Simple Past Tense

A. Write the past tense of these verb
1. kick =
2. run =
3. close =
4. sell =
5. talk =
6. laugh =
7. swim =
8. sing =
9. break =
10. write =
11. drive =
12. jump =
13. speak =
14. hurry =
15. wear =
16. clean =

B. Underline the correct answers
1. Siti ( brushes, brush, brushed ) her hair last night.
2. She ( drinks, drink, drank ) a cup of tea just now.
3. The children ( go, goes, went ) for a picnic last Sunday.
4. They ( talk, talks, talked ) to the teacher a few minutes ago.
5. I ( studies, study, studied ) until 11 p.m. last night.
6. My mother ( makes, make, made ) a cake this morning.
7. The postman ( give, gives, gave ) a letter to my father just now.
8. Did the hunter ( shoots, shoot, shot ) a tiger last week?
9. The boys ( throw, throws, threw ) the rubbish into the dustbin yesterday afternoon.
10. The teacher did not ( punish, punishes, punished ) Ramli an hour ago.

C. Correct these sentences. Use the simple past tense
1. Sharifah shows me her stamp album last night.
2. Zabri sees a giraffe at the zoo yesterday.
3. I wash my clothes yesterday.
4. They go to the supermarket last week.
5. Harun breaks the glass just now.
6. Annuar makes a kite last Sunday.

D. Circle the correct answers
1. Chong Meng ( fall, falls, fell ) from his bicycle yesterday.
2. You ( open , opens, opened ) the windows just now.
3. Teck Meng ( talk, talks, talked ) to his teacher last week.
4. The scouts ( wore, wears, wear ) their uniforms this afternoon.
5. She ( waited, waits, wait ) for me at the library yesterday.
6. Millie’s cat ( caught, catches, catch ) a mouse just now.
7. He ( ran, runs, run ) to town yesterday.
8. Jack ( buys, bought, buy ) a hamster last Sunday.
9. I ( lost, loses, lose ) my pen just now.
10. Mrs Tan ( sells, sold, sell ) her house to Mrs. Lim.

E. Answer these questions in the simple past tense
Example :
Where did you go this morning? ( the market )
I went to the market this morning.

1. What did the fisherman catch yesterday? ( a lot of fish )
2. When did the thief steal the money? ( last night )
3. Where did John put my dictionary ? ( in the cupboard )
4. What did you write to your pen friend? ( a letter )
5. When did Samntha borrow the story book? ( yesterday )
6. Why did the baby cry ? ( because he was hungry )
7. Where did you meet Daniel? ( at the library )
8. What did you buy yesterday ? ( a compass )
9. Who stole the money ? ( the naught boy )

Simple Past Tense

Simple Past Tense

b ) changing the spelling of the verbs. They are called irregular verbs.

Simple Past Tense

We use the simple past tense to express an action that happened at a given time in the past. We form the simple past tense by

a ) adding ‘-ed’ or ‘-d’ to a verb. They are called regular verbs