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02/22/22: Simple Past Tense (regular and irregular verbs)

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Date Shared: 22 February 2022

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  NOTE:  A regular verb has "-ed" for past tense.            (example:  worked )             An irregular verb DOESN'T have "-ed" for past tense.     (ex.  did ) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change the [word] to the past tense.  example (ex.):  The weather   [is]   very cold yesterday.     [NOT good grammar]                           ANSWER:       was                                       [PAST] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can look at the big handout about "Simple Past" (from ESL Library) that you  got in your mailbox from Don. You can also use this link about irregular verbs: https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/unreg_verben1.htm  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  

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Last year I [visit] Edmonton with my family.
visited
Yesterday I [go] to Pike Lake with my friends.
went
Last night I [eat] pizza for dinner.
ate
In July I [play] soccer with my friends.
played
Last week I [meet] my sister for dinner at a restaurant.
met
After playing soccer I was so thirsty that I [drink] a whole litre of water.
drank
I was feeling good, so I [buy] ice cream for everyone.
bought
On the weekend I [find] a $50 bill on the sidewalk.
found
Yesterday I [study] English for 2 hours!
studied
I was so tired that I [sleep] for 10 hours last night.
slept
I'm glad that my teacher [give] me this online homework.
gave
Yesterday I [see] a little girl with her big dog.
saw
Last night I [take] the Number 21 bus to go to my friend's house.
took
My family [cook] special food for me on my birthday.
cooked
Last month I [apply] for three jobs.
applied
Before I came to Canada, I [am] a bus driver.
was
I [have] a student-teacher interview recently.
had
Don and I [talk] about my English.
talked
I [am] worried about my Reading task.
was
I [get] a good score on my Reading task.
got
I [stay] at home on Monday because the weather was very bad.
stayed
Yesterday I [work] for five hours at my part-time job.
worked
My brother [stop] smoking three months ago. He feels much better now.
stopped
My family and I [come] to Canada in July, 2020.
came
My friend [move] to Toronto two weeks ago. I miss her.
moved

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22 February 2022

donaldbcampbell Author Country Flag

I adapted and expanded this from a great worksheet that my coworker Dawn ("SODS Dawn" on this website) made.

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