Simple Past

live	lived
walk	walked
stay	stayed
watch	watched

Verbs that take - ed are called __________________ verbs.

 

eat	ate
go	went
speak	spoke
teach	taught

Verbs that don't take - ed are called __________________ verbs.

 

Here are 2 sites where you can practice at home. Let's spend about 5 minutes on each site. If we have time at the end of the lesson, we can practice more.

http://www.shoreline.edu/dsmuidrins/irregverbsoftchalk/

http://www.marks-english-school.com/games/b_past.html

 

Making questions

When do you use the be-verb (was/were), and when do you use did?

Did he go? Did they eat? Did she stay?

For verbs (go, eat, stay), use ______________________.

 

Were they happy? Was she nice? Was she a teacher?

For adjectives and nouns (happy, nice, teacher) use _________ or __________.

 

Let's practice parts of speech

 1.

talk a. verb b. adjective c. noun

 2.

drink a. verb b. adjective c. noun

 3.

beautiful a. verb b. adjective c. noun

 4.

student a. verb b. adjective c. noun

 5.

study a. verb b. adjective c. noun

 6.

old a. verb b. adjective c. noun

 7.

tall a. verb b. adjective c. noun

 8.

house a. verb b. adjective c. noun

 9.

sleep a. verb b. adjective c. noun

 10.

sleepy a. verb b. adjective c. noun

Let's make questions. Choose Did, Was, or Were.

 1.

_________ he talk?

 2.

____________ they drink tea?

 3.

________ it beautiful?

 4.

_________ they students?

 5.

__________ they study?

 6.

_________ it old?

 7.

__________ the buildings tall?

 8.

__________ the house there?

 9.

__________ you sleep?

 10.

________ they sleepy?

Exercise: Write questions to show me you understand past tense questions.

 

 

 

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