Past Simple Regular Verbs Worksheet with Spelling Rules and Practice Exercises.

Let’s solve each part of the worksheet step by step.

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Part 1: Write the past form

We follow the spelling rules from the top table:

- listen → ends in consonant, just add “ed” → listened
- hurry → ends in consonant + y → change y to i + ed → hurried
- skip → ends in vowel + single consonant (i-p) → double last letter + ed → skipped
- move → ends in -e → just add “d” → moved
- plan → ends in vowel + single consonant (a-n) → double last letter + ed → planned
- study → ends in consonant + y → change y to i + ed → studied
- look → ends in consonant, just add “ed” → looked
- wait → ends in consonant, just add “ed” → waited
- love → ends in -e → just add “d” → loved

✔ Part 1 Answers:
- listen → listened
- hurry → hurried
- skip → skipped
- move → moved
- plan → planned
- study → studied
- look → looked
- wait → waited
- love → loved

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Part 2: Choose the best answer

We need to pick the correct past simple verb for each sentence. Since all verbs are regular, we use the rules above. But note — the sentences don’t give us the base verb! So we must guess the most logical verb based on context and common usage.

Let’s go one by one:

1. The children __________ Mr Star.
→ Likely: *met*? But that’s irregular. Wait — maybe *visited*? Also irregular. Hmm… perhaps *called*? Still irregular.
Actually, looking at the topic — it’s about REGULAR verbs. So let’s think of a regular verb that fits.
Maybe *phoned*? Not regular.
Perhaps *asked*? Irregular.
Wait — maybe the intended verb is *helped*? Or *joined*?
Let’s try: The children joined Mr Star. → “joined” is regular (end in -ed).
But actually, looking at typical textbook examples, this might be “The children watched Mr Star.” → “watched” is regular.
OR — maybe “The children called Mr Star.” — but “called” is irregular? No! “Call” → “called” is regular! Yes! C-A-L-L-E-D.
Actually, “call” is regular → called.
But let’s check other options.
Another possibility: The children visited Mr Star. — “visited” is regular? V-I-S-I-T-E-D → yes, because it ends in -t, so just add -ed.
But “visit” → “visited” is correct.
However, without more context, let’s assume the most common regular verb used with “children” and “Mr Star” — perhaps “The children helped Mr Star.” → helped = regular.
Actually, let’s look ahead — later there’s “Mr Burke ... them to do a musical” → probably “invited”.
And “Meera and Stella ... a lot” → probably “talked” or “laughed”.
For now, let’s go with “The children watched Mr Star.” → watched (regular).
But wait — maybe it’s “The children greeted Mr Star.” → greeted (regular).
This is tricky. Let’s see if there’s a pattern.
Actually, perhaps the intended answers are from the word list in Part 3? Let’s hold off and come back.

Wait — maybe I should look at the whole set together.

Let me try to fill them with logical regular verbs:

2. Simon and Alex __________ the chairs.
→ Probably: *moved*? *carried*? *pushed*?
“Moved” is regular → moved.
“Carried” → carry → carried (consonant+y → i+ed) → also regular.
But “carry” is in Part 3.
Let’s say: Simon and Alex carried the chairs. → carried

3. Stella __________ chess with Simon.
→ Played → play → played (regular) → played

4. They __________ to play table tennis.
→ Wanted? Decided? Tried?
“Tried” → try → tried (consonant+y → i+ed) → regular → tried

5. Mr Burke __________ them to do a musical.
→ Invited → invite → invited (ends in -e → +d) → invited

6. Meera and Stella __________ a lot.
→ Talked? Laughed? Shouted?
“Talked” → talk → talked (regular) → talked
Or “shouted” → shout → shouted → also regular.
But “laughed” → laugh → laughed → regular too.
Let’s pick talked as most neutral.

7. Mr Burke __________ them playing.
→ Watched? Saw? Heard?
“Watched” → watch → watched → regular → watched

But earlier I had “The children __________ Mr Star.” — maybe greeted? Or called?
Actually, let’s use “called” — call → called → regular.
So:

1. The children called Mr Star.
2. Simon and Alex carried the chairs.
3. Stella played chess with Simon.
4. They tried to play table tennis.
5. Mr Burke invited them to do a musical.
6. Meera and Stella talked a lot.
7. Mr Burke watched them playing.

All these verbs are regular and fit the context.

✔ Part 2 Answers:
- The children called Mr Star.
- Simon and Alex carried the chairs.
- Stella played chess with Simon.
- They tried to play table tennis.
- Mr Burke invited them to do a musical.
- Meera and Stella talked a lot.
- Mr Burke watched them playing.

*(Note: Some answers may vary slightly depending on context, but all chosen verbs are regular and make sense.)*

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Part 3: Put the words in groups

We have this list of base verbs:

like, try, stop, sail, play, jump, drop, invite, roller skate, close, shop, cry, skip, shout, dance, climb, carry, hop

And four columns:

- +ed → verbs that just add “ed” (no special rule)
- +d → verbs ending in -e, so just add “d”
- +ped → verbs that end in vowel + single consonant → double last letter + ed → so they end in “pped”, “pped”, etc.
- y→ied → verbs ending in consonant + y → change y to i + ed

Let’s sort them:

First, identify which group each belongs to.

Group +d (verbs ending in -e):
- like → liked
- invite → invited
- close → closed
- dance → danced
- roller skate → roller skated (but “skate” ends in -e → skated)

Wait — “roller skate” is two words, but we treat “skate” as the verb → skate → skated → so +d

Also:
- hope? Not in list.
- live? Not here.

From list:
- like → +d
- invite → +d
- close → +d
- dance → +d
- roller skate → skate → +d → so “roller skated”

But “roller skate” is phrasal — still, the verb is “skate” → skated.

Now, +ed (just add ed, no doubling, no y-change):

These are verbs that don’t end in -e, don’t end in consonant+y, and don’t have vowel+single consonant at end.

Examples:
- jump → jumped
- play → played (wait — play ends in vowel+y? P-L-A-Y → A is vowel, Y is sometimes vowel — but rule says: if ends in consonant + y → change y to i. Play ends in vowel + y → so just add ed → played → so it goes to +ed? But in the example table, “play → played” is under “base form + ed”.

Looking back at the top table:

“base form + ed” includes: walk → walked, play → played

So “play” is in +ed group.

Similarly:
- shout → shouted
- climb → climbed
- hop → hopped? Wait — hop ends in vowel + single consonant? H-O-P → O is vowel, P is consonant → so should double → hopped → so +ped

Let’s list all:

Verbs:

1. like → ends in -e → +d → liked
2. try → ends in consonant + y → y→ied → tried
3. stop → ends in vowel + single consonant? S-T-O-P → O vowel, P consonant → double → stopped → +ped
4. sail → ends in vowel + l? S-A-I-L → I is vowel, L is consonant — but is it single consonant after vowel? Yes → but wait, “sail” → sailed → did they double? No! Because “ai” is a digraph? Actually, standard rule: if the verb ends in vowel + single consonant AND the stress is on the last syllable, then double. “Sail” has one syllable, ends in vowel+l → but we don’t double L in “sailed”? Wait, no — “sail” → “sailed” — only one L. Why?

Actually, the rule is: for one-syllable verbs ending in vowel + single consonant, double the consonant. But “sail” ends in “il” — I is vowel, L is consonant — but “sail” is pronounced /seɪl/, and when adding -ed, it becomes /seɪld/ — no doubling. Why? Because the vowel sound is long? The rule is often taught as: if the verb ends in a single vowel followed by a single consonant, and the stress is on the last syllable, double the consonant. For one-syllable words, if it ends in vowel+consonant, and the vowel is short, double. But “sail” has a long vowel sound (like “say”), so no doubling. In many textbooks, “sail” is treated as just adding -ed.

To avoid confusion, let’s use the examples given in the top table:

In the table:
- plan → planned (double n)
- stop → stopped (double p)

Both have short vowel sounds.

“Sail” has long vowel → so no doubling → sailed → so +ed

Similarly:
- jump → jumped → +ed (u is short, but M-P — two consonants? J-U-M-P → ends in MP — two consonants, so no doubling needed → just add ed)
Rule: double only if it’s vowel + SINGLE consonant.

So:

- jump → ends in MP → two consonants → no doubling → jumped → +ed
- drop → D-R-O-P → O vowel, P single consonant → short vowel → double → dropped → +ped
- shop → S-H-O-P → same → shopped → +ped
- skip → S-K-I-P → I vowel, P consonant → short → skipped → +ped
- hop → H-O-P → same → hopped → +ped
- cry → C-R-Y → ends in consonant + y → cried → y→ied
- carry → C-A-R-R-Y → ends in consonant + y → carried → y→ied
- shout → S-H-O-U-T → ends in T, not special → shouted → +ed
- climb → C-L-I-M-B → ends in MB → two consonants → climbed → +ed
- play → P-L-A-Y → ends in vowel + y → but y is not preceded by consonant? A is vowel, Y is after vowel → so just add ed → played → +ed (as per table example)
- roller skate → skate → ends in -e → skated → +d

Now let’s categorize:

+ed (just add ed, no change):
- sail → sailed
- jump → jumped
- play → played
- shout → shouted
- climb → climbed
- (also: what about “drop”? No, drop → dropped → +ped)

List for +ed:
- sail
- jump
- play
- shout
- climb

Is that all? What about “try”? No, try → tried → y→ied

“stop” → stopped → +ped

“close” → closed → +d

“invite” → invited → +d

“like” → liked → +d

“cry” → cried → y→ied

“carry” → carried → y→ied

“hop” → hopped → +ped

“shop” → shopped → +ped

“skip” → skipped → +ped

“drop” → dropped → +ped

“roller skate” → skated → +d

“dance” → danced → +d

“close” → closed → +d

“invite” → invited → +d

“like” → liked → +d

Now, what about “try”? Already in y→ied.

Is there any other for +ed? “Shout”, “climb”, “jump”, “sail”, “play” — that’s five.

But in the box, there are 18 words. Let’s count how many in each group.

List all 18:

1. like → +d
2. try → y→ied
3. stop → +ped
4. sail → +ed
5. play → +ed
6. jump → +ed
7. drop → +ped
8. invite → +d
9. roller skate → +d (since skate → skated)
10. close → +d
11. shop → +ped
12. cry → y→ied
13. skip → +ped
14. shout → +ed
15. dance → +d
16. climb → +ed
17. carry → y→ied
18. hop → +ped

Now group:

+ed: sail, play, jump, shout, climb → 5 verbs

+d: like, invite, roller skate, close, dance → 5 verbs (roller skate counts as one entry)

+ped: stop, drop, shop, skip, hop → 5 verbs

y→ied: try, cry, carry → 3 verbs

Total: 5+5+5+3=18 — good.

Now write the past forms as shown in the example:

In the table, they wrote:

+ed: sailed (example)

+d: liked (example)

+ped: stopped (example)

y→ied: tried (example)

So we need to write the past tense forms in the blanks.

For +ed column:
- sailed (given)
- jumped
- played
- shouted
- climbed

For +d column:
- liked (given)
- invited
- roller skated
- closed
- danced

For +ped column:
- stopped (given)
- dropped
- shopped
- skipped
- hopped

For y→ied column:
- tried (given)
- cried
- carried

Note: “roller skated” might be written as one word or two, but since the base is “roller skate”, past is “roller skated”.

In the answer, we write the past form as shown.

✔ Part 3 Answers:

+ed
sailed
jumped
played
shouted
climbed

+d
liked
invited
roller skated
closed
danced

+ped
stopped
dropped
shopped
skipped
hopped

y→ied
tried
cried
carried

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Final Answer:

Part 1:
- listen → listened
- hurry → hurried
- skip → skipped
- move → moved
- plan → planned
- study → studied
- look → looked
- wait → waited
- love → loved

Part 2:
- The children called Mr Star.
- Simon and Alex carried the chairs.
- Stella played chess with Simon.
- They tried to play table tennis.
- Mr Burke invited them to do a musical.
- Meera and Stella talked a lot.
- Mr Burke watched them playing.

Part 3:
+ed: sailed, jumped, played, shouted, climbed
+d: liked, invited, roller skated, closed, danced
+ped: stopped, dropped, shopped, skipped, hopped
y→ied: tried, cried, carried