ESL · Grammar
ESL Past Simple: Sentences, Negatives, Questions
Use the past simple with irregular verbs, and form negatives with didn't and questions with did.
- 🎓 Grades 3–8
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I ___ to school by bus yesterday. (go)
- A go
- B goed
- C went
- D gone
I didn't ___ breakfast this morning. (eat)
- A eats
- B ate
- C eaten
- D eat
Did you ___ the new movie last night? (see)
- A sees
- B saw
- C see
- D seen
She ___ a letter to her grandma last week. (write)
- A written
- B wrote
- C writed
- D write
We didn't ___ to the party on Saturday. (go)
- A going
- B went
- C go
- D goed
___ you finish your homework yesterday?
- A Are
- B Do
- C Does
- D Did
They ___ a big cake for the party. (make)
- A make
- B made
- C maked
- D makes
He didn't ___ the answer. (know)
- A known
- B knew
- C know
- D knowed
Did she ___ her phone? (find)
- A find
- B finds
- C finded
- D found
I ___ a bad dream last night. (have)
- A haved
- B have
- C had
- D has
What did you ___ yesterday? (do)
- A do
- B does
- C done
- D did
Where ___ you go last summer?
- A do
- B was
- C were
- D did
My dad ___ me a bike for my birthday. (give)
- A given
- B give
- C gived
- D gave
We ___ in the lake last weekend. (swim)
- A swum
- B swimmed
- C swam
- D swim
The bus ___ late this morning. (come)
- A comes
- B comed
- C come
- D came
I didn't ___ well last night. (sleep)
- A sleeps
- B sleep
- C slept
- D sleeped
Did you ___ milk at breakfast? (drink)
- A drunk
- B drank
- C drinked
- D drink
She ___ her arm when she fell off her bike. (break)
- A broken
- B break
- C breaked
- D broke
Make it negative: "I saw the bird."
- A I didn't see the bird.
- B I not see the bird.
- C I don't saw the bird.
- D I didn't saw the bird.
Make it a question: "She went home."
- A Went she home?
- B Did she go home?
- C Did she went home?
- D Does she went home?
Make it negative: "They ate lunch."
- A They don't ate lunch.
- B They didn't eat lunch.
- C They not ate lunch.
- D They didn't ate lunch.
Make it a question: "He bought a hat."
- A Did he bought a hat?
- B Did he buy a hat?
- C Bought he a hat?
- D Does he bought a hat?
Yesterday it ___ very cold.
- A were
- B was
- C is
- D be
We ___ very tired after the game last night.
- A were
- B are
- C was
- D be
___ you at home last night?
- A Are
- B Were
- C Was
- D Did
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