9888 past simple regular and irregular verbs

Regular past form:
verb + ed
*Play  played
*Enter  entered

Some verbs have an
irregular past form
* see  saw
* go
went

Verbs ending with e:
* arrive  arrived
* convince
convinced

Affirmative:
I
We
You
They
He
She
It

Negative:
I
We
You
They

He
She
It

+ verb

+ didn’t + verb

Do you know the past form of these verbs?
1- be ____
11- buy____
21- sell ____
2-have ____
3-come____
4-do_____
5-go_____
6-give____
7-eat_____
8-drive___
9-find____
10-leave___

12- choose____
13- fly____
14- meet____
15- teach____
16- tell____
17- take____
18-read____
19- say____

20- see____

Verbs ending
with y:
*Try  tried
*carry  carried

Verbs ending with
a vowel +a
consonant:
* stop  stopped
*travel travelled

Interrogative:
Did

I
We
You + verb
They
He
She
It

Did

22- speak____
23- get____
24-die ____
25-drive____

26-make____
27-drink____
28-sing____
29-win____
30-sleep____

Write the bracketed verbs in the simple
past
As a child, I (be)…….afraid of cats.
Last week, he (break)……..his leg while playing tennis.
He (not/catch)………………the train because he arrived late.
Angela (get)……a new dress (make)……by her dressmaker
last week.
The party I (attend)……..last night was held by Cousin
Patrick.
I (go)……to Paris a long time ago.
His mother (allow)….. him to watch the film last night.

In the past young people (not/choose)……their
marriage partners.
She (speak)………. to me on the phone.
10- My uncle Richard (leave)……England twenty years
ago.
11- (You/watch)…………..the film last Sunday?
12-Why (you/be)…………late yesterday?


Choose the correct word

Supply the right form of the

verbs
Tom (be)………ill last week. He
(have) ……temperature., his head
(ache) …………, he sneeze, and he
(cough) ………So his mother (take)
……….him to the doctor surgery. The
doctor (examine) ………… Tom. He
(look)………..at his throat and nose.
And he (measure) …..his
temperature. Then, he (prescribe)
……….. medicines and (tell) ……….
him to (drink) ………a lot of water
and to stay in bed.

Her father (died/has been dead) last
year.
He (has left/left) home two years ago.
Where (have you/did you) go
yesterday?
(Were you/are you) at home last
Sunday?
5-Debbie (has gone/went) to Brazil last
month
6- He (didn’t go/ wasn’t going) to zoo
yesterday
7- John (travel/travelled) to Italy last
week.
8-His mother (died/dies) when he was
fourteen.
9- He (was born/is born) in 2001.

10- Richard (forgot /has forgotten) his
homework last Monday.

Rearrange the words to make sentences or questions
1-French/ I/ when/ a primary
school/speak/couldn’t/at/I/when/was/fluently
…………………………………………………….
2-school/ He/ respect/ the/ didn’t/rules.
…………………………………………………….
3-about/ Friday night/laughed/On/ she/ friends/with/exams/her.
……………………………………………………………..
4-party/for/invite/How many/your/people/you/did?
…………………………………………………………….
5-Yesterday/in/ father/ Tunis/ your/was?
…………………………………………………………….
6-a/ car/ father/ new/your/buy/Did?
…………………………………………………………….
7- new/ a/years/ phone/ two/John/ bought/mobile / ago.
…………………………………………………………….
8-to/ you/ stay up/ homework/night/ Had/late/to finish/ /last/your?
……………………………………………………………………


Complete the following dialogue with appropriate
questions
Daniel :It took me three hours to get here.
John:………………………………………………………..
Daniel: Yes. There was a traffic jam ten kilometers long.
John:………………………………………………………..
Daniel: No, I wasn’t; I was with the rest of the family.

John: ……………………………………………………….
Daniel: The children? Oh, they slept all the way.
John:………………………………………………………...
Daniel: No we didn’t have to; we had everything we
needed in the car
John: …………………………………………………………..
Daniel: No I’m not; I ate a sandwich at one of the rest
stops.
John: ………………………………………………………….
Daniel: Oh, yes; a shower sounds very good.

Ask corresponding questions
1- I bought a new house last week.
2- Shakespeare wrote a lot of plays.
3- She was born in 1996.
4- He didn’t go to school yesterday because he was ill.
5- Mr Smith was my last year English teacher.
6- He succeeded in solving his problem with courage.
7- I started working at the age of 15.
8- She left two months ago.
9- My father gave me five coins.
10- He read the English book first.


Supply the gaps with the right form of the verbs in the list
When I first(visit)…………a doctor a year ago because of a severe stomach
ache, I(be)………..told that I(have)………..a virus. But the pain(continue)
……….for the next four weeks. I (take) ………..to hospital where they
(discover)………. a tumour in my stomach and I (have)…………
To be operated. It (be) ……….. only after the operation that I(find)………

out that I (have)……………. Cancer. Luckily, I’m now fully recovered and
apart
from check-ups every three years, I don’t need any treatment

1)was/ were, had, came,did,went,gave
,ate,drove,found,left,bought,chose, flew,met,taught,
told,took,read,said,saw,sold,spoke,got,died drove,
made,drank, sang,won,slept
2) was,broke, didn’t catch, got, made, attended, went,
allowed, didn’t chose, spoke, left, did you watch, were
you be.
3) died, left, did you, were you., went, didn’t go,
travelled, died, was born, forgot.
4) was, had, ached, coughed, took, examined, looked,
measured, prescribed, told, drank,
5) When I was at a primary school, I couldn’t speak
French fluently.
He didn’t respect the school rules.
On Friday night, she laughed with her friends about
exams.
how
6) Was it difficult for you to drive?/ was there a traffic
jam?
Were you alone?
What did the children do?
Did you have to stop to get something to eat or drink?
Are you hungry now?
Would you like to take a shower then?
7) visited, was told, had, continued, was taken,
discovered, had, was, found, had

8) What did you buy last week?
What did Shakespeare write?
When was she born?
Why didn’t he go to school yesterday?
Who was your last year English teacher?
How did he succeed in solving his problems?
When did he star working?