Past Simple Affirmative Negative ESL Games Worksheets Activities - Free Printable

Let’s go step by step through each part of the worksheet.

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Part A: Write the verbs under the matching pictures in the past simple.

We have two groups: regular verbs and irregular verbs.

Regular verbs (add -ed):
walk, talk, play, cook, watch, listen

Irregular verbs (change form):
eat, drink, sleep, buy, read, sing

Now match them to the pictures:

1. Picture shows someone walking → walked
2. Picture shows someone talking on phone → talked
3. Picture shows someone playing piano → played
4. Picture shows someone cooking → cooked
5. Picture shows someone watching TV → watched
6. Picture shows someone listening to music with headphones → listened

7. Picture shows someone eating pizza → ate
8. Picture shows someone buying something at a store → bought
9. Picture shows someone drinking juice → drank
10. Picture shows someone singing into microphone → sang
11. Picture shows someone sleeping in bed → slept
12. Picture shows someone reading a book → read (pronounced “red” in past tense)

✔ So Part A answers:
1. walked
2. talked
3. played
4. cooked
5. watched
6. listened
7. ate
8. bought
9. drank
10. sang
11. slept
12. read

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Part B: Sort the verbs into regular or irregular past simple.

Verbs given: do, make, paint, arrive, go, ask, work, tell

First, let’s recall which are regular (add -ed) and which are irregular (change form).

Regular verbs from this list:
→ paint → painted
→ arrive → arrived
→ ask → asked
→ work → worked

Irregular verbs from this list:
→ do → did
→ make → made
→ go → went
→ tell → told

So we sort them:

Past simple regular verbs:
paint → painted
arrive → arrived
ask → asked
work → worked

Past simple irregular verbs:
do → did
make → made
go → went
tell → told

✔ So Part B answers:

Past simple regular verbs:
painted, arrived, asked, worked

Past simple irregular verbs:
did, made, went, told

*(Note: The question says “Write the verbs... under the correct category.” It doesn’t specify whether to write base form or past form — but since it says “in the past simple”, we should write the past simple forms.)*

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Part C: Complete each affirmative sentence with the regular verb in the past simple.

All these verbs are regular → add -ed.

1. I ______ (walk) to school. → walked
2. They ______ (play) basketball. → played
3. We ______ (watch) a film. → watched
4. He ______ (talk) to his mother. → talked
5. You ______ (cook) dinner. → cooked
6. I ______ (listen) to music. → listened

✔ Part C answers:
1. walked
2. played
3. watched
4. talked
5. cooked
6. listened

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Part D: Complete each affirmative sentence with the irregular verb in the past simple.

These verbs change form — no -ed!

1. They ______ (eat) breakfast. → ate
2. She ______ (sleep) for eight hours. → slept
3. He ______ (read) a history book. → read (spelled same, pronounced “red”)
4. I ______ (drink) a cup of tea. → drank
5. She ______ (buy) some new shoes. → bought
6. He ______ (sing) in the shower. → sang

✔ Part D answers:
1. ate
2. slept
3. read
4. drank
5. bought
6. sang

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Final Answer:

Part A:
1. walked
2. talked
3. played
4. cooked
5. watched
6. listened
7. ate
8. bought
9. drank
10. sang
11. slept
12. read

Part B:
Past simple regular verbs: painted, arrived, asked, worked
Past simple irregular verbs: did, made, went, told

Part C:
1. walked
2. played
3. watched
4. talked
5. cooked
6. listened

Part D:
1. ate
2. slept
3. read
4. drank
5. bought
6. sang