10The weather are was is nice today, but it was were horrible last weekend.

9′ Was Were you at the beach last Sunday?’ ‘Yes, I were was .

8′ Was Were Kate angry yesterday after the meeting?’ ‘No, but I think she am is are angry now.’

7′ Was Were you excited about the trip?’ ‘Yes, we were was ‘re very excited.’

6Asim were is was born in Egypt, and I was were am born in Birmingham.

5Yesterday we were was late for the concert, and today I are am is late for class.

4Sara and I was were at home that night, and you was were with us.

3Yesterday Philip and Emma was were in London. Today they is am are in Paris.

2′ Were Was you at the stadium yesterday?’ ‘Yes, I were was ‘s .’

1My son was were short in school, but now he are am is tall.

was/were – form

was/were

 
We use was/were as the past simple forms of be. We use was for I/he/she/it and were for you/we/they.

• I

  was

  at home yesterday. 

• You

  were

  late at the meeting. 

• She

  was

  excited at the party. 

• We

  were

  tired after the excursion. 

• Were

  they at the conference?

No positive short forms

 
The negative short forms of was not and were not are wasn’t and weren’t, but there are no short forms of was and were in affirmative sentences.

• Tom

  was

  tired, but Susan

  wasn’t

  very tired. 

• Paul and Tom

  were

  happy, but we

  weren’t

  happy. 

was/were – use

 
Was/were are the past forms of am/is/are. Present: am/is = past: was. Present: are = past: were.

• I

  ‘m

  happy. ⇒ I

  was

  happy. (am ⇒ was)

• She

  is

  at her office. ⇒ She

  was

  at her office. (is ⇒ was)

• You

  are

  late. ⇒ You

  were

  late. (are ⇒ were)

We use was/were to talk about the past. We often use past expressions of time: yesterday, last night, last week, two months ago, etc.

• She

  was

  in Stuttgart last summer.  

• We

  were

  late to the party last night. 

We use was/were in the expression was/were born. The expression be born is always past (NOT present): was/were born.

• ‘Where

  were

  you born?’ ‘I

  was

  born in Sweden.’ (NOT Where are you born? I am born…)

• Mozart

  was

  born in 1756.

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Past Tense Grammar Games

– practice the past tense with spelling, grammar practice games, reading and writing activities. Practice the past tense using “be + going to + verb” with these fun games. You can practice spelling, vocabulary, speaking, questions and answers, as well s check your grammar with these free online activities for kids.

– practice the past tense with spelling, grammar practice games, reading and writing activities. Practice the past tense using “be + going to + verb” with these fun games. You can practice spelling, vocabulary, speaking, questions and answers, as well s check your grammar with these free online activities for kids.

MES hosts grammar games online to practice verb tenses, spelling, reading, writing, conversation, and grammar in use. All of the games have sound, so you can listen and check your understanding, practice conversation, or just listen and repeat. There are 10+ activities with each topic providing a lot of practice for ESL students or just use them as games for kids to learn spelling and vocabulary online.

This game focuses on the past tense with four main sections. There is a past tense vocabulary practice section and a verbs spelling section. Students will find both regular past tense verbs and irregular verbs in the activity. Then, there are some games for practicing using the past tense within conversation, via questions and answers. The question and answer activities are associated with the ESL Curriculum for Kids – Unit 12.

The questions and answers for this game are as follows.

A: What did you do yesterday?

B: I cleaned my room.

A: Did he clean this morning?

B: Yes, he did./No, he didn’t.

Other notes:

This past tense activity use a mixture of regular past tense forms and irregular past tense forms.

There are 5 past tense time indicators used in the grammar section of the activities.  Students will practice use of “yesterday”, “last night”, “after school”, in the evening” and “in the afternoon” in their construction of past tense sentences.

The grammar games mix first, second and third person. The vocabulary sections and listening activities only use the third person.

The verbs in the spelling section will take the root word, infinitive, the past tense form of the verb, and the past tense verb with a direct object. As an example – do, to do, did homework, did, do homework

For a full list of the vocabulary or teaching materials to match this game check out the links below:

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