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Past simple game: Fish Feeding
The card shows the base form, for example go. Four fish carry forms of that verb: goed, went, gone, wented. Feed the one with the past simple. The labels sink: feed a fish while its label is under water for a memory bonus.
Fish Feeding
What the game practises
Fish Feeding practises the past simple with A1 and A2 verbs: the spelling of regular verbs (lived, not liveed; studied, not studyed) and the forms of irregular verbs (went, not goed or gone).
The rules with tables and more exercises are in the lesson the past simple tense: -ed spelling and irregular verbs. Want all three forms of irregular verbs (go – went – gone)? Try the irregular verbs games Word Builder, Rally and Fish Feeding.
How to play
- Choose a level (A1 or A2) and a set of verbs. The recommended set is marked.
- The card at the top shows and reads the base form: go · ___.
- Tap the fish with the past simple (went), or press 1–4. The fish eats and you hear the form.
- A wrong fish shakes, costs a heart, and a short explanation appears under the game. You have three hearts.
- After a moment the label sinks. Feed a fish while its label is under water and it counts from memory: +3 points.
Verb sets: base form and past simple
Each level has sets of up to 8 verbs, about half regular and half irregular. You play the same sets in all four games; A2 also repeats the regular verbs from A1.
| Set | Verbs (base form – past simple) | |
|---|---|---|
| A1 · Beginner | ||
| 1 | put – put, work – worked, read – read, play – played, come – came, like – liked, run – ran, study – studied | Play → |
| 2 | drink – drank, stop – stopped, swim – swam, open – opened, find – found, watch – watched, think – thought, stay – stayed | Play → |
| 3 | buy – bought, live – lived, sleep – slept, try – tried, learn – learnt/learned, chat – chatted, meet – met, listen – listened | Play → |
| 4 | say – said, want – wanted, tell – told, love – loved, know – knew, cry – cried, take – took, write – wrote | Play → |
| 5 | speak – spoke, visit – visited, get – got, clean – cleaned, give – gave, dance – danced, do – did, cook – cooked | Play → |
| 6 | go – went, close – closed, see – saw, walk – walked, sit – sat, arrive – arrived, help – helped | Play → |
| 7 | be – was/were, start – started, have – had, finish – finished, make – made, ask – asked, eat – ate | Play → |
| A2 · Elementary | ||
| 1 | let – let, prefer – preferred, set – set, carry – carried, cost – cost, decide – decided, cut – cut, happen – happened | Play → |
| 2 | hit – hit, fix – fixed, hurt – hurt, explain – explained, shut – shut, play – played, become – became, shop – shopped | Play → |
| 3 | begin – began, worry – worried, sing – sang, hope – hoped, ring – rang, remember – remembered, win – won, relax – relaxed | Play → |
| 4 | bring – brought, work – worked, catch – caught, stay – stayed, fight – fought, drop – dropped, teach – taught, hurry – hurried | Play → |
| 5 | feel – felt, smile – smiled, keep – kept, answer – answered, leave – left, allow – allowed, mean – meant, watch – watched | Play → |
| 6 | lose – lost, grab – grabbed, burn – burnt/burned, marry – married, dream – dreamt/dreamed, move – moved, smell – smelt/smelled, offer – offered | Play → |
| 7 | spell – spelt/spelled, want – wanted, build – built, admit – admitted, send – sent, reply – replied, spend – spent, believe – believed | Play → |
| 8 | lend – lent, order – ordered, pay – paid, clean – cleaned, sell – sold, stop – stopped, stand – stood, copy – copied | Play → |
| 9 | understand – understood, agree – agreed, hold – held, open – opened, draw – drew, cook – cooked, fly – flew, chat – chatted | Play → |
| 10 | grow – grew, study – studied, throw – threw, invite – invited, blow – blew, listen – listened, show – showed, walk – walked | Play → |
| 11 | shake – shook, try – tried, drive – drove, receive – received, ride – rode, visit – visited, hide – hid | Play → |
| 12 | bite – bit, help – helped, break – broke, cry – cried, choose – chose, like – liked, start – started | Play → |
| 13 | wake – woke/waked, live – lived, steal – stole, finish – finished, wear – wore, love – loved, ask – asked | Play → |
| 14 | forget – forgot, dance – danced, fall – fell, close – closed, hear – heard, arrive – arrived, lie – lay | Play → |
Frequently asked questions
Who is Fish Feeding for?
For beginners (A1) and elementary learners (A2) who are learning the past simple. It is calmer than Rally: nothing rushes you, and mistakes only cost hearts.
Why is gone in the pond when I need went?
Because “I gone” and “I seen” are some of the most common mistakes. Gone is the past participle; the past simple is went. The pond never contains a form of a different verb.
Is my progress saved?
Yes, in this browser only. A set is mastered when you get 85% right first time in any of the four games.