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Simple Past Tense

The simple past tense is used to talk about a completed action or state that was in the past. For regular verbs, we make this tense by adding -ed to the end of the verb. For example, the past tense of "to walk" is walked. Use the simple past whenever you say that something happened in the past. For example, "I talked to her yesterday."

There are also many irregular verbs in the simple past tense. For example, the past tense of "to have" is had. The past tense of "to do" is did. "To be" is extra difficult because we say I/he/she/it was and you/we/they were.

To make the negative in the simple past tense, we put did not before the base form of the main verb, as in, "I did not see a movie last night." We usually speak the contraction didn't instead of did not. With the verb "to be," we use was not or wasn’t, as in, "I wasn’t happy with the film."

Simple Past Tense Grammar Quiz

  1. The Wrestler me think about what I want to do with my life.

  2. Scary movies me when I was a child.

  3. Luke and Sylvia together last night.

  4. My friends some snacks for the party.

  5. The kids hard for the exam.

  6. Congratulations! Erin me you are getting married.

  7. The phone while you were out.

  8. you ever find your keys?

  9. Marisa Tomei an Academy Award for her role in My Cousin Vinny.

  10. I to school yesterday because it was a holiday.

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Simple Past Tense Lessons:

Goofy - Olympic Snowboarder Liu Jiayu

The BROTUS

Friday the 13th

Dave Matthews Band

The Walk

R.E.M. Break Up

Tongue Twisters

Macy Gray

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I'm_saras

Indonesia

thank you.

I want learn more

01:39 AM Jan 24 2011 |

jonysingh

jonysingh

India

i watched movies yesterday

 

03:02 PM Jan 04 2011 |

jonysingh

jonysingh

India

i watched movies yesterday

 

03:02 PM Jan 04 2011 |

liana879

liana879

Syrian Arab Republic

thank you

05:20 PM Nov 01 2010 |

MUHAMMAD92

MUHAMMAD92

Saudi Arabia

i understant siple tense ,but i don know,want you me do ,ithink you want me limit the verb.

07:49 PM Oct 01 2010 |

tr0yquint0

tr0yquint0

Philippines

I made up my mind.

I played basketball yesterday.

Teresa brought pancake yesterday morning.

I ate too much spaghetti last night.

She forgot her cellphone in a bus last month.

04:56 PM Sep 29 2010 |

lexius

Canada

I made a letter last week to house deptment.

03:31 PM Sep 19 2010 |

Holmes nash phil

Malawi

This tense is used when we refer to anction that took place in the past and was completed in such as yesterday, last week, a faw week ago, once upon a time.
Exampl:
i(slept) well yesterday. And the root are (ed) or d.

06:31 AM Aug 20 2010 |

pjesnik4

Croatia

He is played with his brother

02:51 PM Aug 12 2010 |

pjesnik4

Croatia

I was watched this movie

02:50 PM Aug 12 2010 |