Simple Past Tense [PDF]

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Masa diperlukan untuk menggunakan PAST TENSE:  yesterday  just now  last week  last night  last month  a few days ago  a few times ago  a few years ago The following table gives some of the rules for the past tense of regular verbs. Scroll down the page for more examples.

The Simple Past Tense Verbs have different forms, called tenses. The tense of a verb tells us when the action happens. We use the simple past tense to talk about things that happened in the past. Examples: The children visited the zoo last week. The plane landed a few minutes ago. Jerry dried his clothes in the sun.

Regular Verbs For most verbs, the simple past tense is created by adding a d, ed or ied at the end of the word. These are called regular verbs. There are also irregular verbs which do not follow this pattern. The following are some of the rules for regular verbs. For verbs ending in e add a d. Example: Present Tense

Past Tense

live

lived

love

loved

date

dated

agree

agreed

die

died

queue

queued

stare

stared

invite

invited

For verbs ending in consonant + y, change y to i and add ed. Present Tense

Past Tense

try

tried

carry

carried

dirty

dirtied

hurry

hurried

spy

spied

cry

cried

study

studied

For verbs that are one syllable and ending in vowel + consonant (but not y or w), double the consonant and then add ed. Present Tense

Past Tense

fan

fanned

grab

grabbed

nod

nodded

pat

patted

pin

pinned

rip

ripped

slam

slammed

For other verbs, just add ed. Present Tense

Past Tense

cross

crossed

jump

jumped

lift

lifted

allow

allowed

open

opened

paint

painted

walk

walked

laugh

laughed

 Change the verbs in the brackets into the correct form of Simple Past Tense! 1. We___________in our garden yesterday. (work) 2. I___________a cake for my mother’s birthday two days ago.(make) 3. Yoshiko and I ___________by telephone yesterday.(talk) 4. ___________the meeting___________about two hours?(last) 5. Mrs. Jason___________her son a month ago. (visit) 6. We both___________the movie last night.(like) 7. ___________you___________very well last night?(sleep) 8. They___________in the lake last week.(swim) 9. Ms. Burns___________to visit us last night.(come) 10. …..they___________us about their plans for the new home?(tell) 11. The weather was pleasant, so we___________on our front porch.(sit) 12. I___________your hat and coat in the next room.(put) 13. The lesson___________at 09.00 last Monday(start) 14. I ___________at home and________several email messages last night.(stay, write) 15. He___________Angela on the street yesterday.(see) 16. Kevin___________his lunch in the cafetaria at noon.(have, not) 17. ___________the man___________a lot of water after the race?(drink) 18. I___________John your message.(give) 19. Mrs. Reese finally___________hat beautiful house.(buy) 20. Anne___________the president speech on TV last night.(hear, not)