Friday, November 21, 2014

EXERCISE (158) PAST SIMPLE TENSE (Basic)

PAST SIMPLE TENSE (Basic)


ENGLISH GRAMMER

The Simple Past Tense, often just called the Past Tense, is easy to use in English.
In general, the Past Tense is used to talk about something that started and finished at a definite time in the past.

Past Tense - Regular Verbs

To change a regular verb into its past tense form, we normally add –ED to the end of the verb.

Past Tense -  Irregular Verbs

Irregular verbs are ONLY irregular in affirmative/positive sentences.
For example: The past tense of GO is WENT.
It does not end in –ED so it is considered irregular.


EXERCISE 1:  Match the columns.

BASIC FORM
SIMPLE PAST
BASIC FORM
SIMPLE PAST
(a)    buy
___     went
(k)  make
___     led
(b)   come
___      saw
(l)   take
___     wrote
(c)    feel
___      bought
(m)  cut
___     took
(d)   go
___      came
(n)   bite
___     paid
(e)    eat
___      drew
(o)  think
___     made
(f)    see
­­___      woke
(p) write
___     became
(g)   meet
___      ate
(q) lead
___     bit
(h)   wake
___      had
(r) pay
___     cut
(i)     have
___      felt
(s) become
___     won
(j)     draw

___      met
(t)  win
___     thought

EXERCISE 2:  Fill in the blanks using the Simple Past.

(A) Leonardo da Vinci ____________________ wonderful pictures.   (draw)
(B)  We ___________________ lots of photographs during our vacation. (take)
(C)  She ___________________ a cup of tea before going to bed. (make)
(D) Peter __________________ himself while he was washing the dishes. (cut)
(E)  I don’t like that dog! It________________ me yesterday. (bite)
(F)   I ___________________ very good walking to school this morning. (feel)
                                                                                       

ANSWERS   PAST SIMPLE

EXERCISE 1:  Match the columns.

BASIC FORM
SIMPLE PAST
BASIC FORM
SIMPLE PAST
(a)    buy
(d)     went
(k)  make
(q)    led
(b)   come
(f)      saw
(l)   take
(p)    wrote
(c)    feel
(a)      bought
(m)  cut
(l)     took
(d)   go
(b)      came
(n)   bite
(r)     paid
(e)    eat
(j)      drew
(o)   think
(k)    made
(f)    see
­­(h)      woke
(p)   write
(s)     became
(g)   meet
(e)      ate
(q)   lead
(n)     bit
(h)   wake
(i)       had
(r)    pay
(m)    cut
(i)     have
(c)      felt
(s)    become
(t)      won
(j)     draw

(g)      met
(t)    win
(o)     thought

EXERCISE 2:  Fill in the blanks using the Simple Past.

(G) Leonardo da Vinci drew wonderful pictures.   (draw)
(H) We took lots of photographs during our vacation. (take)
(I)    She made a cup of tea before going to bed. (make)
(J)    Peter cut himself while he was washing the dishes. (cut)
(K) I don’t like that dog! It bit me yesterday. (bite)
(L)  I felt very good walking to school this morning. (feel)

                                                                                         TO PRINT

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