Past Simple Regular & Irregular – Dictation & Error Correction

Task I: Your teacher will read out some verbs. Write down their Past Tense form on
the correct row below.

Regular:

Irregular:

Task II: Correct the errors in these sentences:

1. Tina and Mario was very happy children.

2. Mrs Quelle readed “Vogue” when she was on the pane last night.
3. You buyed me flowers and I know you payed a lot for them, but you got the
wrong colour.
4. I camed two days ago, but I stoped at mum and dad’s first.
5. She never cryed when a boyfriend leaved her.
6. Professor Stall studyed Japanese in Tokyo.
7. Agassi plaied professional tennis for 20 years, then he becomed a tennis
coach.
8. You haved three wives but you wasn’t happy with any of them!
9. He goed there because he wanted a bit of peace and quiet.
10. They taked the money and they runned away with it.

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Past Simple Regular & Irregular – Dictation & Error Correction

Task I: Your teacher will read out some verbs. Write down their Past Tense form on
the correct row below.

Regular:

Irregular:

Task II: Correct the errors in these sentences:

1. Tina and Mario was very happy children.

2. Mrs Quelle readed “Vogue” when she was on the pane last night.
3. You buyed me flowers and I know you payed a lot for them, but you got the
wrong colour.
4. I camed two days ago, but I stoped at mum and dad’s first.
5. She never cryed when a boyfriend leaved her.
6. Professor Stall studyed Japanese in Tokyo.
7. Agassi plaied professional tennis for 20 years, then he becomed a tennis
coach.
8. You haved three wives but you wasn’t happy with any of them!
9. He goed there because he wanted a bit of peace and quiet.
10. They taked the money and they runned away with it.
Past Simple Regular & Irregular – Dictation & Error Correction

Teacher’s Notes

Task I Verb Set (read in random order, eg. 1 regular, 3 irregular, 2 regular, 1 irregular
etc).

Regular: visit arrive listen believe decide

work study love open need

walk help cook play talk

Irregular: be begin have go leave

do make get write buy

speak come run read eat

Task II Key

1. were 6. studied

2. read 7. played, became

3. bought, paid 8. had, weren’t

4. came, stopped 9. went, wanted

5. cried, left 10. took, ran

Variations

Task I variation: T reads the Past Tense forms, SS write the infinitives.

Task II can be written on the board, and SS can work in pairs to correct each
sentence. T then elicits correct answers form pairs and writes them on the board.

SS play Chain Story: each says one sentence, continuing the one said before,
building up a story.