SPARROW READERSA2

Past Simple — Affirmative & Negative

Ruby · Standard

Grammar summary

Subject / verb	Affirmative	Negative
I / You / We / They	worked / went	did not / didn't work or go
He / She / It	worked / went	did not / didn't work or go
be: I / He / She / It	was	was not / wasn't
be: You / We / They	were	were not / weren't

Use past simple for finished events: yesterday, last week, in 2020.

Regular: play - played; live - lived; study - studied; stop - stopped.

After did not / didn't, use the base verb: She didn't go.

01 Regular spelling

Complete with the past simple.

Example: He tried again. (try)

1.She English last night. (study)

2.We in Leeds in 2020. (live)

3.The bus at the station yesterday. (stop)

4.I my bag yesterday. (carry)

5.They the party last night. (enjoy)

6.You the kitchen yesterday. (tidy)

02 Irregular verbs

Complete with the past simple.

1.I an email yesterday. (write)

2.She a photo yesterday. (take)

3.We dinner at eight last night. (have)

4.They the answer yesterday. (find)

03 Negative forms

Use the negative past simple.

1.He the email yesterday. (not / read)

2.We any photos yesterday. (not / take)

3.I my friend last weekend. (not / see)

4.They the train yesterday. (not / catch)

Grammar summary

Base verb	Past form	Example
go / see	went / saw	We went home. We saw a film.
eat / buy	ate / bought	He ate lunch. He bought a book.
have / make	had / made	I had dinner. I made a cake.
take / write	took / wrote	She took a photo. She wrote an email.

Irregular past forms must be learned; they do not take -ed.

Negative: I didn't see it. With be: I wasn't there; they weren't there.

Choose the form from the finished past time and the instruction.

04 Past simple of be

Use was/were; make a negative when shown.

Example: She wasn't at home.

1.Leo at school yesterday. (be)

2.The children hungry last night. (be)

3.I tired yesterday. (not / be)

4.We late yesterday. (not / be)

05 Past or base form?

Complete the gaps using the verb in brackets.

1.She didn't a cake yesterday. (make)

2.She a cake last Friday. (make)

3.We didn't the bus yesterday. (catch)

4.We the bus last Monday. (catch)

06 A school trip

Use the past simple of the verbs in brackets.

1.Our class a museum last Friday. (visit)

2.We there by bus. (go)

3.The guide us some old maps. (show)

4.I a postcard. (buy)

5.We lunch in the museum. (not / eat)

6.We happy with the trip. (be)