Simple Past: Complete the Sentences
Complete 20 everyday sentences by choosing the correct simple past form of each verb. Includes regular and irregular verbs plus a separate answer key.
What’s in the worksheet?
- Focused sentence-completion practice
- Generous answer spaces
- Separate answer key on page 2
- Printable student and teacher pages
Practise simple-past forms in 20 completed-event sentences. Familiar routines and journeys combine regular spellings with ate, went, bought, wrote and took.
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A simple way to teach it
Before the lesson
Use page 1 and hold back the full-sentence key. Review finished past time and a small selection of irregular verbs.
- Model ate a breakfast and walked to work. Explain that the same past form applies across these subjects.
- Complete the 20 gaps, checking studied and regular -ed forms as well as irregular changes.
- Compare with page 2 and group selected answers into regular and irregular verbs. Retell two events from an invented day.
Support and extension
Support with a verb bank or the related verb-forms sheet. Extend with a Did you question using the base verb; accept consistent standard spelling variants where appropriate.
Suggested approach. Adjust the pace and number of questions to suit your class.
