Past simple online exercise for Grade 2 - Free Printable

Activity 1: Look and write the verbs in the past.

#### Instructions:
- Write the past tense forms of the given verbs.

#### Verbs to convert:
1. drink → drank
2. eat → ate
3. have → had
4. make → made
5. see → saw
6. cook → cooked

#### Answer:
- drink → drank
- eat → ate
- have → had
- make → made
- see → saw
- cook → cooked

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Which one is a regular verb?

#### Explanation:
- A regular verb forms its past tense by adding -ed to the base form.
- Among the verbs listed, "make" is the only regular verb because its past tense is formed by adding -ed (made).

#### Answer:
- make

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Activity 2: Write the following sentences in the negative form.

#### Instructions:
- Convert the given sentences into their negative forms.

#### Sentences:
1. The children had lunch in the kitchen.
2. He went to the supermarket.
3. Peter made pasta for dinner.
4. I drank orange juice.

#### Rules for forming negatives:
- Add "didn't" before the verb (in its base form) to negate the sentence.
- Change the verb back to its base form after adding "didn't."

#### Solutions:
1. The children had lunch in the kitchen.
- Negative form: The children didn't have lunch in the kitchen.

2. He went to the supermarket.
- Negative form: He didn't go to the supermarket.

3. Peter made pasta for dinner.
- Negative form: Peter didn't make pasta for dinner.

4. I drank orange juice.
- Negative form: I didn't drink orange juice.

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Final Answers:

#### Activity 1:
- drink → drank
- eat → ate
- have → had
- make → made
- see → saw
- cook → cooked
- Regular verb: make

#### Activity 2:
1. The children didn't have lunch in the kitchen.
2. He didn't go to the supermarket.
3. Peter didn't make pasta for dinner.
4. I didn't drink orange juice.

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Boxed Final Answer:

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\boxed{
\text{Activity 1: drank, ate, had, made, saw, cooked; Regular verb: make}
}
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\boxed{
\text{Activity 2: 1. The children didn't have lunch in the kitchen. 2. He didn't go to the supermarket. 3. Peter didn't make pasta for dinner. 4. I didn't drink orange juice.}
}
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