Change the verbs in the following sentences into past tense: 1. Yesterday, I go to the restaurant with a client. 2. We drive around the parking lot for 20 minutes in order to find... Change the verbs in the following sentences into past tense: 1. Yesterday, I go to the restaurant with a client. 2. We drive around the parking lot for 20 minutes in order to find a parking space. 3. When we arrive at the restaurant, the place is full. 4. The waitress asks us if we have reservations. 5. I say, 'No, my secretary forgets to make them.' 6. The waitress tells us to come back in two hours. 7. My client and I slowly walk back to the car. 8. Then we see a small grocery store. 9. We stop in the grocery store and buy some sandwiches. 10. That is better than waiting for two hours.
Understand the Problem
The question is asking to change verbs in given sentences from the present tense to the past tense. It involves identifying the verbs and applying the correct past tense forms.
Answer
Past tense: 1. went, 2. drove, 3. arrived, 4. asked, 5. said/forgot, 6. told, 7. walked, 8. saw, 9. stopped/bought, 10. was.
- Yesterday, I went to the restaurant with a client. 2. We drove around the parking lot for 20 minutes in order to find a parking space. 3. When we arrived at the restaurant, the place was full. 4. The waitress asked us if we had reservations. 5. I said, 'No, my secretary forgot to make them.' 6. The waitress told us to come back in two hours. 7. My client and I slowly walked back to the car. 8. Then we saw a small grocery store. 9. We stopped in the grocery store and bought some sandwiches. 10. That was better than waiting for two hours.
Answer for screen readers
- Yesterday, I went to the restaurant with a client. 2. We drove around the parking lot for 20 minutes in order to find a parking space. 3. When we arrived at the restaurant, the place was full. 4. The waitress asked us if we had reservations. 5. I said, 'No, my secretary forgot to make them.' 6. The waitress told us to come back in two hours. 7. My client and I slowly walked back to the car. 8. Then we saw a small grocery store. 9. We stopped in the grocery store and bought some sandwiches. 10. That was better than waiting for two hours.
More Information
The simple past tense is used to describe actions that have already happened. Converting verbs to their past forms helps practice grammatical accuracy.
Tips
Remember that irregular verbs do not follow standard past tense rules. Consult a verb list if unsure.
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