Simple Past Tense + Exercise & Answer

2.1.2 The Simple Past Tense is used for a past action.
We know when the action happened. - 知道动作在什么时候完成。注明时间
Therefore, words and phrases like ‘a few seconds ago’, ‘just now’, ‘this morning’, ‘yesterday’, ‘last month’, ‘last year’, ‘last Christmas’, etc. are often used in sentences written in the simple past tense.

Fill in the blanks with the simple past tense of the verbs given in brackets.

1. Jason                 (show) me his photo albums a while ago.

2. He ____________ (wear) this jacket when he ____________ (go) shopping yesterday.

3. Mr. Lim ____________ (spend) some time reading yesterday afternoon.

4. The little girl ____________ (leave) her umbrella at school last week.

5. I  ____________ (think) of visiting you last month but ____________ (have) no transport.

Spelling Rules

no -e   + ed

-e      + d

-y   cancel y , +ied

Doubling consonants

like stop/stopping/stopped or wet / wetter/ wettest

ü  单音节 :  单个vowel + 单个consonant 作结尾

*除了visit/ develop/ happen / remember

ü  In British English, Verbs ending in -l will be doubled

Travel – Travelled – Travelling

Cancel – Cancelled - Cancelling

Answer: showed / wore,went / spent / left / thought, had

**Some verbs are not following the spelling rules, known as IRREGULAR VERBs.
The table of irregular verbs is in another post.
**有些动词不遵循以上的拼音规则，属于不规则动词。
其表格在另一个帖子。