[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":574},["ShallowReactive",2],{"en-game-past-simple-game":3},{"slug":4,"type":5,"mechanic":6,"topic":7,"published":8,"updated_at":9,"related_exercise":10,"levels":11,"seo":15,"settings":20,"questions":24,"content":490,"related_games":571,"available_locales":572},"past-simple-game","grammar-game","speed-round","simple-past",true,"2026-09-30","\u002Fgrammar\u002Fsimple-past-exercises",[12,13,14],"A1","A2","B1",{"title":16,"meta_description":17,"h1":18,"subtitle":19},"Past Simple Game Online | Free Past Tense Practice","Play a free past simple game online. Practise regular and irregular past tense verbs, negatives and questions in quick rounds with instant explanations.","Past Simple Game","Turn yesterday's stories into a quick game of verbs, negatives and questions.",{"questions_per_round":21,"lives":22,"seconds_per_question":23},12,3,15,[25,37,44,49,59,65,71,80,86,90,99,105,110,120,125,130,139,146,150,159,165,169,178,184,188,199,206,211,221,226,231,239,245,249,256,263,267,276,282,287,294,301,305,311,317,322,331,337,341,347,354,360,368,373,378,388,395,399,406,411,416,425,432,437,444,450,454,460,467,471,479,485],{"id":26,"difficulty":27,"format":28,"prompt":29,"options":30,"answer":31,"rule":35,"tag":36},"ps-001","easy","multiple-choice","I ___ my grandparents yesterday.",[31,32,33,34],"visited","visit","visiting","visits","Yesterday is a finished time. Add -ed to the regular verb visit: visited.","regular-verbs",{"id":38,"difficulty":27,"format":39,"prompt":40,"answer":41,"rule":43,"tag":36},"ps-002","gap-fill","We ___ (play) football last Saturday.",[42],"played","Play is regular: add -ed for the past simple, played.",{"id":45,"difficulty":27,"format":46,"prompt":47,"answer":8,"rule":48,"tag":36},"ps-003","right-or-wrong","She watched a film last night.","Watch is regular. Watched is its past simple form.",{"id":50,"difficulty":27,"format":28,"prompt":51,"options":52,"answer":53,"rule":57,"tag":58},"ps-004","They ___ to the beach last summer.",[53,54,55,56],"went","go","gone","goed","Go is irregular. Its past simple form is went.","irregular-verbs",{"id":60,"difficulty":27,"format":39,"prompt":61,"answer":62,"rule":64,"tag":36},"ps-005","He ___ (cook) dinner yesterday.",[63],"cooked","Cook is regular: cook + -ed = cooked.",{"id":66,"difficulty":27,"format":46,"prompt":67,"answer":68,"correction":69,"rule":70,"tag":58},"ps-006","We goed home after school yesterday.",false,"We went home after school yesterday.","Go is irregular: use went, not goed, in the past simple.",{"id":72,"difficulty":27,"format":28,"prompt":73,"options":74,"answer":75,"rule":79,"tag":58},"ps-007","She ___ a new bag last week.",[75,76,77,78],"bought","buyed","buy","buying","Buy changes to bought in the past simple.",{"id":81,"difficulty":27,"format":39,"prompt":82,"answer":83,"rule":85,"tag":36},"ps-008","My brother ___ (open) the window yesterday morning.",[84],"opened","Open is regular: open + -ed = opened.",{"id":87,"difficulty":27,"format":46,"prompt":88,"answer":8,"rule":89,"tag":36},"ps-009","They played tennis yesterday afternoon.","Played is the past simple form of the regular verb play.",{"id":91,"difficulty":27,"format":28,"prompt":92,"options":93,"answer":94,"rule":98,"tag":36},"ps-010","The lesson ___ at ten yesterday.",[94,95,96,97],"started","start","starts","starting","Start is regular: add -ed for the past simple, started.",{"id":100,"difficulty":27,"format":39,"prompt":101,"answer":102,"rule":104,"tag":58},"ps-011","I ___ (see) my friend at the station yesterday.",[103],"saw","See is irregular. Its past simple form is saw.",{"id":106,"difficulty":27,"format":46,"prompt":107,"answer":68,"correction":108,"rule":109,"tag":58},"ps-012","He eated breakfast at seven yesterday.","He ate breakfast at seven yesterday.","Eat is irregular: use ate, not eated, in the past simple.",{"id":111,"difficulty":27,"format":28,"prompt":112,"options":113,"answer":114,"rule":118,"tag":119},"ps-013","I ___ very tired after the walk yesterday.",[114,115,116,117],"was","were","am","be","The past simple of be with I is was.","was-were",{"id":121,"difficulty":27,"format":39,"prompt":122,"answer":123,"rule":124,"tag":119},"ps-014","They ___ (be) at home last night.",[115],"The past simple of be with they is were.",{"id":126,"difficulty":27,"format":46,"prompt":127,"answer":68,"correction":128,"rule":129,"tag":119},"ps-015","We was late for class yesterday.","We were late for class yesterday.","Use were with we in the past simple of be.",{"id":131,"difficulty":27,"format":28,"prompt":132,"options":133,"answer":134,"rule":138,"tag":58},"ps-016","She ___ her keys yesterday morning.",[134,135,136,137],"lost","lose","losed","losing","Lose is irregular. Its past simple form is lost.",{"id":140,"difficulty":27,"format":39,"prompt":141,"answer":142,"rule":144,"tag":145},"ps-017","We ___ (dance) at the party last night.",[143],"danced","Dance ends in -e, so add only -d: danced.","past-spelling",{"id":147,"difficulty":27,"format":46,"prompt":148,"answer":8,"rule":149,"tag":119},"ps-018","She was at the library yesterday.","Was is the past simple of be with she.",{"id":151,"difficulty":27,"format":28,"prompt":152,"options":153,"answer":154,"rule":158,"tag":58},"ps-019","They ___ lunch at noon yesterday.",[154,155,156,157],"had","have","has","haved","Have is irregular. Its past simple form is had.",{"id":160,"difficulty":27,"format":39,"prompt":161,"answer":162,"rule":164,"tag":36},"ps-020","She ___ (walk) to work last Monday.",[163],"walked","Walk is regular: walk + -ed = walked.",{"id":166,"difficulty":27,"format":46,"prompt":167,"answer":8,"rule":168,"tag":36},"ps-021","I visited my aunt last weekend.","Visited is the past simple of the regular verb visit.",{"id":170,"difficulty":27,"format":28,"prompt":171,"options":172,"answer":173,"rule":177,"tag":58},"ps-022","He ___ a letter to his friend yesterday.",[173,174,175,176],"wrote","written","write","writed","Write is irregular. Its past simple form is wrote.",{"id":179,"difficulty":27,"format":39,"prompt":180,"answer":181,"rule":183,"tag":145},"ps-023","The shop ___ (close) at six yesterday.",[182],"closed","Close ends in -e, so add only -d: closed.",{"id":185,"difficulty":27,"format":46,"prompt":186,"answer":8,"rule":187,"tag":119},"ps-024","They were happy after the match yesterday.","Were is the past simple of be with they.",{"id":189,"difficulty":190,"format":28,"prompt":191,"options":192,"answer":193,"rule":197,"tag":198},"ps-025","medium","I ___ watch TV last night.",[193,194,195,196],"didn't","don't","wasn't","doesn't","Make a past simple negative with didn't + base verb: didn't watch.","negative",{"id":200,"difficulty":190,"format":39,"prompt":201,"answer":202,"rule":205,"tag":198},"ps-026","She ___ (not go) to school yesterday.",[203,204],"didn't go","did not go","After didn't or did not, use the base verb go, not went.",{"id":207,"difficulty":190,"format":46,"prompt":208,"answer":68,"correction":209,"rule":210,"tag":198},"ps-027","He didn't went to the meeting yesterday.","He didn't go to the meeting yesterday.","Didn't already marks the past, so the next verb stays in its base form: go.",{"id":212,"difficulty":190,"format":28,"prompt":213,"options":214,"answer":215,"rule":219,"tag":220},"ps-028","___ you see the film last night?",[215,216,217,218],"Did","Do","Were","Have","A past simple question with an action verb starts with Did + subject + base verb.","question",{"id":222,"difficulty":190,"format":39,"prompt":223,"answer":224,"rule":225,"tag":220},"ps-029","Did you ___ (visit) your cousins last weekend?",[32],"After did and the subject, use the base verb visit.",{"id":227,"difficulty":190,"format":46,"prompt":228,"answer":68,"correction":229,"rule":230,"tag":220},"ps-030","Did she called you yesterday?","Did she call you yesterday?","Did marks the past. Use the base verb call after the subject.",{"id":232,"difficulty":190,"format":28,"prompt":233,"options":234,"answer":235,"rule":238,"tag":119},"ps-031","They ___ at home yesterday evening.",[235,195,236,237],"weren't","didn't be","isn't","With they, the past negative of be is were not or weren't.",{"id":240,"difficulty":190,"format":39,"prompt":241,"answer":242,"rule":244,"tag":119},"ps-032","He ___ (not be) ready for the test yesterday.",[195,243],"was not","With he, the past negative of be is was not or wasn't. Do not use didn't be.",{"id":246,"difficulty":190,"format":46,"prompt":247,"answer":8,"rule":248,"tag":119},"ps-033","Were they late for the bus yesterday?","Questions with past be place were before they: Were they late?",{"id":250,"difficulty":190,"format":28,"prompt":251,"options":252,"answer":253,"rule":255,"tag":220},"ps-034","Where ___ you go after class yesterday?",[253,115,254,114],"did","do","A past simple wh-question uses where + did + subject + base verb.",{"id":257,"difficulty":190,"format":39,"prompt":258,"answer":259,"rule":262,"tag":198},"ps-035","I ___ (not see) the message last night.",[260,261],"didn't see","did not see","Use didn't + base verb: didn't see, not didn't saw.",{"id":264,"difficulty":190,"format":46,"prompt":265,"answer":8,"rule":266,"tag":220},"ps-036","Did they arrive on time yesterday?","Did + subject + base verb makes a past simple question: Did they arrive?",{"id":268,"difficulty":190,"format":28,"prompt":269,"options":270,"answer":271,"rule":275,"tag":145},"ps-037","She ___ the exam last Friday.",[271,272,273,274],"studied for","studyed for","study for","studying for","Study ends in consonant + y. Change y to i and add -ed: studied.",{"id":277,"difficulty":190,"format":39,"prompt":278,"answer":279,"rule":281,"tag":145},"ps-038","We ___ (stop) for a break yesterday.",[280],"stopped","Stop has a short vowel before its final consonant. Double p before -ed: stopped.",{"id":283,"difficulty":190,"format":46,"prompt":284,"answer":68,"correction":285,"rule":286,"tag":145},"ps-039","He tryed to call me yesterday.","He tried to call me yesterday.","Try ends in consonant + y. Change y to i before -ed: tried.",{"id":288,"difficulty":190,"format":28,"prompt":289,"options":290,"answer":291,"rule":293,"tag":119},"ps-040","___ she at work yesterday?",[291,215,217,292],"Was","Is","For a past question with be and she, move was before the subject: Was she...?",{"id":295,"difficulty":190,"format":39,"prompt":296,"answer":297,"rule":300,"tag":198},"ps-041","They ___ (not have) enough time yesterday.",[298,299],"didn't have","did not have","Have is an action verb here. Use didn't + base form have.",{"id":302,"difficulty":190,"format":46,"prompt":303,"answer":8,"rule":304,"tag":198},"ps-042","She didn't buy a ticket yesterday.","Didn't is followed by the base form buy, even though bought is the affirmative past form.",{"id":306,"difficulty":190,"format":28,"prompt":307,"options":308,"answer":253,"rule":310,"tag":220},"ps-043","What time ___ the train leave yesterday?",[253,309,114,115],"does","Ask about a finished past event with did + subject + base verb leave.",{"id":312,"difficulty":190,"format":39,"prompt":313,"answer":314,"rule":316,"tag":145},"ps-044","She ___ (carry) the boxes upstairs yesterday.",[315],"carried","Carry ends in consonant + y. Change y to i and add -ed: carried.",{"id":318,"difficulty":190,"format":46,"prompt":319,"answer":68,"correction":320,"rule":321,"tag":220},"ps-045","Did you visited the museum last weekend?","Did you visit the museum last weekend?","After did, use the base verb visit, not visited.",{"id":323,"difficulty":190,"format":28,"prompt":324,"options":325,"answer":326,"rule":330,"tag":58},"ps-046","He ___ his phone at home yesterday.",[326,327,328,329],"left","leaved","leave","leaving","Leave is irregular. Its past simple form is left.",{"id":332,"difficulty":190,"format":39,"prompt":333,"answer":334,"rule":336,"tag":220},"ps-047","Did she ___ (call) you after the party last night?",[335],"call","After did and the subject, use the base verb call.",{"id":338,"difficulty":190,"format":46,"prompt":339,"answer":8,"rule":340,"tag":119},"ps-048","They weren't at school yesterday.","Were not or weren't is the past negative of be with they.",{"id":342,"difficulty":343,"format":28,"prompt":344,"options":345,"answer":253,"rule":346,"tag":220},"ps-049","hard","When ___ the concert end last night?",[253,114,309,154],"A past simple question about an action uses did + subject + base verb end.",{"id":348,"difficulty":343,"format":39,"prompt":349,"answer":350,"rule":353,"tag":198},"ps-050","I ___ (not know) the answer when the teacher asked me yesterday.",[351,352],"didn't know","did not know","Use didn't + base verb know for a past simple negative.",{"id":355,"difficulty":343,"format":46,"prompt":356,"answer":68,"correction":357,"rule":358,"tag":359},"ps-051","I have seen her yesterday.","I saw her yesterday.","Yesterday is a finished past time. Use past simple saw, not present perfect have seen.","finished-time",{"id":361,"difficulty":343,"format":28,"prompt":362,"options":363,"answer":103,"rule":367,"tag":359},"ps-052","I ___ the film in 2022, but I don't remember the ending.",[103,364,365,366],"have seen","see","seen","In 2022 is a finished time, so use the past simple saw.",{"id":369,"difficulty":343,"format":39,"prompt":370,"answer":371,"rule":372,"tag":220},"ps-053","What did you ___ (do) after the lights went out last night?",[254],"Did is the helper; the main verb do stays in its base form: What did you do?",{"id":374,"difficulty":343,"format":46,"prompt":375,"answer":68,"correction":376,"rule":377,"tag":119},"ps-054","We didn't were ready when the taxi arrived.","We weren't ready when the taxi arrived.","The past negative of be with we is weren't, not didn't were.",{"id":379,"difficulty":343,"format":28,"prompt":380,"options":381,"answer":382,"rule":386,"tag":387},"ps-055","She ___ the email and then ___ the computer yesterday.",[382,383,384,385],"read \u002F turned off","readed \u002F turned off","read \u002F turn off","reads \u002F turned off","For two finished past actions, use past simple in both places: read and turned off.","sequence",{"id":389,"difficulty":343,"format":39,"prompt":390,"answer":391,"rule":394,"tag":198},"ps-056","We ___ (not spend) much money on our trip last year.",[392,393],"didn't spend","did not spend","Didn't marks the past, so spend remains in its base form.",{"id":396,"difficulty":343,"format":46,"prompt":397,"answer":8,"rule":398,"tag":387},"ps-057","After she finished work, she went straight home yesterday.","Finished and went are both past simple because they describe completed events in sequence.",{"id":400,"difficulty":343,"format":28,"prompt":401,"options":402,"answer":193,"rule":404,"tag":405},"ps-058","Why ___ you call me when you got home last night?",[193,235,194,403],"haven't","Ask why something did not happen in the past with why + didn't + subject + base verb.","negative-question",{"id":407,"difficulty":343,"format":39,"prompt":408,"answer":409,"rule":410,"tag":119},"ps-059","She ___ (not be) at the station when the train arrived yesterday.",[195,243],"Use was not or wasn't with she; be does not take didn't here.",{"id":412,"difficulty":343,"format":46,"prompt":413,"answer":68,"correction":414,"rule":415,"tag":119},"ps-060","Did they were at the party last Saturday?","Were they at the party last Saturday?","A question with past be starts with Were; do not add did.",{"id":417,"difficulty":343,"format":28,"prompt":418,"options":419,"answer":420,"rule":424,"tag":387},"ps-061","The children ___ when the teacher entered the room yesterday.",[420,421,422,423],"stood up","stand up","standed up","standing up","Stand is irregular: its past simple form is stood. Both actions are finished past events.",{"id":426,"difficulty":343,"format":39,"prompt":427,"answer":428,"rule":431,"tag":198},"ps-062","He ___ (not tell) me the news when we met yesterday.",[429,430],"didn't tell","did not tell","Make a past simple negative with didn't + base verb tell, not told.",{"id":433,"difficulty":343,"format":46,"prompt":434,"answer":68,"correction":435,"rule":436,"tag":359},"ps-063","She has finished the report last Monday.","She finished the report last Monday.","Last Monday is a finished past time. Use past simple finished instead of present perfect.",{"id":438,"difficulty":343,"format":28,"prompt":439,"options":440,"answer":215,"rule":443,"tag":220},"ps-064","___ it rain during your holiday last week?",[215,291,441,442],"Does","Had","Rain is an action verb, so form its past simple question with Did + subject + rain.",{"id":445,"difficulty":343,"format":39,"prompt":446,"answer":447,"rule":449,"tag":220},"ps-065","Where did your parents ___ (live) when they first met?",[448],"live","After did and the subject, use the base verb live.",{"id":451,"difficulty":343,"format":46,"prompt":452,"answer":8,"rule":453,"tag":198},"ps-066","He didn't use his phone during the meeting yesterday.","Didn't is followed by the base form use in a past simple negative.",{"id":455,"difficulty":343,"format":28,"prompt":456,"options":457,"answer":217,"rule":459,"tag":119},"ps-067","___ there any messages for me when you checked yesterday?",[217,291,215,458],"Are","Messages is plural, so the past of there are is there were: Were there any messages?",{"id":461,"difficulty":343,"format":39,"prompt":462,"answer":463,"rule":466,"tag":198},"ps-068","I ___ (not feel) well after the flight yesterday.",[464,465],"didn't feel","did not feel","Use didn't + base verb feel for the past simple negative.",{"id":468,"difficulty":343,"format":46,"prompt":469,"answer":8,"rule":470,"tag":387},"ps-069","When we arrived, the film started five minutes later.","Arrived and started are finished past actions in sequence, so both take past simple.",{"id":472,"difficulty":343,"format":28,"prompt":473,"options":474,"answer":203,"rule":478,"tag":198},"ps-070","She ___ to work yesterday because she was ill.",[203,475,476,477],"didn't went","wasn't go","doesn't go","Didn't + base verb makes the past negative: didn't go, not didn't went.",{"id":480,"difficulty":343,"format":39,"prompt":481,"answer":482,"rule":484,"tag":145},"ps-071","They ___ (plan) the trip together last winter.",[483],"planned","Plan ends in consonant–vowel–consonant. Double n before -ed: planned.",{"id":486,"difficulty":343,"format":46,"prompt":487,"answer":68,"correction":488,"rule":489,"tag":119},"ps-072","Was your friends at the concert last night?","Were your friends at the concert last night?","Friends is plural, so use Were rather than Was in the past question.",{"how_to_play":491,"rule_intro":495,"rule_sections":496,"related_exercise_label":551,"faq":552},[492,493,494],"Choose Practice for an untimed round or Challenge for a timed round with three lives.","Practice lets you choose a difficulty. Challenge mixes all three levels in a 12-question round.","Read each correction, then replay the questions you missed or continue to the full Simple Past Exercises.","Use the past simple to talk about actions and situations that finished at a finished time. This past simple game puts regular and irregular verbs, negatives, questions and was\u002Fwere into short sentences, so you practise choosing the form that fits.",[497,507,519,530,541],{"heading":498,"body":499,"examples":500},"Affirmative: regular and irregular past forms","Regular verbs usually add -ed. Irregular verbs have special past forms to learn. Apart from be (was\u002Fwere), the past form is the same for I, you, he, she, we and they.",[501,504],{"sentence":502,"note":503},"We visited our friends yesterday.","Visit is regular: visited.",{"sentence":505,"note":506},"She went home last night.","Go is irregular: went.",{"heading":508,"body":509,"examples":510},"Negative: didn't plus the base verb","Put didn't before the base form of an action verb. The past marker is already in did, so the next verb does not change.",[511,515],{"sentence":512,"wrong":513,"note":514},"I didn't watch the film.","I didn't watched the film.","Use watch after didn't.",{"sentence":516,"wrong":517,"note":518},"She didn't go yesterday.","She didn't went yesterday.","Use go after didn't.",{"heading":520,"body":521,"examples":522},"Questions: did before the subject","Start most past simple questions with Did. After the subject, keep the action verb in its base form. Put a question word before did when needed.",[523,526],{"sentence":524,"note":525},"Did you visit them last week?","Did + you + visit.",{"sentence":527,"wrong":528,"note":529},"Where did she go?","Where did she went?","Use go, not went, after did.",{"heading":531,"body":532,"examples":533},"Past be: was and were","Be follows a different pattern. Use was with I\u002Fhe\u002Fshe\u002Fit and were with you\u002Fwe\u002Fthey. For negatives and questions, do not add did.",[534,537],{"sentence":535,"note":536},"He was at home yesterday.","Was matches he.",{"sentence":538,"wrong":539,"note":540},"Were they late?","Did they were late?","Move were before they.",{"heading":542,"body":543,"examples":544},"Finished times and common mistakes","Yesterday, last week, two days ago and a finished year point to the past simple. In standard English, do not pair present perfect with a finished time such as yesterday.",[545,547],{"sentence":357,"wrong":356,"note":546},"Yesterday calls for saw.",{"sentence":548,"wrong":549,"note":550},"They stopped for lunch last Friday.","They stoped for lunch last Friday.","Double p in stopped.","Simple Past Exercises: verbs, negatives and questions",[553,556,559,562,565,568],{"question":554,"answer":555},"Is this past simple game free?","Yes. Play as many rounds as you want without creating an account.",{"question":557,"answer":558},"What does the past simple game practise?","It covers regular and irregular verbs, didn't + base verb, questions with did, was\u002Fwere and common spelling changes.",{"question":560,"answer":561},"What is the difference between past simple and present perfect?","Past simple often names a finished time: I saw her yesterday. Present perfect does not normally go with yesterday: I have seen her before.",{"question":563,"answer":564},"Can I use this game in class?","Yes. Play a Practice round on a shared screen and discuss each correction, or use Challenge as a short group review. The linked exercises offer a longer follow-up activity.",{"question":566,"answer":567},"Can I replay this past tense game or try other activities?","Yes. Replay missed questions, start another 12-question round or open the related Simple Past Exercises for more practice formats.",{"question":569,"answer":570},"Does this game save my result?","Your best Challenge score is stored in this browser, not in your account.",[],{"es":573},"\u002Fes\u002Fjuegos\u002Fpasado-simple",1791170993523]