Introduction
Past simple Tense
In this Webquest you will do exercices that will allow you to master the concept of simple past tense. Moreover, you will have the opportunity to play interactive games using the past tense.
Simple past tense describes the activities that we have done in the past. To better understand this tense, I have attached a video about irregular verbs that help to form past simple tense below.
Task
Exercises on PAST SIMPLE TENSE
Multiple choice
- I ______________ my drawing book two days ago
a. loss
b. lost
c. was losing
- I was listening to music when my teacher ______________ my class.
a. has entered
b. was entering
c. entered
- My brother_____________________ the newspaper when he was waiting his friend.
a. read
b. was reading
c. had read
- My brother and me went to campus and then we ____________________ in a cafeteria.
a. had relaxed
b. relaxed
c. were relaxing
- Anita ________________ John when she was reading book in library.
a. was meeting
b. met
c. had met
- The students ___________________ to zoo when they were studying animals' name.
a. were going
b. went
c. had gone
- Angeline ______________ to English conversation when her friend was singing beside her.
a. listened
b. listens
c. was listening
- I _____________________ to college alone when my friend was coming late.
a. walked
b. walk
c. was walking
- ______________________ she read novel last morning?
a. Do
b. Does
c. Did
- My brother ______________________ a motorcycle three weeks ago.
a. has
b. had
c. have
Put the verbs into the correct form (simple past).
- Last year I (spend) my holiday in Ireland.
- It (be) great.
- I (travel) around by car with two friends and we (visit) lots of interesting places.
- In the evenings we usually (go) to a pub.
- One night we even (learn) some Irish dances.
- We (be) very lucky with the weather.
- It (not / rain) a lot.
- But we (see) some beautiful rainbows.
- Where (spend / you) your last holiday?
Complete the worksheet below and work with the games using the links.
https://www.poetry4kids.com/download/AllMyGreatExcuses.pdf
https://www.englishclub.com/esl-games/grammar/jumbled-tenses-past-simple-1.htm
https://agendaweb.org/exercises/verbs/past-simple/irregular-affirmative-forms-quiz-1
Process
The Past Simple tense, also called the Simple Past, is used for past actions that happened either at a specific time, which can either be given by a time phrase (yesterday, last year, etc.) or understood from the context. Regular Verbs add -ed to the base form, or -d if the verbs ends with -e. Irregular verbs can change in many different ways. The verb form is the same for all persons:
EXAMPLES OF THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE:
eg: I liked, you liked, she/he/it liked, we liked, they liked.
NOTE: After the auxiliary verb, Did/Didn't, it returns to the base form:
eg: Did you take it?
eg: She didn't like it.
Browse list with irregular verbs https://www.usingenglish.com/reference/irregular-verbs/ which contains over 600 verbs, and includes their base form, past simple, past participle, 3rd person singular, and the present participle / gerund.
Evaluation
| Tasks | Satisfactory |
|
Well done | Excellent | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complete the sentence. Write the correct past form of the verb. | if you made 5 and more mistakes in the sentences | if you made 5 mistakes in the sentences | if you made 4 mistakes in the sentences | who can make all sentences without mistakes or only 2 mistakes | 20 | ||
| Choose the correct answer. | if you made 9 and more mistakes in the sentences | if you made 6-8 mistakes in the sentences | if you made 5-6 mistakes in the sentences | who can make all sentences without mistakes or only 2 mistakes | 20 | ||
| Exercise "Fill in the gaps" | if you made 6 and more mistakes in the sentences | if you made 4 mistakes in the sentences | if you made 2-3 mistakes in the sentences | who can make all sentences without mistakes or only 1 mistakes | 20 | ||
| Interactive game "Unjumble sentences' | if you made just 3 right sentences | if you made just 5 right sentences | if you made just 7 right sentences | if you made 10 right sentences | 20 | ||
| Quiz "Irregular verbs" | 6 and less right answers | from 7 to 9 right answers | from 10 to 12 right answers | from 13 to 15 right answers | 20 | ||
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Total Score: 100 balls |
Conclusion
In this Webquest we looked at the Past Simple Tense of verbs. This tense is very important because it shows actions that have taken place. We can not speak without this tense. The purpose of these tasks were to motivate you students to find past events and to know how to use appropriately irregular verbs and regular verbs in the simple past tense.
Credits
Teacher Page
Sofia Uraltseva
Student of 3rd course of TSPU
Faculty of foreign languages