HANDOUT AND ACTIVITY SHEET: PAST AND PAST PERFECT TENSES

What is Simple Past Tense?

The simple past tense shows that an action started and completed in the past and has no relevance
to the present time at all. It can also be used to describe how someone felt, what their emotional
condition was, at a point in the past. There are no forms of the verb to be' or to have' (was, were) with
this tense as there are with others.
Examples: Regular verbs: walked visited decided looked
Irregular verbs: ate brought threw found

Simple Past Tense Structure

LESSON 1 Simple Past Tense with Regular Verbs
For most verbs, the simple past tense is created by adding d, ed or ied at the end of the word. These are
called regular verbs.
Verbs have different forms called tenses. The tense of a verb tells us when the action happens.
We use simple past tense to talk about things that happened in the past.
Examples:
1. They harvested 100 kilograms potatoes last month.
2. The learners took modular lessons last school year.
3. Many died of CoViD-19 in 2020.
4. Mr. Sun dried the blankets yesterday.
The following are some of the rules for regular verbs.
1. For verbs ending in e add d.
Examples: +d
Base Form Simple Past Tense
Live Lived
Love Loved
Date Dated
Agree Agreed
Care Cared

Activity 1
Choose the correct verb to complete each if the following sentence. Then, write the correct past temse
form of your chosen verb.
love invite practice welcome serve
1. The Filipinos ___________ the foreign people with a warm smile.
2. The students ___________ their dance yesterday.
3. Our new neighbor __________ us to his birthday party last Sunday.
4. I ________ to paint when I was in Grade 5.
5. We ________ snacks to all visitors.

2. For verbs ending in constant + y change y to i and add -ed

Examples: -y change to +ied
Base Form Simple Past Tense
try tried
carry carried
tidy tidied
hurry hurried
dry dried