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Verb Simple Past Verb Simple Past
hold held understand understood
keep kept wear wore
know knew win won

leave left write wrote

Practice Time 2

A. Tick () the simple past form of the verb in each sentence.

1. Last year, we spend /spent a wonderful time in Hawaii.

2. Please do not buy goods that read made /make in China.

3. The man was happy and sell /sold all his balloons.

4. Each time the dolphins jumped, the children laughed /laugh .

5. When the programme ended, the audience clap /clapped in appreciation.

B. Complete the paragraph with the simple past form of the verbs given in brackets.

The Aztec Empire (flourish) __________________ between 1345 and 1521 CE. It (cover)
_______________ majority of the Central America. Aztec warriors (dominate) _______________
all the neighbouring states. They (trade) _______________ with nearby countries. Their art and

architecture (rank) _______________ among the world’s best.

Simple Future Tense
The simple future tense is used:

 to describe an action in the future. For example:
I shall call you after lunch.
O
 to make a prediction or to give a warning. For example:
I am sure it will rain heavily tonight.
O Do come. I will wait for you.
 to make a spontaneous decision. For example:
Simple Tenses  to suggest a voluntary action or a promise. For example:
O

I will pick you up.

O
Formation of Sentences in Simple Future Tense
To make a positive sentence, we add will/shall before the root form of a verb.

The train will leave at 7 a.m. in the morning.
O

We shall wait for your.
O

To make a negative sentence, we add will not (won’t) or shall not (shan’t) before the root
form of a verb.
They will not go by train. I shall not play cricket.
O O
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