Form

regular

	form	example
affirmative	I/you/he/she/it/we/they + infinitive + ed	They worked all day.
negative (+ NOT)	I/you/he/she/it/we/they + did not (didn’t) + infinitive	They didn’t work all day.
interrogative (+ ?)	Did + I/you/he/she/it/we/they +  infinitive	Did they work all day?

irregular

	form	example
affirmative	I/you/he/she/it/we/they + the simple past of the irregular verb	She went abroad.
negative (+ NOT)	I/you/he/she/it/we/they + did not (didn’t) + infinitive	She didn’t go abroad.
interrogative (+ ?)	did + I/you/he/she/it/we/they + infinitive	Did she go abroad?
	list of irregular verbs

Exercises

Affirmative (+) sentences in the Simple Past (past tense of regular verbs) (He worked)

• exercise 1: choose the correct verb form
• exercise 2: fill in the correct tense of regular verbs (three exercises)
• exercise 3: fill in the correct tense of regular verbs
• exercise 4: fill in the correct tense of regular verbs
• exercise 5: fill in the correct tense of regular verbs

Yes/no questions (?), affirmative (+) and negative (-) sentences in the Simple Past (regular and irregular verbs)

• exercise 1: make yes/no questions using to do 
• exercise 2: make yes/no questions using to do 
• exercise 3: make yes/no questions, negative and afformative sentences using to do 
• exercise 4: make yes/no questions, negative and afformative sentences using to do 
• exercise 5: make yes/no questions

Regular and irregular verbs in affirmative (+), interrogative (?) and negative (-) sentences in the Simple Past

• exercise 1: make affirmative sentences
• exercise 2: make negative sentences
• exercise 3: make interrogative sentences
• exercise 4: fill in the corrects verb forms of (ir)regular verbs in affirmative, interrogative and negative sentences
• exercise 5: various exercises
• exercise 6: fill in the corrects verb forms of (ir)regular verbs in affirmative, interrogative and negative sentences
• exercise 7: make interrogative sentences
• exercise 8: fill in the corrects verb forms of (ir)regular verbs in affirmative sentences
• exercise 9: fill in the corrects verb forms of (ir)regular verbs in affirmative sentences
• exercise 10: fill in the corrects verb forms of (ir)regular verbs in affirmative and interrogative sentences

Useful pages

• exercises for practising was and were
• exercises for practising irregular verbs (go – went – gone)
• exercises for practising short yes/no answers in the past tense
• exercises for practising the Simple Past (I went) and Present Perfect (I have gone)
• exercises for practising the Simple Past (I went) and Past Perfect (I had gone)
• exercises for practising the Simple Past (I went) and Past Continuous (I was going)