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LESSON 10: PAST SIMPLE – REGULAR ACTION VERBS

Exercise 1: Change these verbs into past simple form. Pay attention to the spelling rules.

1. paint → ___________________ 9. obey → ___________________


2. taste → ___________________ 10. plan → ___________________

3. marry → ___________________ 11. walk → ___________________

4. enjoy → ___________________ 12. dance → ___________________


5. stop → ___________________ 13. carry → ___________________

6. finish → ___________________ 14. stay → ___________________

7. live → ___________________ 15. rob → ___________________

8. cry → ___________________ 16. visit → ___________________


Exercise 2: Put the verbs in past simple forms then write the sentences in negative and interrogative.
Answer the questions with both Yes – No answers.
0. I baked (bake) a birthday cake last Tuesday.
Negative: I didn’t bake a birthday cake last Tuesday.
Interrogative: Did you bake a birthday cake last Tuesday?
Answer: v Yes, I did. × No, I didn’t.
1. I ____________________ (finish) my homework an hour ago.
Negative: ____________________________________________________________
Interrogative: ____________________________________________________________
Answer: v ________________________ ×__________________________
2. They ____________________ (clean) their house last week.
Negative: ____________________________________________________________
Interrogative: ____________________________________________________________
Answer: v ________________________ ×__________________________
3. His parrot ____________________ (talk) yesterday.
Negative: ____________________________________________________________
Interrogative: ____________________________________________________________
Answer: v ________________________ ×__________________________
4. Lucy ____________________ (watch) TV this morning.
Negative: ____________________________________________________________
Interrogative: ____________________________________________________________
Answer: v ________________________ ×__________________________
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5. He ____________________ (smoke) a lot in the past.
Negative: ____________________________________________________________
Interrogative: ____________________________________________________________
Answer: v ________________________ ×__________________________
Exercise 3: Fill in the blanks with the verbs below. Put the verbs in past simple form.
wash be love not live
visit cook not watch not be

1. Last night, my mom ________________ dinner and my dad ________________ the dishes.
2. They ________________ in Ha noi 10 years ago.
3. David _________________ pasta but now he doesn’t eat it.
4. I _________________ my grandparents yesterday.
5. He _________________ very short 2 years ago and now I am tall.
6. Jane and Max _________________ TV before bed on Monday.
7. We _________________ happy last week because we didn’t go to the zoo.

Exercise 4: Put the words in the correct order to make complete sentences.
1. 3 / London / lived / years / I / ago / in / . /
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2. last weekend / what / you / did / do / ? /
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3. Dad / not / supermarket / did / go / to / the / yesterday /. /
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4. Jane / afternoon / her friends / invited / to / her house / this / . /
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5. a lot / you / did / last / year / travel / ? /
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6. grade 2 / my / Trang / classmate / was / in / . /
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Exercise 5: Find the mistakes and correct.


Sentence Mistake Correction
1. I were at the cinema yesterday. _____________ _____________
2. Jane didn’t visited her grandma because she was sick. _____________ _____________

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3. I planed my trip to Singapore last week. _____________ _____________
4. My sister and I doesn't go home early last night. _____________ _____________
5. Were they eat spaghetti for dinner 2 days ago? _____________ _____________
6. We helping Ms. Sophie with her housework this morning. _____________ _____________
7. Why did they tidied their bedroom last weekend? _____________ _____________

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