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Grammar
Simple Past Tense
Read these sentences.
Large buds appeared on the vine.
The owner called his friends.
These sentences are in the simple past tense.
Simple past tense tells us
• about events that happened at a particular time in the past.
Faiz baked a cake yesterday.
• about things that happened in the past regularly.
Ruchika walked to school every day.
We add -d or -ed to change some verbs into their past tense forms.
dance – danced look – looked open – opened
There are many verbs that change completely or do not follow any rule while changing.
grow – grew ring – rang tell – told
shine – shone come – came stand – stood
A. Write the past tense forms of these verbs.
1. see _______________ 2. end _______________
3. eat _______________ 4. laugh _______________
5. push _______________ 6. think _______________
B. Fill in the blanks in the following sentences using the past tense forms of the
verbs given in the box below.
go keep swim pull work finish buy
1. Amaira _______________ her homework before going out to play.
2. He _______________ the ice cream in the freezer so it would not melt.
3. Lima _______________ every evening for two months at the club swimming
pool.
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