Past Simple Grammar Worksheet for Practice

You're working on a Grammar Worksheet: Past Simple — Positives, Negatives and Questions. The task is to rewrite each sentence in the past simple tense, keeping the same meaning but changing the verb form to reflect past time.

Here’s how to approach it:

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✔ Rules for Past Simple:

- Positive sentences: Use the past form of the verb (e.g., *go → went*, *like → liked*, *live → lived*).
- Negative sentences: Use did not (didn’t) + base verb (e.g., *don’t like → didn’t like*).
- Questions: Start with Did + subject + base verb (e.g., *Does she exercise? → Did she exercise?*).

> 💡 Note: In negatives and questions, the main verb stays in its base form (infinitive without “to”), because “did/didn’t” already carries the past tense.

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## ✍️ Here are the completed answers with explanations:

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1. He goes to bed early.
→ He went to bed early.
*(Positive — change "goes" to past form "went")*

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2. We don’t like onions.
→ We didn’t like onions.
*(Negative — change "don’t" to "didn’t", keep "like" as base verb)*

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3. Stewart lives in Vancouver.
→ Stewart lived in Vancouver.
*(Positive — change "lives" to "lived")*

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4. Does she exercise?
→ Did she exercise?
*(Question — change "Does" to "Did", keep "exercise" as base verb)*

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5. I hate cooking.
→ I hated cooking.
*(Positive — change "hate" to "hated")*

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6. They play video games.
→ They played video games.
*(Positive — change "play" to "played")*

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7. He knows the answer.
→ He knew the answer.
*(Positive — irregular verb: "know" → "knew")*

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8. I forget his name.
→ I forgot his name.
*(Positive — "forget" → "forgot")*

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9. They don’t study history.
→ They didn’t study history.
*(Negative — "don’t" → "didn’t", keep "study")*

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10. Do they drive?
→ Did they drive?
*(Question — "Do" → "Did", keep "drive")*

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11. Jenny works at a hotel.
→ Jenny worked at a hotel.
*(Positive — "works" → "worked")*

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12. Do you swim?
→ Did you swim?
*(Question — "Do" → "Did", keep "swim")*

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13. We don’t like the movie.
→ We didn’t like the movie.
*(Negative — "don’t" → "didn’t", keep "like")*

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14. Where do you live?
→ Where did you live?
*(Question — "do" → "did", keep "live")*

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15. They don’t drink tea.
→ They didn’t drink tea.
*(Negative — "don’t" → "didn’t", keep "drink")*

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16. They start class at 8:00.
→ They started class at 8:00.
*(Positive — "start" → "started")*

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17. Does he eat breakfast?
→ Did he eat breakfast?
*(Question — "Does" → "Did", keep "eat")*

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18. I don’t run fast.
→ I didn’t run fast.
*(Negative — "don’t" → "didn’t", keep "run")*

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19. He has a car.
→ He had a car.
*(Positive — "has" → "had"; note: "have/has" becomes "had" in past simple)*

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20. Do you enjoy sports?
→ Did you enjoy sports?
*(Question — "Do" → "Did", keep "enjoy")*

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## 🎯 Final Answer Key (for quick reference):

1. He went to bed early.
2. We didn’t like onions.
3. Stewart lived in Vancouver.
4. Did she exercise?
5. I hated cooking.
6. They played video games.
7. He knew the answer.
8. I forgot his name.
9. They didn’t study history.
10. Did they drive?
11. Jenny worked at a hotel.
12. Did you swim?
13. We didn’t like the movie.
14. Where did you live?
15. They didn’t drink tea.
16. They started class at 8:00.
17. Did he eat breakfast?
18. I didn’t run fast.
19. He had a car.
20. Did you enjoy sports?

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✔ You’ve now correctly transformed all sentences into the past simple tense — great job practicing grammar!

Let me know if you’d like to practice forming sentences from scratch or turning past simple back to present! 😊