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Simple Past – regular verbs - worksheet

These verbs are called regular because they all add the same ending -ed on it.

Examples: cook - cooked, play - played, wash - washed,

Add only -d.
 

Examples: love - loved, live - lived, close - closed, live - lived

 
1. Regular verbs make their Past Tense by adding -ed.

Infinitive Simple Past Infinitive Simple Past

to work worked to arrive arrived

to phone ____________ to start ____________

to play ____________ to walk ____________

to wash ____________ to clean ____________

to paint ____________ to open ____________

to cook ____________ to happen ____________

to love ____________ to look ____________

to open ____________ to talk ____________

to live ____________ to ask ____________

to answer ____________ to live ____________

to call ____________ to fill ____________

to decide ____________ to hope ____________

to dream ____________ to invite ____________

to explain ____________ to jump ____________

to expect ____________ to mix ____________

to end ____________ to remember ____________

to smoke ____________ to warn ____________

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Worksheet Simple Past – regular verbs

Simple Past: Add -ed or -d

Examples: cook - cooked, love - loved.

Exercise 1. Fill in the Simple Past form.

1. He learns English. (simple present)

He ______________ English. (simple past)

2. I like apples. (simple present)

I ______________ apples. (simple past)

3. They ask many questions. (simple present)

They ______________ many questions. (simple past)

4. We open the windows. (simple present)

We ______________ the windows. (simple past)

5. She talks to David. (simple present)

She ______________ to David. (simple past)

Exercise 2. Fill in the Simple Past form.

6. She ______________ in Scotland. (to live)

7. They ______________ at the weekends. (to work)

8. John ______________ a flat in Edinburgh. (to rent)

9. Lisa ______________ her present. (to open)

10. Ben ______________ his bike. (to scratch)

11. Sue ______________ basketball. (to play)

12. Helen ______________ her new school. (to love)

13. The shops ______________ at nine o'clock in the evening. (to close)

14. Mother ______________ the turkey. (to cook)

15. Emily ______________ a cake (to bake)

16. First I ______________ TV, then I ______________ my friend. (to watch/to visit)

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Simple Past verbs with -y, double consonants - worksheet

Regular verbs make their past tense by adding -d, -ed, or (if the verb ends in a consonant +
y), changing the y to i and adding -ed

hurry - hurried, cry - cried

Wovel and consonant at the end of a verb: Double consonant and add -ed.

stop - stopped, plan - planned

1. Fill in the Simple Past.

Example: John married Emily last year. (to marry)

1. She ___________ her suitcase to the bus. (to carry)

2. They ___________ in the park to play football. (to stop)

3. The children ___________ to the playground. (to hurry)

4. John ___________ to win a medal. (to try)

5. Peter ___________ his trip to France. (to plan)

6. The thieves ___________ the old lady. (to rob)

7. Grandma ___________ the cup. (to drop)

8. The family ___________ to Spain. (to travel)

9. The baby ___________ because he was hungry. (to cry)

10. She ___________ a bag. (to carry)

11. The pupil ___________ to find the answer. (to try)

12. Sarah ___________ enjoyed the new film. (to enjoy)

13. The team ___________ yesterday in London. (to play)

14. My uncle ___________ stayed in America. (to stay)

15. The car ___________ in front of the traffic lights. (to stop)

16. Ann ___________ her visit in Denmark. (to plan)

17. They ___________ to Paris. (to travel)

18. The boys ___________ to the city centre. (to hurry)

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Simple Past - irregular verbs - worksheet

Simple Past irregular verbs:

buy - bought choose - chose, find - found, have - had see - saw,
send - sent, speak - spoke, go - went, write - wrote

1. Fill in the correct Simple Past form of the verb.

see _____________ speak _____________

send _____________ buy _____________

choose _____________ find _____________

go _____________ have _____________

write _____________ see _____________

2. Fill in the correct Simple Past form of the verb.

buy - bought choose - chose, eat - ate, find - found, go - went, have - had
see - saw, send - sent, speak - spoke, write - wrote

1. Ben ___________ Emily at the party. (to see)

2. He ___________ to her about the music. (to speak)

3. Ben ___________ fish and chips for lunch. (to eat)

4. Lucy ___________ me her photographs. (to send)

5. Jake ___________ a new camera. (to buy)

6. The football coach ___________ the red shirts. (to choose)

7. Lily ___________ a wallet with a lot of money. (to find)

8. Everybody ___________ to the swimming pool. (to go)

9. We ___________ a great meal in the new restaurant. (to have)

10. He ___________ a new song. (to write)

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