Past Tense -

Worksheet 9
Name: _____________________________________Date:
______________________

Use: We use the Past Simple to talk about a

complete action in the past. Example: I called
Mary yesteday.

Affirmative form Negative form Interrogative form

I. COMPLETE the following sentences in

the past tense (irregular verbs):
1. Peter _________(read) three books last week.
 2. My mother __________ (forget) to buy
some milk.
3. Susan __________ (have) a baby in
January.
4. I ________ (give) my aunt a necklace for
her birthday.

5. At the age of 25, she ___________ (become) a nurse.

6. James _________ (drink) too much coffee yesterday.
7. I ___________ (leave) home at 6:30 a.m.
8. We ___________ (know) the answer last night.

II . COMPLETE the following sentences in the past

tense (regular verbs):

1. Jane _______________ a film. (watch)

2. He _______________ a box. (carry)
3. They _______________ their father. (help)
4. John and Amy ______________ things. (swap)
5. I _______________ to Andrew. (talk)
6. Susan ________________ with Peter. (dance)
7. The boys _________________ basketball. (try)
8. We ________________ a trip. (plan)
9. She ________________ her hair. (wash)
10. The car _______________ at the traffic lights.
(stop)
11. Children ____________ (dress) quickly.
12. I ________________ (help) my mother in the kitchen.
13. We ________________(walk) in the park.
14. They _________________ (wash)
their clothes in the bathroom. 15. We
________________ (watch) an interesting
film.
16. Students _______________(work) in the
garden.
17. Gina _____________ (play) basketball.
18. The girl _____________ (skip) very fast.
19. It _______________ (rain) a lot.
20. Henry _____________(ski) down the hill.

III. PUT the verbs into the correct form.

1. Last year I (spend)

________________ my holiday in
Ireland. 2. It (be) _________________
great.
3. I (travel) ________________ around by car with
two friends and we (visit) _______________ lots of
interesting places.
4. In the evenings we (go) ________________ to a pub.
5. One night we even (learn)
_______________ some Irish dances. 6.
We (be) _______________ very lucky with
the weather.
7. It (not /rain) _____________________ a lot.
8. We (see) _______________ some beautiful rainbows.
9. Where (spend / you) _________________your last
holiday?