SIMPLE PAST TENSE

We use the simple posl lense

to show thot on oction took ploce in the post.

Long ogo, o bird sqved on ont.

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Once upon o time, the rot ond the

mousedeer wonled to teoch the fox
o lesson.

One dou, o giont sow two children

in his gorden.

Lost week, the villogers built o

bridge.

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or

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to verbs.

Tense
$imple Post Tense
He, She, It, I, You, We, Theg
I, You, We, The
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i write

Simple,

fosl Tense

$, Underline the simple past tense form of the verb.

I The bird (flew , flies) to the tree.

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4

The rot (does , did) not like the topir.

Long ogo, beors (hove , hod) long toils.

Yesterdou, mU porents (bought , buu) me o storg book.

Comel, the monkeg, (plucked , plucks) some coconuts for its moster.

6
7

There (ore , were) mong crocodiles in the river.

The mousedeer (pointed , point) the fox's bodg block.

I (listen , listened) to the storg obout how the ont helped the lion.
cl In the storg The Hore ondTheTortoise, the hore (folls, fell) osleep
under o tree.

l0 One dog, three goots (wonted , wonts) to cross o river.

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Fill in the blonks with the correct simple post tense

form of the verbs given in brockets.

Lost night, mg fother

The crow

the piece of meot lo the ground. (drop)

3 The wise owl

the onimols not to quorrel. (tell)

rextbook

L u"i,

the little bog. (help)

to the old costle neor the forest. (go)

the beoutiful princess. (love)

6 The prince

the children some food. (give)

7 The kind mon

Once upon o time, there

Toll Mon

his orm to the rock to get the ring. (stretch)

t0 The princes

their friends to help them. (osk)

The greedg wolves

oll the food on the toble. (eot)

t2 The robbit

the fox ond it ron owou. (see)

mg grondporents. (visit)

r3 Lost week, we

t4 The topirs

to bullg the smoller onimols. (like)

o lion rooring in the jungle. (heor)

t5 One dog, o hunter

t6 The clever mousedeer

17 The king
Long ogo, there

o clever mousedeer. (be)

on the giroffe's bock. (.lump)

to build o beoutiful costle for the princess. (decide)

o wise old mon. (live)

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5 The soldiers

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me o storg. (reod)

4 Princess Leilo

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C Rewrite the sentences

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in the simple post tense.

The giont hos o beoutiful gorden.

The rich mon builds o woll oround his house.

The princess remembers the foirg's help.

The soldiers fight brovelg in the wor.

5 Sito is o kind ond generous girl.

6

The king finds o bobg in the forest.

Puon Soleho invites her neighbours into her house.

The shoemoker moke shoes for the elves.

The kittens ore sod.

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The children plog in the gorden.

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A Choo se the best onswer to complete the sentences.

I We
the storg our teocher told us.
A enjog
B enjogs

C enjoged
D enjoging

2 Once upon o time, the onimols _ the lion to be their king.

A chose
C choosing
B choose

Long ogo, lhere

Ais

chooses

o kind ond helpful gionl.

B ore

C wos
D were

Lost night, mU brother

A osks
B osked

me to help him to drow o picture.

C osking
D osk

mon
A trovelled
B trovels
The goung

to o forowog lond ond found his forfune.

C lrovel
D lrovelling

6 I_
up becouse I heord o loud screom.
A woke
C wokes
B woke
D woking
7

The fox picked lhe ripe rombutons from the ground

r Q eols
A eot
B ole
D eoting

When

everuone

A folls
foll

The zookeeper

A fed
B

l0

feeds

The monkeus
A climb
B climbs

ond

them.

osleep, the thieves come into the house.

C folling
D fell

the onimols becouse theg were hungrg.

C feed
D feeding
up the trees ond picked the coconuts.
C climbing
D climbed
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The robbers

A toke

the moneg ond ron owou.

C took
D toking

B tokes

12 We _

on the door ond woited for someone to open it.

C knocked
D knocking

A knock

B knocks

l3 The children ploged the guiter ond _

A singing
C sing
B sings
D song
14 The ont

A worked

hord but the grosshopper ploged oll dog.

C Work
D working

B works

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16

The

bog

for the giont.

to the villogers when theg osked

A lies
B lied

C tging
D lie

Jomol

'him

obout the mogic stone.

for help when he fell into the well.

C shouted
D shouting

A shouts
B shout

17 The firemen

A went
B going

into the burning house ond soved the peopre.

C goes
D go

l8 The plonts grew ond the flowers

A blooms
C bloomed
B bloom

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The old mon

A hos
B hod

D blooming

It wos roining so

A stoging
B stoged

three sons ond he loved his sons verg much.

C hoving
D hove

we

ot home.
C stogs

stog

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B Look ct the picture ond then read the possoge carefully. Bosed on the
picture ond the Possoge, choose the best onswer to f ill in the blonks.

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one dog, Koi Lun ond his sister, Mei Lin were in the kitchen. Theg
(r)
to moke some opple juice. Koi Lun (2)
o knife to cut the opples into pieces. He (g)

not coreful so

he cut his finger. The children (4)

their mother. Theg (5)

to sitting room to look for

her the cut. She cleoned the cut ond

put o ploster on it.

I A wont

B wonts

C wonted

wonting

2A

B used

USeS

3Ais

B ore

C wos

D were

4A

running

B run

runs

5A

showed

B showing

shows

D show

use

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