It happened in the past (and now it's over.) We use the past tense of verbs and verb phrases to talk about actions that happened in the past and are now completed. We can talk about one action, or a series of actions, or how long an action went on (duration.)
Regular and Irregular verbs To form the past tense, you have to know if a verb is regular or irregular. Regular verbs are easier, because they all end in -ed. Irregular verbs are more difficult, because they may be completely different words. You have to memorize the irregular verbs. For more information see the links on the Verbs: Take action! page.
Sequence expressions
1. Click this link and watch the video about the Simple Past Tense by Jennifer ESL on YouTube: (it will open a new web page) 2. After you watch the video, click this link: 3. Take the quiz! Type the correct spelling of the past tense for the regular verbs into the blanks. Complete all the answers. 4. After you type answers to all the questions, click Check to see the answers. In your notebook, write down the words you got wrong. If you want to, you can click Repeat Exercise and take the quiz again. 5. To do a similar exercise that includes some irregular verbs, click this link: |