Grammar Videos: The Past Simple - Regular Verbs - Exercises
Grammar Videos: The Past Simple - Regular Verbs - Exercises
Grammar Videos: The Past Simple - Regular Verbs - Exercises
Watch the video on our website and read the conversation between Sophie
and Yu Quan. Then do these exercises to check your understanding of past
simple regular verbs.
1. We use the past simple for things in the past which have finished. Tr Fal
ue se
2. We use the past simple for things that are happening now. Tr Fal
ue se
3. We use the past simple for single events or situations in the past. Tr Fal
ue se
4. We use the past simple for repeated events in the past. Tr Fal
ue se
5. We only use the past simple for things a long way back in the past. Tr Fal
ue se
We use the past simple for things a long way back in the past and things
6. Tr Fal
in the recent past. ue se
We use the auxiliary did or didn’t to form questions and negatives in the
7. Tr Fal
past simple. ue se
8. We use the auxiliary have to form questions and negatives in the past simple. Tr Fal
ue se
5. a. The door opened and we went in. b. The door openned and we went in.
6. a. Played you tennis last year? b. Did you play tennis last year?
8. a. They stopped working and went for lunch. b. They stoped working and went for lunch.
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