Past Simple/Regular Forms
Auf dieser Seite findest Du Übungen zum Past Simple und den regelmäßigen Formen mit -ed (regular forms with -ed).
- Read the text.
- Do the interactive exercises.
Interactive Exercises
Pronunciation
How are the words pronounced? Sort them!
| [t] | worked | helped | stopped | watched |
| [d] | phoned | arrived | stayed | enjoyed |
| [ɪd] | needed | waited | invited | braided |
Regular Forms
Find the pairs!
| need | needed |
| walk | walked |
| call | called |
| finish | finished |
| am, is, are | was, were |
| trip | tripped |
Yesterday Morning
Put the words in the gaps. (Drag & Drop)
Yesterday I called my uncle. He walked to our house.
Then he helped me with the homework.
When we finished it, we watched TV.
A Walk in the Park
Put the words in the gaps.
A taxi stopped (stop) and asked (ask) if we wanted (want) to go with him.
But my uncle Rudolph tried (try) to keep fit. He planned (plan) a walk in the park.
Uncle Rudolph jogged(jog) along and suddenly he tripped (trip) over a stone.
When I helped (help) him up I discovered (discover) 10.000$ on the street.
Robin and his outlaws
Put in these verbs in the past tense.
Robin Hood was (be) an outlaw. He and his men lived (live) in Sherwood Forest.
In those days Sherwood Forest was (be) very big. Nottingham was (be) a small town. But it had (have) a big castle - and it had (have) a Sheriff.
There were (be) a lot of poor people in England then. They needed (need) things for their families but they had (have) no money. Robin liked (like) them and often helped (help) them.
He and his men sometimes stopped (stop) people on the Nottingham road.
"Give us your money!" they called (call). "We are collecting for the poor people of Nottingham!"
Nobody wanted (want) to give money to Robin. But there was (be) no way out! They opened (open) their purses, and the outlaws collected (collect) their money.
At the end of the day Robin counted(count) all the money.
Robin’s guest
Put in these verbs in the past tense.
1. Robin’s men live(lived) near the Nottingham road.
2. Suddenly a man walked(walk) down the road.
3.Little John invited(invite) him to eat with them.
4.Sir Gilbert was(to be) Robin’s guest because he liked(like) him very much.
5.Thieves stole his money and he only had(have) 30 pence.
6.Sir Gilbert went(go) home in the evening.
Pronunciation (Aussprache)
Past Tense:
Present Tense:
