Simple Past Tense with Regular and Irregular Verbs

10 Questions

She ______ to the store yesterday.

went

Did they ______ the song last night?

sing

We ______ our homework on time.

finished

He ______ the delicious cake at the party.

ate

Did she ______ the movie with you?

watch

Which one of these is the correct affirmative form for the simple past tense?

I was in Japan last year.

Which one of these is the correct negative form for the simple past tense?

I was not in Brazil last summer.

Which one of these is the correct interrogative form for the simple past tense?

Did he have a bicycle when he was young?

Which one of these is the correct simple past tense form for the verb 'do'?

He did not do his homework.

Which one of these is the correct simple past tense form for the verb 'have'?

They didn't have a car.

Study Notes

Simple Past Tense

Regular Verbs

Regular verbs are verbs that form the simple past tense by adding -ed to the base form. For example, the verb "walk" becomes "walked" in the simple past tense. Other examples include "run" becoming "ran", "sing" becoming "sang", and "swim" becoming "swam".

Irregular Verbs

Irregular verbs do not follow the regular pattern of adding -ed to form the simple past tense. Instead, they have unique past tense forms that must be memorized. For example, the verb "go" becomes "went", "eat" becomes "ate", "drink" becomes "drank", and "see" becomes "saw".

Negative Form

To form the negative form of the simple past tense, the auxiliary verb "did" is used with the past participle form of the main verb. For example, "I did not walk" or "He did not run".

Questions

To form questions in the simple past tense, the auxiliary verb "did" is used with the subject and the past participle form of the main verb. For example, "Did you walk?" or "Did they run?".

Affirmative Form

The affirmative form of the simple past tense is simply the past tense form of the verb without any auxiliary verbs. For example, "I walked" or "He ran".