THE PAST TENSE

Past Tense
• Give the simple past tense form of the following words.
• 1. ask ….. 2. enter …..
• 3. win ….. 4. drive …..
• 5. draw….. 6. write …..
• 7. paint ….. 7. swim …..
• 9. cook ….. 10. wash …..
• 11. catch …. 12. throw …..
• 13. bring ….. 14. fly …..
• 15. blow ….. 16. skip…..
• 17. cry ….. 18. laugh…..
• 19. hide ….. 20. push…..
• 21.throw ….. 22. sweep …..
• 23. spend…. 24. win …..
• 25. think ….. 26. take…. .
• 27. shoot.. . . 28. sink. . .
29. kneel. . . . 30. hurry..
31.divide …. 32. speak …
• 33. give ….. 34. throw ….
• 35. begin …. 36.keep …
37. get

• Underline the correct words
• 1. John ( walk , walked ) to the shops just now.
• 2. Hadi ( give , gave ) me a calendar.
• 3. Halimah ( buy , bought ) an old chair from the garage sale.
• 4. The bus driver ( drive , drove ) very fast to reach Melaka in two hours
• 5. Our neighbour has ( buy , bought ) another house.
• 6. Keshvin ( put , puts ) the flowers there just now.
7. I ( read , reads ) a frightening story last night
• 8. They ( close , closed ) the shops when the lights went out.
• 9. Basri ( lost , lose ) his money while playing on the field.
• 10. Rahman and Lim ( hear , heard ) the news on radio just now.
• 11. Shanti ( find , found ) some old books in the store.
• 12. Kim Seng ( slept , sleep ) for almost two hours.
• 13. Mustapha ( refuse , refused ) to go up the stage.
14. The child ( say , said ) his prayers to go up the stage
• 15. The people ( rushed , rushes ) out of the building when they heard
the explosion.
• 16. I ( catched , caught ) a few grasshoppers to feed my bird.
• 17. Aini ( drank , drink ) a glass of milo before going to bed.
• 18. Hee Kim ( cut , cutted ) out the pictures with a blade.
• 19. Muthu ( break , broke ) his leg yesterday.
• 20. Salim ( washed , washes ) his shoes last weekend.

• Underline the correct words.
• When Encik Hassan ….. ( is , was ) a young boy, he….. ( help , helped ) his father on his small farm. They were very poor and ….. ( earned , earns ) very little from the products they …..( sell , sold ).
• Today Encik Hassan is a very successful businessman. He still ….. ( deal , deals ) in farm products but, he does not work on the farm any
more.His farm is large and he ….. ( employ , employs ) many workers. His
workers …..( do , does ) all the work on the farm. He just manages the
business. His son, Rahim, …..( keeps , keep) the accounts.
Next year Encik Hassan ….. ( will retire , retires )Rahim …..
( will take ,shall take ) over the business

Fill in the blanks with the Past Tense form of the verbs in the brackets
• 1. My brother ….. a pen yesterday. ( buy )
• 2. We ….. our friend in the hospital this morning.(meet )
• 3. I ….. out of the window and saw the accident. ( look )
• 4. Adilla ….. to see me last Sunday. ( come )
• 5. The pupils ….. carefully to their teacher just now.( listen )
• 6. The sweeper ….. the room this morning. ( sweep )
• 7. They ….. themselves at the picnic. ( enjoy )
• 8. We ….. our breakfast this morning. ( have )
• 9. Who ….. the bell just now? ( ring )
• 10. Who ….. the girl home yesterday?( take )
• 11. The man ….. the old fan before he left the school.( repair )
• 12. We ….. the boy who fell in the drain.( carry )
• 13. The bus ….. in front of my house yesterday ( stop)
• 14. My father …..me not to swim in the mining pool .( advise )
• 15. While it was raining, we ….. shelter under the flyover.( take )

• Rewrite the following sentences in the correct tense using the words given
in brackets.
• 1. I post the letter just now.
• …………………………………………………
• 2. Rosli works in a shoe factory two years ago.
• …………………………………………………
• 3. Jasni walks to school last Friday.
• …………………………………………………..
• 4. Wendy gets many presents last Christmas.
• …………………………………………………..
• 5. We eat and drink after the show.
• ……………………………………………………….
• 6. Jagvin , Prishvin and Allia are at the party last night.
• …………………………………………………..
• 7. I prepare lunch for my family yesterday.
• ………………………………………………….
• 8. Our grandparents visit us last week.
• ……………………………………………………..
• 9. She screams because she sees a mouse just now.
• ………………………………………………………
• 10. He is late so he misses the bus that day.
• ………………………………………………………
• 11.Mother makes breakfast and cleans the house before she left.
• …………………………………………………..
• 12. The old man dies in a road accident in 1991.
• ……………………………………………………

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