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A. Was or Were?
B. Wasnt or Werent?
1. Judy
2. We
3. I
sick yesterday.
4. The weather
6. The children
3. Carol
happy to see
her boyfriend with another girl.
4. Bonnie
at home
last night when I called her.
very good.
7. The wind
9. They
2. He
hungry at
dinnertime because he ate
abig lunch.
beautiful yesterday.
8. She
1. They
at school
yesterday because it
wasSaturday.
5. The teacher
satisfied with the
studentswork.
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Simple Past
Yes/No Questions
TO BE IN THE PAST TENSE
Practice making questions and giving short
answers with the verb to be in the past tense.
1. I was tired last night.
4. D
on was at the
office last Saturday.
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Simple Past
Information Questions
TO BE IN THE PAST TENSE
Use the correct question word (who, what, where, when, why, how many)
and the correct form of the verb to be in the past tense to make
questions. The bold words are the answers to the questions.
1.
2.
She was tired because she worked hard all day.
3.
She was at the mall last night.
4.
There were 20 people at the party.
5.
A diamond ring was in the box.
6.
The secretary was in the office.
7.
The students were absent last Tuesday.
8.
She was late because she missed her bus.
9.
Mrs. Jones was at the door.
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Simple Past
2. The boys
3. Robert
4. We
5. Susan
6. We
7. I
Word List:
play
visit
paint
water
listen
mail
help
arrive
learn
watch
change
wait
8. She
9. They
10. She
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Simple Past
6. ride
11. shake
16. sleep
2. dig
7. run
12. shoot
17. speak
3. cost
8. see
13. shut
18. spend
4. meet
9. sell
14. sit
19. stand
5. read
10. send
15. sing
20. swim
B. Word Scramble
Unscramble the following words. Then write the
present tense of each verb beside the past irregular verb.
Scrambled
1. etnw
Unscrambled
went
Present Tense
go
2. meca
3. ganbe
4. dema
5. lbew
6. okbre
7. hocse
8. idd
9. krdan
10. tae
11. voedr
12. ghtaut
13. oltd
14. woret
15. wkoe
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Simple Past
He didnt eat
cereal yesterday.
He
He ate
toast.
He
He
at 7:00 yesterday.
He
He
at 8:00.
He
five letters.
He
a shower yesterday.
He
He
a bath.
He
lunch in a restaurant.
He
He
He
the Post.
He only
He
He
He
at 9:00.
He
home at 7:00.
a bus yesterday.
He
a taxi.
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Simple Past
Yes/No Questions
IRREGULAR VERBS
Write the questions. The first question has been filled in as an example.
1.
early?
10.
2.
12.
on time?
the windows?
16.
a skirt?
15.
7.
on the sofa?
14.
6.
their mother?
13.
5.
eight hours?
No, I didnt. I slept nine hours.
apples?
4.
a cake?
11.
a big fish?
17.
your purse?
No, I didnt. I lost my wallet.
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Simple Past
Information Questions
IRREGULAR VERBS
Use the correct question word (who, what, where, when, why, how many) to
make questions in the simple past tense. The bold words are the answers
to the questions.
1.
2.
They left the office at 6:00.
3.
She didnt go to work because she was sick.
4.
I spent $80.00 on groceries.
5.
Rosa spoke to the boss.*
6.
*Note:
There is a difference between
questions 5 and 6. Can you
explain the grammar rule?
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Simple Past
Review
IRREGULAR VERBS
9. Matthew
to work yesterday. He
2. They
to
Paris in a jumbo jet last week.
3. I
the alarm clock for 7:00 yesterday
morning, but I
up a half-hour
before the alarm clock
.
11. We
a wonderful
time at your party last night.
4. I
a letter
to my friend back home.
6. His mother
of him when he
Word List:
care
sick.
7. The teacher
the mathematics
class and then
the students
three exercises to do for homework.
8. Angie
She
12. I
groceries on my way
home yesterday and I
in cash.
13. I
we
5. He
flowers to
his girlfriend for her birthday.
buy
ring
lie
break
teach
fly
set
send
wake
swim
be
pay
meet
have
write
drink
give
get
take
catch
lose
B. Opposites
Write the opposite of each verb below. Make sure to use the past tense.
There may be more than one possible opposite, but try to think of one that
has an irregular past form.
1. remembered
6. opened
2. bought
3. found
8. learned
4. brought
9. floated
5. arrived
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Simple Past
week.
Monday.
summer.
6. We went dancing
night.
morning.
fall.
afternoon.
.
winter.
afternoon.
.
.
week.
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