Simple past tense is used to talk about finished actions that happened in the past. The simple past can be formed using regular or irregular verbs. Regular verbs use -ed to form the past tense, while irregular verbs change their spelling.
Simple Past Tense
Name a simple past tense verb you might use to describe what you did yesterday.
What is the difference between regular and irregular verbs in the Simple Past tense?
What are some examples of things you did in the Simple Past tense?
How have you used the Simple Past tense in your own writing?
Brain break: Draw a bird with a cereal bowl on its head
What is the simple past tense of the verb 'eat'?
Which sentence is in the simple past tense? a) I am eating pizza. b) I ate pizza yesterday. c) I will eat pizza tomorrow.
- I ate pizza yesterday.
- I will eat pizza tomorrow.
- I am eating pizza.
'He ____ his homework last night.' Fill in the blank using correct form of the verb 'do'.
Which sentence is in simple past tense? a) They are playing cricket right now. b) They played cricket yesterday. c) They will play cricket tomorrow.
- They will play cricket tomorrow.
- They are playing cricket right now.
- They played cricket yesterday.
What is the simple past tense of 'run'?