Past Simple - Find the Mistake - Part 3
Correct the mistakes in a series of sentences that contain past simple irregular and regular verbs
James
live
in
London
2
years
ago
Rule: Past Simple ShowHide
Positive
Finished actions in the past. The form is the same for everybody.
- Regular verbs + -ed: play → played, dance → danced, stop → stopped, study → studied
- Irregular verbs have their own form: speak → spoke, catch → caught, build → built, go → went
yesterday · last night · last year · two days ago · in 1996 · this morning
Negative
didn't + the verb without -ed
You didn't call your mum last night.
We didn't go to the party.
Not didn't called, not didn't went.
Questions
Did + person + verb?
Did they play football?
– Yes, they did. / No, they didn't.
With was / were there is no did: Was David happy yesterday?
Irregular forms have to be learnt by heart: go – went, see – saw, buy – bought, eat – ate.