1. Give the past form of the verbs.

❖ Regular ................................................... ❖ Irregular

1. To visit   ................................................... 11. To have  .............................................

2. To look   ................................................... 12. To be .................................................

3. To talk   .................................................... 13. To do  ................................................

4. To stop   .................................................. 14. To take  .............................................

5. To receive ............................................     15. To think  ............................................

6. To arrive .................................................. 16. To buy  ..............................................

7. To rent ..................................................... 17. To go  ................................................

8. To help..................................................... 18. To see  ...............................................

9. To live ...................................................... 19. To wear  ............................................

10. To return  .........................................   20. To put  .................................

2. Tobe in the past simple tense.

1. He (be) ____________ in class yesterday.

2. I (be) ____________ in HCM City two weeks ago.

3. They (be) ____________ very happy in VN in the last spring festival

4. There (be) ____________ an exciting program on TV last night.

5. My children (be) ____________ tired yesterday.

6. Loan (be) ____________ unhappy because she had no friends in the city.

7. Mary (not be) ____________ at the library yesterday.

8. They (not be) ____________ difficult exercises.

9. The homework (not be) ____________ very difficult yesterday.

10. The seafood and orange juice (not be) ____________ delicious.

11. Why your friends (be) ____________ absent yesterday?

12. When you (be) ____________ bom?

13. She (be) ____________ absent yesterday?

14. What the weather (be) ____________ like yesterday?

15. Where she (be) ____________ yesterday? She (be) ____________ at home

3. The ordinary verb in the past simple tense.

1. Anna (walk) ____________ to class yesterday instead of taking the bus.

2. My brother (arrive) ____________ French for two months last year

3. Two years ago, she (teach) ____________ at a village school.

4. I (meet) ____________ her at the movie theater last night.

5. They (have) ____________ dinner in a small restaurant yesterday evening

6. He (take) ____________ his children to the zoo last Sunday

7. John (drink) ____________ beer so much last night.

8. Last Sunday, we (not go) ____________ to the English Club

9. Loan (not receive) ____________ a letter from her pen pal Tim yesterday.

10. They (not live) ____________ in town in 1990

11. She (wear) ____________ a blue dress in her last birthday party

12. What you (do) ____________ yesterday morning?

13. Ba (teach) ____________ Liz Vietnamese last year?

14. My grandparents (watch) ____________ TV last night?

15. Where you (go) ____________ yesterday?

16. Minh’s mother (stay) ____________ up late last night?

17. John (do) ____________ a lot of work last Sunday?

18. Why you (leave)____________  the party early yesterday?

19. What time you (finish) ____________ your lessons last night?

20. Where you (go) ____________ last Monday?

4. Use the correct tense of the verbs.

1. Ba always (make) ____________  a pencil case for his sister

2. He often (send) ____________ a letter to his pen pal.

3. My father sometimes (not drink) ____________ any beer at the party.

4. Miss Trang (not buy) ____________ newspaper this morning?

5. Susan (study) ____________ hard for her next examination?

6. George (like) ____________ swimming when he was 8.

7. They (stay) ____________ at the Rose Hotel last vacation.

8. They (not be) ____________ at home yesterday.

9. Minh (play) ____________ the piano when he (be) ____________ 8 years old.

10. Mary (not make) ____________ the dress for you a week ago.

11. Miss Loan (sell) ____________ out all the newspaper last Monday?

12. What your father (drink) ____________ two weeks ago?

13. Where Minh (travel) ____________  last summer vacation?

14. Nam (send) ____________ a letter to Thailand yesterday?

15. I (not travel) ____________ to the post office last week

16. They (play) ____________ to the post office at this time.

17. We (go)  ____________  to the post office tomorrow.

18. Her mother (cook) ____________ now?

19. Nam (not go)  ____________ to the post office very often.

20. They (travel) ______________ to Australia next week. It’s their plan.

II. Give the past form of the verbs.

❖ Regular ................................................... ❖ Irregular

1. To visit   ................................................... 11. To have  .............................................

2. To look   ................................................... 12. To be .................................................

3. To talk   .................................................... 13. To do  ................................................

4. To stop   .................................................. 14. To take  .............................................

5. To receive ............................................     15. To think  ............................................

6. To arrive .................................................. 16. To buy  ..............................................

7. To rent ..................................................... 17. To go  ................................................

8. To help..................................................... 18. To see  ...............................................

9. To live ...................................................... 19. To wear  ............................................

10. To return  .........................................   20. To put  .................................