Worksheet 9 — The Past

Print this worksheet or complete it online. Answers are provided at the end for self-checking.

Part A: Was / Were

  1. I ___ at home yesterday.
  2. They ___ at the park on Sunday.
  3. Make negative: She was tired. _____
  4. Make a question: you / at school / yesterday _____

Part B: Irregular Verb Matching

Match the base verb to its past form.

go, eat, see, buy, have, write

went, saw, wrote, ate, had, bought

  1. go → _____
  2. eat → _____
  3. see → _____
  4. buy → _____
  5. have → _____
  6. write → _____

Part C: Regular Verbs (-ed)

  1. walk → _____
  2. study → _____
  3. stop → _____
  4. live → _____

Part D: My Last Weekend — Timeline Writing

Fill in a short timeline of your last weekend, then write 3 full sentences from it.

Saturday morning: _____    Saturday afternoon: _____    Sunday: _____

Sentences: 1) _____ 2) _____ 3) _____

Answer Key

1. was | 2. were | 3. She wasn’t tired. | 4. Were you at school yesterday?
5. went | 6. ate | 7. saw | 8. bought | 9. had | 10. wrote
11. walked | 12. studied | 13. stopped | 14. lived
Part D: (personal answers — self-check that past tense verbs and time expressions are used correctly)

CEFR A1: Writing — can recall and use common irregular and regular past-tense verbs correctly.

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