Change the verb into the correct form, then press "Check" to check your answers.

Use the "Hint"

button to get a free letter if you don't know. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints!
Change the verb into the correct form:

1. Dan

(leave) very early today.

2. Sam and Sue

3. I

(buy) a new house last month.

(visit) Germany the previous week.

4. You

(play) very well.

5. They

(find) this book on their trip to Italy.

6. I

7. We

(bake) this cake by myself.

(open) the store in 1987.

8. The rain finally

(stop), and we

9. She

(plan) to come, but she

10. Kate

(have) a big house, but she

11. Rose

(be) very thin.

12. You

13. We

14. They

15. She always

(go) home.

(have) some problems.

(be) at work yesterday morning.

(think) New York was in England!

(bring) this from their trip.

(dance) in the summer.

(sell) it.

Simple Past Exercise 02

Change the verb into the correct form, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint"
button to get a free letter if you don't know. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints!
Change the verb into the correct form:

1. Barbara

2. I

(eat) the whole cake last night.

(save) some money last year.

3. You

5. I

(give) me all the books yesterday.

(come), I

6. They

7. We

8. The cat

(be) very happy together.

(jump) on the tree, and the bird

(cook) together.

(arrive) in 1978.

11. Emily and Edward

12. Peter

(leave).

(drink) too much.

9. We always

10. She

(see), I

(meet) in Paris.

(change) his name many years ago.

13. Julie

(move) from Canada last month.

14. They

(sing) a few songs together.

15. We

(have) a lot of friends there.

(fly) away.

Acciones que ocurrieron en el pasado

(Los verbos estn en negrita)

He broke his tooth last week.

(Se le rompi el diente la semana pasada.)

Last year he had only two candles on the cake.

(El ao pasado slo tuvo dos velas en la torta.)

He was very dirty 30 minutes ago.

(Estaba muy sucio hace 30 minutos.)

She asked for a kiss.

(Pidi un beso.)

He played and he lost.

(Jug y perdi.)

They worked very hard for this.

(Trabajaron muy duro para lograr esto.)

Ejemplos de
expresiones de tiempo tpicos

an hour ago
(hace una hora)

yesterday
(ayer)

last week
(la semana pasada)

last month
(el mes pasado)

2 years ago
(hace 2 aos)

last Monday
(el lunes pasado)

in 1974
(en 1974)

when I was young

(cuando era joven)

Verbos regulares
Un verbo regular es un verbo que obedece esta regla:
Forma del pasado del verbo = Forma del presente del verbo + ed / d
Por ejemplo, work es un verbo regular porque:
Forma del pasado de work = work + ed = worked
Dance tambin es un verbo regular. Eso es porque:
Forma del pasado de dance = dance + d = danced

A la forma del presente le llamamos la forma bsica, o V1 (Verb 1).

A la forma del pasado le llamamos V2 (Verb 2).
Hay otra forma que se llama V3 (Verb 3). Esa es la forma que usamos en los tiempos
verbales perfectos.
Estos son ejemplos de verbos regulares:
V1

V2

V3

help

helped

helped

(ayudar)
open
(abrir)

opened

opened

stop
(parar)

stopped

stopped

change
(cambiar)

changed

changed

verbos irregulares
Un verbo irregular es un verbo que no obedece esa regla.
Por ejemplo, drink es un verbo irregular porque la forma del pasado
de drinkes drank y no "drinked".
Go tambin es un verbo irregular. Eso es porque la forma del pasado de goes went y
no "goed".
Estos son ejemplos de verbos irregulares:
V1

V2

V3

take
(tomar)

took

taken

buy
(comprar)

bought

bought

eat
(comer)

ate

eaten

give
(dar)

gave

given

leave
(irse)

left

left

am
(ser/estar)

was

been

Se cambia la ortografa de algunos verbos cuando se les agrega "ed".

Verbos que terminan en

"consonante-vocal-consonante"
Cuando un verbo termina en consonante-vocal-consonante y ponemos el nfasis en
este sonido cuando pronunciamos el verbo, duplicamos el ltimoconsonante. Despus
agregamos ed.

En los siguientes ejemplos el consonante est azul, la vocal

est verde yed est roja. El NFASIS est subrayado.
stop

=>

stopp + ed

=>

stopped

plan

=>

plann + ed

=>

planned

Pero si no ponemos el NFASIS en este sonido cuando pronunciamos el verbo,

simplemente agregamos ed.
open

=>

open + ed

=>

opened

visit

=>

visit + ed

=>

visited

listen

=>

listen + ed

=>

listened

happen

=>

happen + ed

=>

happened

Verbos que terminan en "e"

Cuando un verbo termina en la letra e, slo agregamos la letra d.
En los siguientes ejemplos la letra e est violeta y la letra d est roja.
dance

=>

dance + d

=>

danced

smile

=>

smile + d

=>

smiled

Verbos que terminan en "y"

Cuando un verbo termina en la letra y y hay un consonante antes de ella, lay se
cambia por una i. Despus agregamos ed.
En los siguientes ejemplos el consonante est azul, la parte antes de
la edest verde y la ed est roja.
try

=>

tri + ed

=>

tried

cry

=>

cri + ed

=>

cried

study

=>

studi + ed

=>

studied

Cuando un verbo termina en y y hay una vocal antes de ella, simplemente

agregamos ed al verbo.
En los siguientes ejemplos la vocal est anaranjada, la parte antes de
la edest verde y la ed est roja.

stay

=>

stay + ed

=>

stayed

play

=>

play + ed

=>

plays

enjoy

=>

enjoy + ed

=>

enjoys