What is the simple past? To create the simple past, add –ed to most

simple present verbs.

Verbs: watch, start, live, move, study, stay.

1. Yesterday Kahn __ English for two hours.

2. Mayra __ a video on elephants last night.

3. Last year Ana __ in Chicago for a week.

4. Roberto __ in the library all day yesterday.

5. Kim __ in China before she __ here.

6. Jo __ to learn French when he __ in France.

7. Alan __ to our community at age fifteen.

What is the past of be?

Were matches you we, and they.

Was is for I and he. 1. Where __ you last

night?2. I __ at home!3. __ you up or in bed?4. I __ up until late.5. I __ on the phone to

call you many times.6. Sorry, I __ not near

my cell phone.Is Bob still on

a low-cost diet?

Which is the past form?

1. Sylvia blow/blew the odd guy off.2. Alfredo drew/drawn a cool picture.3. Minh kept/keep his place in class.4. The bank lend/lent Foram $5,000.5. The professor tore/tear the paper.6. Krupal stood/stand in the back.7. The girl wear/wore red lipstick.

Can you fill in the verbs?

Verbs: finish, get, put, want, use, forget, find,

talk, be, lose, call, do, and remember.

1. Poor Carmen __ her cell phone inside her own car.

2. She __ that it __ in her car just the day before.

3. She __ her friend Abdul to talk about their date.

4. When she __ speaking, she __ the phone down.

5. She __ out of the car, leaving the phone in there.

6. She __ busy in her house and __ think about it.

7. Then she __ to call someone, and __ it again.

Do you know the past verbs? present past begin ___ buy ___ drive ___ fail ___ feel ___ go ___ grow ___ hear ___

present past

9. know ___

10. leave ___

11. lose ___

12. mean ___

13. pay ___

14. sell ___

15. sit ___

16. think ___

Can you use the academic vocabulary?

Words to use: achieve, effect, approach, chapter, and context.

1. How do you complete or __ your goals?2. How do you __ change in your life?3. How do you __ the way of learning?4. What division or __ are you reading?5. In what situation or __ can you study?