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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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Angel1414

Germany

i am good

02:20 PM Jan 27 2010 |

um ramzi

Saudi Arabia

i watched a movie yesterday

02:46 PM Jan 24 2010 |

agung_blax

agung_blax

Indonesia

i am stupid

02:29 AM Jan 11 2010 |

mystery_eagle

Turkey

Foot in mouth

12:47 AM Dec 30 2009 |

mystery_eagle

Turkey

ı made love with a grıl

12:46 AM Dec 30 2009 |

cheikh197000

Morocco

did you see that match

07:59 PM Dec 27 2009 |

Doil Rajeendra

Sri Lanka

i eat

06:23 PM Dec 15 2009 |

myhanh2828

Viet Nam

I got it. But how can I transform it to my student. I need a context. 

01:42 PM Dec 15 2009 |

julywidiawati

Indonesia

We had a great family gathering yesterday.

07:23 AM Dec 07 2009 |

tizu

Ethiopia

g8

02:42 AM Oct 24 2009 |