ENGLISH LAB

PAST SIMPLE TENSE

PAST SIMPLE TENSE

Regular Verbs

Regular Verbs

IrregularVerbs

IrregularVerbs

+ V ed/d + V ed/d

+didn’t + V +didn’t + V

Did + +V?Did + +V?

+ v (II column) + v (II column) Did + + V (I column?)Did + + V (I column?)

+didn’t + V (I column) +didn’t + V (I column)

Tom played football yesterday.Tom played football yesterday.

I didn’t walk to school yesterday.I didn’t walk to school yesterday.

Did they clean their teeth yesterday?Did they clean their teeth yesterday?

He drove his car yesterday.He drove his car yesterday.

We didn’t swim in the pool yesterday.We didn’t swim in the pool yesterday.

Did you make a snowman yesterday?Did you make a snowman yesterday?

ADVERBS:yesterday, last week, two days

ago, in 2005,

when I was younger

ADVERBS:yesterday, last week, two days

ago, in 2005,

when I was younger

USE:

We use the past simple to talk

about actions finished in the

past.

USE:

We use the past simple to talk

about actions finished in the

past.

I II

I II

I II

1. We ___________ (HAVE) a lot of fun at your birthday party yesterday.

EXERCISES

A) DIDN’T HAVE

B) HAD

C) HAVED

2. My brother and I ___________ (FINISH) our homework a few minutes ago.

A) FINISH

B) FINISHED

C) DIDN’T FINISH

3. He ___________ (NOT LISTEN) to music after school yesterday.

A) NOT LISTENED

B) DIDN’T LISTENED

C) DIDN’T LISTEN

4. ___________ they ___________ (VISIT) their grandparents last summer?

A) DID / VISITED

B) DID / VISIT

C) VISIT / VISITED

5. Where ___________ your father ___________ (WORK) in 1985?

A) DID / WORKED

B) WORK / DID

C) DID / WORK

6. They ___________ (SEE) lots of animals in the zoo yesterday.

A) DIDN’T SEE

B) SAW

C) SEED