useful for indicating when the action occurred.
  • Yesterday, last (week, month, year)
  • Two days/weeks ago, in 1990, when I was a child

Common Mistakes

• Using the base form after "did" (incorrect: She did went).
• Forgetting irregular verb forms (incorrect: He runned).
• Confusing Past Simple with Present Perfect (incorrect: I have visited Paris last year).

Irregular Verbs (Example List)

• go → went
• have → had
• see → saw
• take → took
• write → wrote