Past Simple Grammar Worksheet - Practice converting sentences to positive, negative, and question forms in the past simple tense.

Let's solve this Grammar Worksheet on the Past Simple tense, focusing on forming positives, negatives, and questions from the present simple sentences.

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🔹 Rules for Past Simple:

- Regular verbs: Add -ed (e.g., *go → went*, *play → played*)
- Irregular verbs: Use their irregular past form (e.g., *go → went*, *know → knew*, *eat → ate*)
- Negative: Use didn't + base verb
- Questions: Use Did + subject + base verb?

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Now, let’s go through each sentence and convert it to past simple.

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1. He goes to bed early.
→ He went to bed early. ✔ (Already done)

2. We don't like onions.
→ We didn't like onions. ✔ (Already done)

3. Stewart lives in Vancouver.
→ Stewart lived in Vancouver.

4. Does she exercise?
→ Did she exercise?

5. I hate cooking.
→ I hated cooking.

6. They play video games.
→ They played video games.

7. He knows the answer.
→ He knew the answer. (irregular: know → knew)

8. I forget his name.
→ I forgot his name. (irregular: forget → forgot)

9. They don't study history.
→ They didn't study history.

10. Do they drive?
→ Did they drive?

11. Jenny works at a hotel.
→ Jenny worked at a hotel.

12. Do you swim?
→ Did you swim?

13. We don't like the movie.
→ We didn't like the movie.

14. Where do you live?
→ Where did you live?

15. They don't drink tea.
→ They didn't drink tea.

16. They start class at 8:00.
→ They started class at 8:00.

17. Does he eat breakfast?
→ Did he eat breakfast?

18. I don't run fast.
→ I didn't run fast.

19. He has a car.
→ He had a car. (irregular: have → had)

20. Do you enjoy sports?
→ Did you enjoy sports?

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✔ Final Answers:

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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📝 Explanation Summary:

- Present → Past: Change the verb to its past form.
- Regular verbs: add -ed (e.g., *play → played*)
- Irregular verbs: use correct past form (e.g., *have → had*, *know → knew*)
- Negatives: Use didn't + base verb (no "not" after didn't)
- Questions: Use Did + subject + base verb? (no auxiliary in the main clause)

This worksheet helps students practice converting everyday sentences into the past tense, which is essential for talking about completed actions in the past.

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