Tap the English tiles in the correct order to build a Past Simple sentence. Three exercise sets: regular verbs & negatives, irregular verbs & questions, and mixed.
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Exercise 1: Regular verbs & negatives
Tap the tiles in the correct order to build the Past Simple sentence.
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Word bank
How to Build Past Simple Sentences
Three patterns: learn the formula, then practise.
✅Affirmative
Subject+past form
She worked hard.
He went home.
They played tennis.
❌Negative
Subject+didn't+base form
She didn't work.
He didn't go.
They didn't play.
❓Question
Did+Subject+base form+?
Did she work?
Did he go?
Did they play?
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Past Simple is the same for all persons
Subject
✅ Affirmative
❌ Negative
❓ Question
I
I worked
I didn't work
Did I work?
You
You worked
You didn't work
Did you work?
He / She ★
She worked
She didn't work
Did she work?
It
It worked
It didn't work
Did it work?
We / They
They worked
They didn't work
Did they work?
⚠ Remember: always use the base form after didn't and Did. She didn't go ✅ | She didn't went ❌
Common irregular verbs
go → went
have → had
see → saw
eat → ate
come → came
take → took
make → made
give → gave
say → said
do → did
get → got
find → found
know → knew
think → thought
buy → bought
leave → left
write → wrote
tell → told
hear → heard
begin → began
feel → felt
meet → met
run → ran
sit → sat
stand → stood
fly → flew
drink → drank
drive → drove
wake → woke
speak → spoke
bring → brought
catch → caught
fall → fell
keep → kept
lose → lost
pay → paid
put → put
send → sent
sleep → slept
spend → spent
teach → taught
wear → wore
win → won
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Common time expressions
These words and phrases signal that the Past Simple is needed:
yesterdaylast weeklast monthlast yearlast nightagoin 2020when I was youngthis morningin the pastonceat that time