Past Simple Tense worksheet with exercises to fill in the blanks using correct verb forms.

Let's solve the exercise step by step, using the Past Simple Tense rules provided in the image.

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🔹 Key Rules Recap:

- Present Simple: Used for habits, routines, general truths.
- Regular verbs: S + V (base form)
- Irregular verbs: S + V (base form)
- Adverbs: *every day*, *always*, *often*, etc.

- Past Simple: Used for completed actions in the past.
- Regular verbs: S + V-ed / V-d
- Irregular verbs: S + V (from 2nd column of irregular verb table)
- Adverbs: *yesterday*, *last week*, *two days ago*, *in 1998*, etc.

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Now, let’s go through each sentence:

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1. My mother _________(WATER) the plants last Monday.

- "last Monday" → Past time → Past Simple
- "water" is a regular verb → add -ed
- ✔ Answer: watered

> ✔ My mother watered the plants last Monday.

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2. I _________(MAKE) my bed every day and I also _________(MAKE) my brother’s bed yesterday.

- First part: every day → Present Simple → make
- Second part: yesterday → Past Simple → made
- ✔ Answer: make, made

> ✔ I make my bed every day and I also made my brother’s bed yesterday.

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3. My dad _________(DO) the washing up every day. However, he _________(NOT DO) the washing up yesterday, my mother _________(DO) it.

- First: every day → Present Simple → does (subject = he → 3rd person singular)
- Second: yesterday → Past Simple → didn’t do (negative past)
- Third: yesterday → Past Simple → did (positive past)

> ✔ My dad does the washing up every day. However, he didn’t do the washing up yesterday, my mother did it.

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4. Yesterday, I _________(FEED) the dog, my father _________(WASH) the car and my mother _________(CLEAN) the windows.

- All actions happened yesterday → Past Simple
- Regular verbs:
- feed → fed
- wash → washed
- clean → cleaned

> ✔ Yesterday, I fed the dog, my father washed the car and my mother cleaned the windows.

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5. I need to _________(TIDY) up my bedroom every week, but I _________(NOT TIDY) up my bedroom last week. My father _________(TIDY) it up for me.

- First: every week → Present Simple → tidy (infinitive after "need to")
- Second: last week → Past Simple → didn’t tidy
- Third: last week → Past Simple → tidied

> ✔ I need to tidy up my bedroom every week, but I didn’t tidy up my bedroom last week. My father tidied it up for me.

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6. We _________(SWEEP) the floor, _________(MOP) the floor and _________(CLEAN) the dust last Saturday.

- last Saturday → Past Simple
- All verbs are regular:
- sweep → swept
- mop → mopped
- clean → cleaned

> ✔ We swept the floor, mopped the floor and cleaned the dust last Saturday.

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7. I _________(PUT) my clothes away two days ago.

- two days ago → Past Simple
- "put" is an irregular verb → past form is put (same as base form)

> ✔ I put my clothes away two days ago.

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8. My brother _________(TAKE) out the rubbish every Tuesday. However, I _________(TAKE) out the rubbish last Tuesday because he _________(NOT BE) feeling well.

- First: every Tuesday → Present Simple → takes
- Second: last Tuesday → Past Simple → took
- Third: last Tuesday → Past Simple → wasn’t (he → was not)

> ✔ My brother takes out the rubbish every Tuesday. However, I took out the rubbish last Tuesday because he wasn’t feeling well.

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✔ Final Answers:

1. watered
2. make, made
3. does, didn’t do, did
4. fed, washed, cleaned
5. tidy, didn’t tidy, tidied
6. swept, mopped, cleaned
7. put
8. takes, took, wasn’t

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📌 Summary of Key Points:

- Use Present Simple with frequency adverbs like *every day*, *usually*.
- Use Past Simple with past time expressions like *yesterday*, *last week*, *two days ago*.
- Remember irregular verbs (e.g., *put*, *take*, *do*) have unique past forms.
- For negatives in past: use didn’t + base verb.

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