Here is the completed worksheet with the correct
simple past tense verb forms filled in, along with an explanation for each.
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✔ Completed Answers:
1. I
helped my mother in the garden yesterday.
2. Peter and Kiki
visited Aunt Sally last week.
3. Barb
printed the test a few minutes ago.
4. My teacher
prepared a lesson for the class.
5. The movie was boring! I
hated it!
6. They
danced a lot at the party last night.
7. We
watched TV after school.
8. Lucy
washed her car last week.
9. I
cooked dinner last night.
10. Bob
cleaned up his room before school.
11. Ada
baked a cake for Larry’s birthday.
12. The boys
played football six months ago.
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📘 Explanation:
The
Simple Past Tense is used to describe actions that were completed in the past. Most regular verbs form the simple past by adding
-ed to the base form (e.g., help → helped, visit → visited).
Some verbs are
irregular, meaning they don’t follow the -ed rule. For example:
- print → printed *(regular)*
- hate → hated *(regular)*
- dance → danced *(regular)*
- watch → watched *(regular)*
- wash → washed *(regular)*
- cook → cooked *(regular)*
- clean → cleaned *(regular)*
- bake → baked *(regular)*
- play → played *(regular)*
✔ All the verbs in this worksheet are regular verbs, so you simply add
-ed to the base form.
> 💡 *Note: Even though “print” can sometimes be irregular in British English (“print → printed” is still standard), in this context, “printed” is correct. All other verbs here are straightforward regular past tense forms.*
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🧠 Tip for Students:
To form the simple past of most verbs:
- Add
-ed to the base verb.
- If the verb ends in
e, just add
-d (e.g., hate → hated).
- If the verb ends in
y preceded by a consonant, change
y to
i and add
-ed (e.g., study → studied — not needed here).
This worksheet is great practice for recognizing time markers like “yesterday,” “last week,” “ago,” etc., which signal the use of the simple past tense.
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✔ Your completed worksheet is now accurate and ready to submit!
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of simple past tenses worksheet.
