1.

The Past Simple Explained 1 RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

++Affirmative (yes):
"I cleaned my room yesterday."

-/- Negative (no):

"I didn't (did not) clean my room
yesterday."

?? Questions:
1. Forms of the Past Simple Tense
"Did I clean my room yesterday?"

Making 'Wh' questions with: What,

Where, Why, What time, and
When.
"Why did you clean your room?"

Verbs: Regular and Irregular.

2. Past: To say how much time has passed since the event ended
we use ‘ago’:
..2 days ago. ..3 weeks ago. ..5 years ago. A long time ago.
3. Last:
..last week. ..last month. ..last year. (time expressions)

1. The Past Simple Explained 1 RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

 2. The Past simple explained 2 RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

4. Questions:
We add “Did” before the subject and put a question mark (?)
at the end to form a question.
Did you have breakfast this morning?
Did they wash the dishes last night?
Did he bring the umbrella?

I worked.
You
worked. The form of the simple
He past is the same with all
worked. subjects.

She It’s usually formed by

worked. adding ‘ed’ to the verb.

It worked.

We We have 2 types of Verbs in the past

worked. tense:
They A Regular verbs B Irregular Verbs
worked.
A. Regular verbs are verbs that end in ed
in the past tense.
walk – walked
study – studied
cry- cried
live - lived

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3. The Past Simple Explained 3 RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

Forming the Past Tense

of regular verbs:

live-lived
verb ending in e: we add 'd'
exercise-exercised

verb ending in 1 double the commit-committed

vowel + 1 consonant consonant and add
but not w or y: ed hop-hopped

change y to i and cry-cried

verb ending in y:
add ed ly-lied

boil-boiled
anything else: add ed
fill-filled

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4. Change Regular Verbs to Past Tense RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

Change next 21 regular The spelling sound of regular verbs

verbs to past tense is the same in the present and the
past:
need needed

Verb Past tense Verb Past tense

1. need needed 12. live

2. wait 13.
change

3. play
14. watch

4. work
15. stop

5. call
16. open

6. talk

17. walk
7. jump
18.
8. happen
answer

19. stay
9. ask

10. 20 kill
brush

11. burn 21. pass

4. Change Regular Verbs to Past Tense RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

5. Exercise with Regular Verbs RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

1. I (arrive) ___________________ at 7pm.

2. He (ask) ________________ what time it was.
3. She (call) ________________ her mother.
4. It (attack) ________________ the deer.
5. You (change) _________________ your clothes.
6. They (dance) _______________ a quick step.
7. We (advice) _________________ them to leave.
8. It (climb) _________________ into the tree.
9. I (carry) ________________ the wounded bird home.
10. The movie (continue) _____________________ at 9 o’clock.

11. It (belong) _______________________ to my cousin.

12. She (clean) ___________________ her dirty room.

13. We (agree) ___________________ to pay him half of the money.

14. He (borrow) ____________________ his brother’s bicycle.

15. They (care) ___________________ for the lost and the lonely.

16. She (cancel) ______________________ our appointment.

17. The rabbit (hop) ___________________ back to its cage.

18. They (commit) _______________________ a terrible crime.

19. She (behave) ______________________ like a small child.

5. Exercise with Regular Verbs RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

6. The Past Simple Explained 4 RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

2. Irregular Verbs:
Irregular Verbs are verbs that don’t end in ed in the past
tense. Sometimes with irregular past tense verbs, you have to
change the vowel to make the verb past tense:
An important
become - became drive - drove change in
spelling (sound).
give - gave forget - forgot

Other irregular verbs have different kinds of changes. You have to

memorize them:
teach – taught hear - heard
bring – brought buy - bought

Verb, Present Past Tense

•come •came
•cut •cut
•begin •began
•catch •caught
•cry •cried
•forget •forgot
•swim •swam
• run •ran
•bring •brought
•go •went

6. The Past Simple Explained 4 RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

7. Match the irregular verbs RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

In column one has base verb. Now find the past tense in column 2 and write the
alphabet letter of column 1 in the orange bloc of column 2. (bite-bit)

1. irregular 2. past 1. irregular 2. past

verb tense verb tense

A. bite had L. find cut

M.
B. do drove heard
choose

C. buy broke N. hear became

D.
kept O. come found
break

E. drive blew P. go forgave

Q.
F. hang forgot catch
chose

G.
held R. cut bled
keep

H.
did S. build came
forget

I. have bit A T. become caught

U.
J. hold bought forgive
went

K. blow hung V. bleed built

7. Match the irregular verbs RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

 8. List of Important Irregular Verbs 1 RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

important 1. beat beat 22. eat ate

irregular verbs 1
2. become became 23. fall fell
3. bend bent 24. feed fed
To make good
use of the past
tense, you need 4. bet bet 25. feel felt
to learn and
exercise the 5. bite bit 26. fight fought
irrigular verbs in 6. bleed bled 27. find found
these 2 lists.

7. blow blew 28. fly flew

8. break broke 29. forget forgot
9. bring brought 30. forgive forgave

10. build built 31. freeze frooze

11. buy bought 32. get got
12. catch caught 33. give gave

13. choose chose 34. go went

14. come came 35. hang hung
15. cost cost 36. have had

16. cut cut 37. hear heard

17. dig dug 38. hide hit
18. do did 39. hit hit

19. draw drew 40. hold held

20. drink drank 41. hurt hurt
21. drive drove 42. keep kept

8. List of important irregular Verbs 1 RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

 9. List of Important Irregular Verbs 2 RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

important 43. know knew 65. sell sold

irregular verbs 1
44. lay laid 66. send sent
45. write wrote 67. set set

46. leave left 68. shake shook

47. lend lent 69. win won
48. let let 70. shoot shot

49. lie (down) lay 71. shrink shrank

50 understand understood 72. shut shut
52. lose lost 73. sing sang

53. make made 74. sink sank

54. mean meant 75. sit sat
55. meet met 76. sleep slept

56. pay paid 77. slide slid

57. put put 78. speak spoke
58. throw threw 79. spend spent

59. read read 80. stand stood

60. ride rode 81. sweep swept
61. ring rang 82. swim swam

62, run ran 83. take took

63. say said 84. tell told
64. see saw 85. think thought

7. 9. List of Important Irregular Verbs 2 RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

10. Exercises with Irregular Verbs RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

1. The French team _______ (beat) the Germans last Sunday. Use the 2 lists of
irregular verbs.

2. The mad dog _________ (bite) the young boy in both his legs.

3. My mother ___________ (buy) tomatoes, onions, paprika and bacon to make pizza.

4. The girl with the blonde hair __________ (break) her left arm in the car accident.

5. My father _______________ (bring) souvenirs from China for all of us.

6. You _______ (do) a wonderful job, the trainer of the volleyball team __________
(say).

7. My mother ___________ (forget) to bring pinapple for the pizza.

8. First we ________ (go) to New York and then to Washington.

9. As always; my brother __________ (come) home late last night.

10. The mother first _________ (feed) her baby and then ___________(take) care of the
other children.

11. The cat _________ (find) the mouse easily but it still escaped.

12. The 2 mice___________ (keep) quiet until the black cat was gone.

13. We _________ (have) a good time yesterday ad Bruce's birtday party,

10. Exercises with Irregular Verbs RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

11. With Daily Routines 1 RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

2. I___________ 3. We __________ 4. She__________

1. I learned.
my teeth. a song. breakfast.

5. They_________ 6. He ________ 7. He 8. He __________

dinner. dressed. ____________up. a bath.

9. He ______ his 10. She__________ 11. He _________ 12. She__________

homework. some prayers. to the toilet. to school.

11. With Daily Routines 1 RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

 12. Irregular Verbs Puzzle AINBOW OF EDUCATION

First change the verbs from present to past tense. Then find
these words in this table (horizontal or vertical).

t h o u g h t r z s
s
s a t b b g b e b l
s
s a n g r r m a d e
s
x q g x o e q d r p
s
d r a n k w a t e t s

i j v j e v w x w b
s
d a e s r s e n t l
s
c a u g h t n u z e
s
h a d a b a t h x w
s

1 read 2 think 3 make 4 sleep 5 have a bath 6 sit

thought made

7 draw 9 go 10 sing 11 break 12 catch

8 eat

15 blow 16 grow 17 do 18 give

13 drink
14 send
12. Irregular Verbs Puzzle RAINBOW OF EDUCATION
 13. With Daily Routines 2, Sequence of Time RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

1 Yesterday morning, I 2 Then I ____________ 3__________________ 4 After that _________

first ___________________. ________________and..
______________ and ..
__________________.

5______________________ 6 At 8am, I _________ 7 At school I________ 8 At 12 o’clock I _______

___________________. __________________. ______________________.
____________________.
and..

9 At 4o’clock I ________ 10 At 5:30 we __________ 11 At 6:15 I __________ 12 At 9:30 I ____________

______________________. ___________________. ______________________. ______________________.
______.

13 With Daily Routines 2, Sequence of Time RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

14. With Daily Routines 4/What did you? RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

1. What did he do after showering?

He got dressed.

2. What __________ she ______ before getting dressed?

She _____________________________________________________ .

3. What ____________ you _________ after getting dressed?

__________________________________________________________ .

4. What __________ she _______ during breakfast?

_________________________________________________________ .

5. What _________ he _________ before going to school?

__________________________________________________________ ,

6. What ___________ they___________ at Malee's birthday

party?
__________________________________________________________.

7. What _________ he ___________ after dinner?

__________________________________________________________.

8. What ______you _________ after doing your homework?

______________________________________________________.

9. What _____ he ____ before going to bed?

__________________________________________________________.

10. What ______ they _________ after reading?

__________________________________________________________.

14. With Daily Routines 4/What did you do? RAINBOW OF EDUCATION
15. With Daily Routines 5, Did.. RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

1. What did she do before showering?

She woke up.

2. What __________ she ______ after showering?

She _______________________________teeth.
_____________________________________________________________
.
3. What ____________ she _________ after getting dressed?
She ___________________________ (help) her grandmother.

4. What __________ did the Australian girl _______ before

breakfast?
___________________(feed) her kangaroo.

5. What _________ he _________ after breakfast?

___________________________________ (take) a walk.
__,
6. What _______ he ___________ after going to school?
___________________________________________________.

7. What _______ she ______ at 11:30?

_____________________________________________________.
_____________________________________________________________
___.
8. What ________ he ____________ after school?
_______________________________(play) at the playground.

9. What _______________they ____ before going to bed?

_____________________________________(play) games.

10. What did she do after _________________________?

She _________________________________________.

15. With Daily Routines 5, Did.. RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

16. With Action Verbs 1 RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

1. It was hot yesterday. I ____________ (drink) a lot of orange juice.

2. Last Christmas my sister _______ (sing) 2 beautiful Christmas
songs.
3. My pen friend lives in China. She ___________ (write) me a letter
last week.

4. I ___________ (wash) my hands but I didn't wash my face.

5. I didn't like that party. Many people ___________ (behave) badly.
6. It was a beautiful game and the best team ___________ (win).

7. My fathter reads also books now. In the past he only __________

(read) newspapers.
8. On his birthday, last Sunday, my father ________ (give) Donald a
white rabbit with red eyes.
9. One morning there was no painting on the wall. Thieves
________(steal) it.
10. In the past Annika only __________ (play) with her dog but now she
likes to play football too.
11. Fritz _______ (talk) much more before he had an accident.
12. The cat ____________ (look) around but ________ (can) not find the
mouse.

13. Our new baby boy likes to sleep. Today it _________ (sleep) all
morning and afternoon.
14. My grandfather didn't arrive at 6 o'clock. He _______ (come) 2
hours later.
15. My aunt left the country this morning. She _______ (go) to Spain.

16. With Action Verbs 1 RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

17. With Action Verbs 2 RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

A. (wash my hands) -
washed my hands
6 7

B. (play football) – C. (talk) - __________

13
_____________________

1 D. (drink) - ____________

2
E. (turn)- ___________________

F. (read) - _________

G. (run) - _____
9
4

8 H. (look) - _____________

I. (give) - ________
12
5 3

J. (sing) - _______

K. (cook) - _________
10

M. write ___________ 11

L. (push) - __________

17. With Action Verbs 2 RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

 18. With Yes/No Questions and Short Answers RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

1. Did you close the door ? 9. __________ the _______________________

start at once?
Yes, I did. Yes, _________________________.
No, I didn't. No, __________________________.

2. _____ she play the ________________ ? 10. _____Maria put on

____________________________?
Yes, __________________. Yes, ____________________.
No, ______________________. No, __________________________.

3. ______ they spend a lot of __________? 11. ______________you hang the

____________________?
Yes, ________________. Yes, _______________________.
No, ___________________. No, _______________________.

4. ____ it eat its pet _________________? 12. ________ she wash her
_________________________?
Yes, _______________. Yes, ________________.
No, _________________. No, ______________________.

5. _________ he get dressed before __________________?

Yes, __________________.
No, __________________________.

6. ___________ the printer print all the _______________________?

Yes, ______________________________.
No, ________________________________.

7. _____________ she brush her _______________ in the morning?

Yes, ______________________.
No, _______________________________. Yes, I did.

No, I didn’t.

8. _______________ you put the empty _______________ outside?

Yes, _______________________.
No, ________________________________.

18. With Yes/No Questions and Short Answers RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

19. Negative/Didn’t RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

1. They didn't clean (clean - cleaned) the classroom.

2. I went on Sunday but I __________ ________ (went - go) on Saturday.
3. She received a new laptop. She __________ _________ (receive-received) a
tablet.
4. Peter went to the party. I __________ _________ (went-go).

5. It rained during the weekend. It ____________ ______________ (rain - rained) on

Monday.
6. She made noodle soup. She _______ _________ (made - make) spaghetti.
7. She worked at MacDonalds. She ____________ ____________(work - worked) at
Swensons.
8. We wrote an email. We __________ ___________ (wrote-write )a letter.

9. They watched a video on the tablet. They __________ __________ (watched -

watch) TV.
10. The cat saw a chicken. It ___________ __________ (see - saw) a mouse.
11. The students learned English. They _________ ____________ (learned-learn)
Chinese.
12. He had a headache. He ________ ______ (have - had) a stomachache.

13. She brought her car to the garage. She _______ ________ (brought - bring)
her motorcycle.
14. We sang 3 songs at the wedding. We _________ _______ (sing - sang) 5.
15. I cooked last Friday. I _________ ________ (cooked - cook) on Monday.
16. She painted the garage. She ___________ _________ (paint - painted) the
porch.

19. Negative/Didn’t RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

20. Beyonce RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

20. Beyonce RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

 21. Mixed exercises 1 RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

5. Dana 7. The room

__________ ___________
with her painted
teddybear. blue.
2. They 4. He
___________ _________ the
on June 26. bubblegum.
3. We
__________
a pillow
fight.
1. Peter 6. The
always boys_______
___________ birtday
a helmet. 12. The cake.
plane 8. The girls
__________ ___________
over the on the
Block 1 bench.
mountains. 11. We
Insert ___________
winter
verbs
clothes.
from
9. The cat
block 2 ___________
in the the milk.
past 10. The
tense man
___________
at his desk.

Block 3
Block 2 1 I am.
1. wear I was. Block 4
1. to be was
2. marry 2 You are. 2 to have _____________
3. have ____________ 3. say _____________
4. blow 3 He is. 4. go _____________
____________
5. play 5. get _____________
4 She is.
6. make _____________
6. cut ____________
5 It is. 7. know _____________
7. is 8. think _____________
____________
8. sit 6 We are. 9. take _____________
9. see ____________ 10. come _____________
7 They are 11. find _____________
10. sit
___________
11. wear ____________
_
12. fly

21. Mixed exercises 1 RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

22. Questions with ‘To be’. Past Tense RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

1. Where/John? 11. How/your holiday?

Where was John? __________________________________

2. Why/they/hungry? 12. be/you ok?

_______________________________ __________________________________

3. Where/they? 13. Why/she so late?

__________________________ __________________________________

4. Who/that? 14. How/the concert?

____________________________ _________________________________

5. Where/the bus stop in the past? 15. Who/that strange man?

_______________________________ _________________________________

6. What/that? 16. What/you doing?

___________________________ _________________________________

7. Where/Jonathan going?
I was
______________________________________
You were
8. How/he yesterday? He was
______________________________________
She was
9. What time/it? It was
______________________________________ We were
ey were
10. Why/ the students not in the classroom?
_____________________________________________________

22. Make a Question with ‘To be’ in the Past Tense RAINBOW OF EDUCATION
23. Routine Exercise Regular/Irregular RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

1. He (deliver)
9. She (hold) _________
____________ two
her books.
pizzas.

10. The man (press)

2. He (think) __________
__________________ the
about the answer.
button.

3. The child (cry) 11. She (help) ________

________ in its father's the elderly woman to
arms. walk.

4. They (go) _________ 12. He (watch) ________

on a summer vacation. TV by remote.

5. The girl (do) _____her 13. The bear (sit)

homework. ________ on the boxes.

6. The ladybug (eat) 14. The mother (use)

_______the leaves. __________ the blender.

7. Belinda (take) 15. The teacher (write)

__________ a selfie. ________ on the board.

8. She (work)
___________ 16 Daeng (is) _______ in
the rice fields.
on a computer.

23. Routine Exercise Regular/Irregular RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

24. Exercise ‘When’ Questions RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

1. Answer: The man went to New York last Wednesday.

Question: When did the man go to New York?
2. Answer: The woman went to the temple at 5pm.
Question: _______________________________________________________
3. Answer: I went to Vientiane Airport last Monday.
Question: ___________________________________________________________
4. Answer: His birthday was on December 25.
Question: _______________________________________________________

5. Answer: We had lunch at the "La Venezia" reatuarant at 12 o'clock.

Question: _______________________________________________
6. Answer: The new church at Dresden was finished in 2012.
Question: _____________________________________________________
7. Answer: John's birthday was on Saturday, January 30.
Question: ___________________________________________________
8. Answer: The new restaurant next to the pharmacy was opened the day
before yesterday.
Question: ______________________________________________________.
9. Answer: Nong will visit China when she is free.
Question: ______________________________________________________.
10. Answer: The president will visit Paris on June 5 at about 5 o'clock in the
afternoon if he is not ill anymore.
11. Answer: I will have my final exam the day after tomorrow.
Question: ______________________________________________________.
12. Answer: the girl disappeared about 6 days ago.
Question: __________________________________________________________.

24. Exercise ‘When’ Questions RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

Answer Key 1 Past Simple Tense RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

4.
2 waited 3 played 4 worked 5 called 6 talked 7 jumped 8 answered 9 asked 10
brushed 11 burned 12 lived 13 changed 14 watched 15 stopped 16 opened 17
walked 18 happened 19 stayed 20 killed 21 passed

5.

1 arrived 2 asked 3 called 4 attacked 5 changed 6 danced 7 advised 8 climbed

9 carried 10 continued 11 belonged 12 cleaned 13 agreed 14 borrowed 15
cared for 16 cancelled 17 behaved 18 damaged

7.

bit found
did chose
bought heard
broke came
drove went
hung caught
kept cut
forgot built
had became
held forgave
blew bled

10.
1 beat 2 bit 3 bought 4 broke 5 brought 6 did 7 forgot 8 went 9 came 10 fed,
took 11 found 12 kept 13 had

11.

2 brushed 3 sang 4 had 5 had 6 got 7 woke 8 had 9 did 10 said 11 went 12 went

12.

3 made 4 slept 5 had (a bath) 6 sat 7 drew 8 ate 9 went 10 sang 11 broke 12
caught 13 drank 14 sent 15 blew 16 grew 17 did 18 gave
Answer Key 2 Past Simple Tense RAINBOW OF EDUCATION
13

1 woke up 2 I took a shower 3 brushed my hair 4 got dressed 5 had breakfast 6

went to school 7 learned 8 had lunch 9 went home 10 had dinner 11 did my
homework 12 went to bed

14.

1 did, do She took a bath (shower). 2 did, do I brushed my hair. 4 did do She watched
TV. 5 did do He went to the toilet. 6 did do They sang a song. 7 did do He made his
homework. 8 did do I went swimming. 9 did do He read a book. 10 did do They went
to bed.

15.

2 did do brushed 3 did do helped 4 did do She fed 5 did do He went to school. 6 did
do He learned. 7 did do She had lunch. 8 did do He played at the playground. 9 did
do They played games. 10 did do She went to bed.

16.

1 drank 2 sang 3 wrote 4 washed 5 behaved 6 won 7 read 8 gave 9 stole 10

played 11 talked 12 looked 13 slept 14 came 15 went

17.
A3 B11 C4 D1 E13 F10 G6 H7 I5 J8 K12 L2 M9

18.
2 Did Yes, she did. No, she didn’t. 3 Did Yes, they did. No, they didn’t. 4 Did Yes,
it did. No, it didn’t. 5 Did Yes, he did. No, he didn’t. 6 Did Yes, it did. No, it didn’t.
7 Did Yes, she did. No, she didn’t. 8 Did Yes, I did. No, I didn’t. 9 Did Yes, it did.
No, it didn’t. 10 Did Yes, she did. No, she didn’t. 11 Did Yes, I did. No, I didn’t. 12
Did Yes, she did. No, she didn’t.
19.
2 didn’t go 3 didn’t receive 4 didn’t go 5 didn’t rain 6 didn’t make 7 didn’t work.
8 didn’t write 9 didn’t watch 10. didn’t see 11 didn’t learn 12 didn’t have 13
didn’t bring 14 didn’t sing 15 didn’t cook 16 didn’t paint

20.
was, was, rose, earned, released, influenced, stopped, took, was, sold, won,
was, was

21.
Answer Key 3 Past Simple Tense RAINBOW OF EDUCATION

1 wore 2 married 3 have 4 blew 5 played 6 cut 7 was 8 sat 9 saw 10 sat

2 You were. 3 He was. 4 She was. 5 It was. 6 We were. 7 They were.

2 had 3 said 4 went 5 got 6 made 7 knew 8 thought 9 took 10 came 11 found
22.

2 Why were they hungry? 11 How was your birthday? 9

What time was it?
3 Where were they? 12 Were you ok? 10 Why were the
students not in the classroom?
4 Who was that? 13 Why was she so late?
5 Where was the bus stop in the past? 14 How was the concert?
6 What was that? 15 Who was that strange man?
7 Where was Jonathan? 16 What were you doing?
8 How was he yesterday?

23.
1 delivered 2 thought 3 cried 4 went 5 went 6 ate 7 took 8 worked 9 held 10
pressed 11 helped 12 watched 13 sat 14 used 15 wrote 16 was

24.

2. What time did the woman go to the temple?

3. When did you go to Vientiane Airport?
4. When was his birthday?
5. At what time did we have lunch?
6. When was the new church at Dresden finished?
7. When was John’s birthday?
8. When was the new restaurant next to the pharmacy opened?
9. When will Nong visit China?
10. When will the president visit Paris?
11. When will you have your final exam?
12. When did the girl disappear?