Write the past form of the regular verbs

Question Answer
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Write the past form of the regular verbs.
A) ask ____________
B) text ____________
C) love ____________
D) want ____________
E) play ____________
f) work ____________
g) study ____________
h) watch ____________
i) start ____________
j) stop ____________
Choose a verb from exercise 1 to complete each sentence.

  1. Yesterday I ____________ these regular verbs.
  2. We ____________ a great film on TV last night.
  3. I ____________ you this morning. Didn’t you get my message?
  4. You’re late, the match ____________ ten minutes ago.
  5. Elif always ____________ to be a writer.
    Complete the table of irregular verbs.
    | Present Simple | Past Simple |
    |1--- | 1— |
    | be | was/were |
    | break | |
    | | came |
    | do | |
    | | had |
    | say | |
    | | saw |
    | | sold |
    | sit | |
    | take | |
    | dream | |
    | | wore |
    | | felt |
    | sleep | |
    | fly | |
    Write questions with “When was the last time you ____?” and ask your friend.
    A) go / to the cinema?
    B) read / a good book?
    C) wear / blue t-shirt?
    D) lose / something?
    Write true answers (for you) to the questions above.
    Ex: (a) Last Friday, I saw the new Avengers movie.
    B) __________________________________________________
    C) __________________________________________________
    D) __________________________________________________
    Complete the text using the past simple form of the verbs.
    Thor Heyerdahl (1) ____________ (be) born in Larvik, Norway in 1914. He (2) ____________ (study) geography and anthropology. He (3) ____________ (want) to find out if people in the past (4) ____________ (can) travel long distances by boat.
    In 1947, he (5) ____________ (make) a simple boat - a raft - called Kon Tiki and (6) ____________ (sail) 8,000 km from South America to the Tuamotu Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
    On the boat, they (7) ____________ (have) nothing but a radio, some food and fresh water. People all over the world (8) ____________ (watch) and (9) ____________ (listen) to the story of Kon Tiki’s journey.
    In 2006, Thor’s grandson Olav Heyerdahl and five other men (10) ____________ (make) the same journey as his grandfather. They (11) ____________ (see) fish, birds and sharks. The journey (12) ____________ (take) 93 days.
    Now answer the questions.
  1. When was Thor Heyerdahl born?
  2. Where was he born?
  3. What did he study at university?
  4. What did he build in 1947?
  5. How far did he sail?
  6. How long did Olav Heyerdahl’s journey take to complete?

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Past Simple Tense: Regular & Irregular Verbs Practice

Past Simple Tense is used to describe completed actions that took place at a specific time in the past. Regular verbs form the past tense by adding -ed (or -d / -ied depending on spelling rules), while irregular verbs have unique past forms that must be memorized.

1. Past Form of Regular Verbs:

  • a) ask: asked
  • b) text: texted
  • c) love: loved
  • d) want: wanted
  • e) play: played
  • f) work: worked
  • g) study: studied (consonant + y changes to -ied)
  • h) watch: watched
  • i) start: started
  • j) stop: stopped (single vowel + single consonant doubles the consonant: -pped)

2. Sentence Completion (Using Verbs from Exercise 1):

  • 1) Yesterday, I studied these regular verbs.
  • 2) We watched a great film on TV last night.
  • 3) I texted you this morning. Didn’t you get my message?
  • 4) You’re late, the match started ten minutes ago.
  • 5) Elif always wanted to be a writer.

3. Table of Irregular Verbs:

Present Simple Past Simple
be was / were
break broke
come came
do did
have had
say said
see saw
sell sold
sit sat
take took
dream dreamed / dreamt
wear wore
feel felt
sleep slept
fly flew

4. Questions with “When was the last time you…?”:

  • a) When was the last time you went to the cinema?
  • b) When was the last time you read a good book?
  • c) When was the last time you wore a blue t-shirt?
  • d) When was the last time you lost something?

5. Sample Answers to the Questions:

  • b) Two weeks ago, I read a great adventure novel.
  • c) I wore a blue t-shirt yesterday during sports practice.
  • d) Last month, I lost my house keys at school.

6. Reading Text: Past Simple Verb Forms:

  • (1) was
  • (2) studied
  • (3) wanted
  • (4) could
  • (5) made
  • (6) sailed
  • (7) had
  • (8) watched
  • (9) listened
  • (10) made
  • (11) saw
  • (12) took

7. Comprehension Questions & Answers:

  • 1. When was Thor Heyerdahl born?
    He was born in 1914.
  • 2. Where was he born?
    He was born in Larvik, Norway.
  • 3. What did he study at university?
    He studied geography and anthropology.
  • 4. What did he build in 1947?
    He built a simple raft called Kon-Tiki.
  • 5. How far did he sail?
    He sailed 8,000 km across the Pacific Ocean (from South America to the Tuamotu Islands).
  • 6. How long did Olav Heyerdahl’s journey take to complete?
    It took 93 days.

:light_bulb: EXAM INSIGHT: In questions with did (e.g., What did he build?), the main verb returns to its base form (build). In affirmative past statements, always use the past simple form (He built…).