Change the verbs to the simple past tense forms and rewrite the
sentences.
1.
Kavita is watching television.
kavita watched the television
The teacher in a pink saree teaches us English.
2.
3. My mother buys vegetables from the nearby shop.
4.
I go to play hopscotch with my friends.
5.
Mehul takes lessons to learn the guitar.
The teachers in a pink saree taught us English
My mother berlight vegetables from the nearbyshop.
I went to play hopscotch with my frients.
mehul took lessons to learn guitar
I was very tried after playing football
They
6.
I am very tired after playing football.
7. They win every match they play in school.
8.
When we put water in the freezer, it freezes.
Answers
Change the verbs to the simple past tense forms and rewrite the sentences.
1. Kavita is watching television.
2. The teacher in a pink saree teaches us English.
3. My mother buys vegetables from the nearby shop.
4. I go to play hopscotch with my friends.
5. Mehul takes lessons to learn the guitar.
6. I am very tired after playing football.
7. They win every match they play in school.
8. When we put water in the freezer, it freezes.
1. Kavita watched television.
2. The teacher in a pink saree taught us English.
3. My mother bought vegetables from the nearby shop.
4. I went to play hopscotch with my friends.
5. Mehul took lessons to learn the guitar.
6. I was tired after played football.
7. They won every match they play in school.
8. When we put water in the freezer, it freezed.
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❍ Simple Past Tense
The simple past tense is also known as past simple or past indefinite tense. It refers to event that have happened in the past. The verbs of this tense are usually end with -d or -ed.
Examples -
- Vikram went to a club last night.
- Moon gave me a doll for my birthday.
- Sakib watched television.
❍ Structure
Affirmative or Positive (+):
Subject + V2 ( Second Form of Verb )
Negative (-):
Subject + did not + V1 ( First Form of Verb )
Question or interrogative form(?):
Did + Subject + V1 ( First Form of Verb )
✤ Required Answers ✤
In this question we have to change the given verbs in the sentences to simple past tense.
Before starting, firstly let's know the structure of the simple past tense, so it'll become easy.
Structure of simple past tense:
- Sub + V2 + Object ( Affirmative )
- Sub + did + not + V1 + object ( Negative )
- Did + sub + V1 + object ( Interrogative )
Now, let's start!
1. Kavita is watching television.
→ Kavita watched television.
Here, verb is 'watching' which is in V5 form, so we changed its verb form to V2 according to the structure. [ V2 of 'watch' is watched.]
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2.The teacher in a pink saree teaches us English.
→ The teacher in pink saree taught us English.
Here, verb is 'teach' which is in V5 form ', so we changed its verb form to V2 according to the structure. [ V2 of 'teach' is taught.]
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3. My mother buys vegetables from the nearby shop.
→ My mother bought vegetables from the nearby shop.
Here, verb is 'buy' which is in V5 form, so we changed its verb form to V2 according to the structure. [ V2 of 'buy' is bought.]
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4. I go to play hopscotch with my friends.
→ I went to play hopscotch with my friends.
Here, verb is 'go' which is in V1 form, so we changed its verb form to V2 according to the structure. [ V2 of 'go' is went.]
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5. Mehul takes lessons to learn the guitar.
→ Mehul took lessons to learn the guitar.
Here, verb is 'take' which is in V5 form, so we changed its verb form to V2 according to the structure. [ V2 of 'take' is took. ]
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6. I am very tired after playing football.
→ I am very tired after played football.
Here, verb is 'play' which is in V4 form, so we changed its verb form to V2 according to the structure. [ V2 of 'play' is played. ]
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7. They win every match they play in school.
→ They won every match they played in school.
Here, verb is 'win' and 'play' which is in V1 form, so we changed its verb form to V2 according to the structure. [ V2 of 'play' is played and V2 of 'win' is won. ]
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8. When we put water in the freezer, it freezes.
→ When we put water in the freezer, it froze.
Here, verb is 'freeze' and 'put' which is in V1 and V5 form, so we changed its verb form to V2 according to the structure. [ V2 of 'freeze' is froze and 'put' is put. ]