Past Simple or Past Participle?

When to use the simple past tense

We use the simple past tense for actions that began and finished in the past. We do not have to say exactly when. The important thing is that it happened and is not happening now.

'I saw it'

When to use the past participle

The past participle is used with the following tenses:

Present Perfect

I have seen it.

Past Perfect

I had seen it.

Future Perfect

I will have seen it.

3rd Conditional

I would have seen it.

Passives

It was seen.

Read through the following sentences and choose the correct verb tense to complete each sentence.

Link: Irregular Verb List

• I ___ to him already.
  
  speak
  spoken
  spoke
  
  
• She has ___ me for a long time.
  
  know
  knew
  known
  
  
• My brother ___ my car keys.
  
  hid
  hide
  hidden
  
  
• Have you ever ___ a ghost?
  
  saw
  seen
  see
  
  
• She has ___ away her old clothes.
  
  thrown
  throw
  threw
  
  
• I have never ___ on a plane.
  
  flew
  flown
  fly
  
  
• He ___ his dog for a walk this morning.
  
  take
  taken
  took
  
  
• I don't know why they ___ that one.
  
  choose
  chosen
  chose
  
  
• We ___ selling computers last year.
  
  begin
  begun
  began
  
  
• They will have ___ all the way.
  
  swim
  swam
  swum