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Past Simple — English Grammar Exam

Regular -ed, irregular verbs, did/didn't and was/were

EnglishPrimary, Secondary
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Practice the past simple tense: regular verbs with -ed (worked, played), spelling rules for doubling consonants (stopped, planned), irregular verbs (go→went, see→saw, break→broke), negatives with didn't + base verb, questions with Did, was/were for the verb "to be", and the difference with present perfect. 15 questions.

English · Primary, Secondary

🧠 Beneficios Pedagógicos

Irregular Verbs

The most important irregular verbs in context: go→went, see→saw, have→had, make→made, take→took, come→came, give→gave, get→got. The exam uses each in a sentence.

Doubling Rule

Short verbs ending in consonant-vowel-consonant: double the last consonant. stop→stopped, plan→planned. Long verbs or ending in -e: just add -d (liked, used).

Past Simple vs Present Perfect

Past simple with specific time: "I went yesterday." Present perfect with no specific time or relevance to present: "I have been there." The exam tests this contrast.

💡 Ejemplo Práctico

"A student wrote "I goed to the park." After seeing go→went in context and understanding that irregular verbs don't take -ed, they learn the pattern for the whole irregular group."

📝 Consejos de Estudio

Trucos y técnicas para dominar este tema más rápido:

  1. 1

    Regular past: verb + -ed. If it ends in -e, just add -d (liked). If consonant+y, change to -ied (tried).

  2. 2

    Negatives and questions: always use did/didn't + BASE verb. "Did you go?" NOT "Did you went?"

  3. 3

    Was: I / he / she / it. Were: you / we / they.

  4. 4

    Signal words: yesterday, last week/month/year, in 2020, ago, when I was young.

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