Past Simple — Irregular — Two Very Different Childhoods
Grammar: Past Simple
Free ESL grammar exercise on past simple — irregular themed around two very different childhoods. Printable worksheet from EnglishPlans.com.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 2 (elementary) ESL grammar exercise on history, practising past simple. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
Pelé was born in Brazil in 1940. His family was very poor. They had almost no money. Pelé had no football. He got a grapefruit and played with that instead. He went to school, but he also worked.
Grammar: Past Simple
- was / were
- Pelé was born in Brazil. — use was for I/he/she/it and were for you/we/they in the past.
- had
- His family had very little money. — had is the past form of have.
Sample items
- Marie Curie ______ very clever as a child.
- Pelé and his family ______ rich.
- The two sisters ______ to secret classes together.
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