GOOD

DAY!
WHAT’S THAT
EVENT?
CHRISTMAS PARTY
NEW YEAR
PAST AND
PAST
PERFECT
TENSE
PAST TENSE
 The simple past tense is used to describe a
completed action that took place at a specific
point in the past.
Examples:
a. The children visited the
zoo last week.
b. The plane landed a few
minutes ago.
c. Jerry dried his clothes in
the sun.
 REGULAR VERBS
Formula For Regular Verbs
Infinitive+ D/Ed/Ied
When the verb ends in –E just add –D

Infinitive Past Tense

live lived
love loved
agree agreed
If the second to the last letter of your verb is
consonant and it ends with Y, change – Y, to –
I, and add –ED.
Infinitive Past Tense
try tried
carry carried
dirty dirtied
 For verbs that are one syllable and
ending in (vowel)+(consonant) (but not
– Y or – W, double the consonant and
then add – ED.
Infinitive Past Tense
fan fanned
grab grabbed
pat patted
IRREGULAR
VERBS
A verb in which the
past tense is not formed
by adding the usual -
ed ending.
IRREGULAR
VERBS Infinitive Past tense
Choose Chose
Go Went
Behold Beheld
Leave Left
Cut Cut
Deal Dealt
QUESTI
ONS
PAST PERFECT
TENSE
It is used to emphasize that
an action was completed
before another action took
place.
FORMULA FOR PAST
PERFECT TENSE
HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE
Examples:
a. Silver finger had taken the pill before the team
reached him.
b. I had called the police before I investigated the noise
in the garden.
c. After she had moved out, I found her notes.
d. I had written articles on various topics before he
came.
QUESTI
ONS
EMOJI ATTACK
Andrea is walking towards our
classroom.
(Past Tense)

WALKED
 The students are making a
statue out of that clay.
(Past Perfect Tense)

HAD MADE
Lucas is going to the party.
(Past Tense)

Gone
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
Use the PAST SIMPLE TENSE of the verb.
1. We ________ (go) on a cruise holiday last June. It ________ (be) really fantastic.
2. Logan ________ (collect) all the rubbish in the school garden and ________ (throw)
it into the litter bin.
3. Florence ________ (eat) two sandwiches and ________ (drink) two glasses of
lemonade at lunch.
4. Mr. Edwards ________ (drive) to the city center and ________ (buy) a new leather
bag.
5. Benjamin hadn't known the answer to the question so he ________ (not raise) his
hand up.
6. Teresa ________ (write) a letter for her aunt in Whales and ________ (put) it in an
envelope yesterday afternoon.
7. James ________ (get up) early , ________ (wash) his face and ________ (brush) his
teeth.
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Use THE PAST PERFECT
TENSE of the verb.
1. They ________ (finish) answering the questions before the bell rang.
2. When Matthew arrived at home , his wife ________ (cook) the meal.
3. Mrs. Lawrence ________ (open) the window before she went to bed.
4. Before Darcy entered this competition, she ________ (practice) for two months.
5. Dexter ________ (not see) a skeleton before he visited the museum with his friends.
6. When the earthquake happened , we ________ (not finish) our work at the office.
7. Simon ________ (take) a shower before the guests arrived for the party.
8. The thief ________ (jump) out of the window by the time a opened the door.
9. I ________ (not watch) a horror film before we went to the cinema last Wednesday.
10. Mrs. Reid ________ (work) for the company for 30 years when she got retired last year.
ANSWERS
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
Use the PAST SIMPLE TENSE of the verb.
went
1. We ________ (go) on a cruise holiday last June. It ________
was (be) really fantastic.
2. Logan ________
collected (collect) all the rubbish in the school garden and ________ threw (throw)
it into the litter bin.
3. Florence ________ate (eat) two sandwiches and ________
drank (drink) two glasses of
lemonade at lunch.
4. Mr. Edwards ________ drove bought (buy) a new leather
(drive) to the city center and ________
bag.
5. Benjamin hadn't known the answer to the question so he ________ did not raised(not raise) his
hand up.
wrote
6. Teresa ________ (write) a letter for her aunt in Whales and ________ put (put) it in an
envelope yesterday afternoon.
got up
7. James ________ washed
(get up) early , ________ (wash) his face and ________ brushed (brush) his
teeth.
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Use THE PAST PERFECT
TENSE of the verb.
had finished
1. They ________ (finish) answering the questions before the bell rang.
had cooked
2. When Matthew arrived at home , his wife ________ (cook) the meal.
had opened
3. Mrs. Lawrence ________ (open) the window before she went to bed.
had practiced
4. Before Darcy
had not entered
seen this competition, she ________ (practice) for two months.
5. Dexter ________ (not see) a skeletonhad before he visited the museum with his friends.
not finished
6. When the earthquake happened , we ________ (not finish) our work at the office.
had taken
7. Simon ________ had jumped(take) a shower before the guests arrived for the party.
8. The thief ________ (jump) out of the window by the time a opened the door.
had not watched
9. I ________ (not watch) a horror film before we went to the cinema last Wednesday.
had worked
10. Mrs. Reid ________ (work) for the company for 30 years when she got retired last year.