Simple Past Tense

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Name: English Unit 11: She’s an engineer

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 Matching Past and
Present Tense Verbs
Can you match the past and present tense verbs below?

look jumped

jump played

cook looked

play skipped

listen cooked

skip grew

walk held

grow saw

see listened

hold walked

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 Irregular verbs maze
Follow the paths and write the past simple tense of each verb at the end.

1. catch A. 

2. walk B. 

3. eat C. 

4. write D. 

5. read E. 

6. play F. 

7. make G. 

8. take H. 

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 Word search
Complete the past simple verbs word search.

o r t r l d n s l e p t
s c n e p d s d a q w x
w b s a u a e i a a u v
g r h d e k v k u w t l
d u p x o j p x l w v e
e s t o z r s l f a m u
h h c h d a d m a c w m
c e d e w i q i r y a r
t d h z k w v d x o e h
a z g v i s i t e d z d
w c y s l l y y w s t x
v u n w l h e l p e d f

ate brushed
helped played read
slept visited walked
watched cooked

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 Write the right verb below each image

ate brushed slept played watched studied

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3 4

 

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 Answer the questions and draw
1 Read the questions and circle the answers that are true for you.

A. Did you eat breakfast this morning? Yes, I did / No, I didn’t
B. Did you play outside yesterday? Yes, I did / No, I didn’t
C. Did you watch TV last night? Yes, I did / No, I didn’t
D. Did you go to school yesterday? Yes, I did / No, I didn’t
E. Did you sleep well last night? Yes, I did / No, I didn’t
F. Did you read a book yesterday? Yes, I did / No, I didn’t
G. Did you draw a picture yesterday? Yes, I did / No, I didn’t
H. Did you brush your teeth yesterday? Yes, I did / No, I didn’t
I. Did you have fun yesterday? Yes, I did / No, I didn’t
J. Did you help your mom or dad yesterday? Yes, I did / No, I didn’t

2 Draw a picture of the things you did yesterday.

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 Past Simple Tense
Choose the correct answer

1- He ( play - played - plays ) tennis yesterday.

2- She didn’t (visited - visit - visits) her uncle last week.
3- Jamila (go- went - goes) to school yesterday.
4- Ahmed (watch - watched - watches) television last night.
5- Tarek (travel - traveled- travels) to Hurghada last month.
6- Yomna and Yara (study - studied- studies) together last week.
6- Nada didn’t (eat - eats - ate) her breakfast two hours ago.
7- Mum (wash - washed - washing) the dishes last night.
8- Imaan (talked - talk - talks) to her grandma on the phone yesterday.
9- Sara and Ali ( didn’t go - didn’t went - go) to the park yesterday.
10- Ramy (didn’t sleep - sleeps - didn’t sleeping) well last night.

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 Simple Past Tense

Fill in the blanks with the correct past tense

form of the words in bracket.

1. It heavily last night. (rain)

2. My mom the house yesterday. (clean)

3. We the dishes a few minutes ago. (wash)

4. They a lot of fun at the park last night. (have)

5. I my friends two weeks ago. (meet)

6. He many kinds of animals in the zoo yesterday. (see)

7. She to the supermarket. (go)

8. Ali basketball last week. (play)

9. We to some nice music last night. (listen)

10. Hana and Hany the park yesterday. (go)

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 Simple Past Tense
Fill in the blanks with the correct past tense
form of the words in bracket.

1. Maie and I our homework last night. (finish)

2. We a movie at the cinema yesterday. (watch)

3. My mother a delicious cheesecake last week. (make)

4. My brother his room after being told three times this morning. (tidy)

5. I two apples and a sandwich for lunch earlier. (eat)

6. Jamila to the gym two hours ago. (go)

7. I in Cairo for three years when I was younger. (live)

8. She her parents at the airport on Sunday. (meet)

9. It rainy yesterday. (is)

10. I am not in school today because I a cold yesterday. (catch)

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 Fill in the gaps
Choose the right verb to complete each sentence using past simple tense.

help eat brush play sleep

read walk cook visit watch

1 I pizza for dinner yesterday.

2 We a movie last night.

3 She with her friends in the park.

4 He to school this morning.

5 They their grandparents last weekend.

6 My friend me with my maths homework.

7 The cat on the sofa all day.

8 My mum a delicious dinner last night.

9 My dad me a story before bed.

10 I my teeth last night.

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 Unscramble the sentences
Rearrange the words in the correct order to form sentences.

1 yesterday / Tamala / TV / . / watched



2 drank / last / . / I / juice / Friday



3 zoo / . / my / last / went / and / I / friends / weekend / the / to



4 to / walked / . / Kaylee / yesterday / school



5 pizza / I / . / ate / night / last



6 friends / . / I / my / played / with



7 read / four / books / week / comic / Shannen / . / last



8 museum / my / . / visited / last / class / month / the



9 Zara / rode / last / their / . / Jensen / and / weekend / bikes



10 last / at / danced / . / we / party / the / night



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 Find and colour
Colour the picture using the key below.

Regular verbs in past simple: green Verbs in present simple: blue

Irregular verbs in past simple: orange

catches
k o

wrote
to

ched
wat

talke
d m
swa lp ed
he
rides ied
we aug
ht stud
n eats c
t goes walked

played
ke
ta

swim study
ate
bought
rode

mak
e
drink
spoke

visited
drank
cook
wr
ite

speaks
walk
cooked

plays
made

brushed

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 Spot the mistake
Circle the mistake on each sentence and rewrite it with the correct word.

1 I goed to the park yesterday.



2 We didn’t ate ice cream after dinner.



3 Do she readed a book before bed?



4 He buyed a new toy at the store.



5 They drinked milk for breakfast.



6 The dog not catched the ball.



7 I swimmed in the pool yesterday.



8 She drawed a picture of a cat.



9 We writed a letter to our grandparents.



10 He speaked English with his friend.



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 Write a story
Look at the pictures and write about what Saira did yesterday.

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