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Past simple racing game: Rally
The base form is at the top, for example stop. At the checkpoint, drive through the gate with the past simple: stopped, not stoped or stop. With irregular verbs, watch out for the past participle: went, not gone.
Rally
What the game practises
Rally practises the past simple with A1 and A2 verbs: regular verbs with -ed (worked, lived, studied, stopped) and irregular verbs with their own form (went, saw, had). Each set is about half regular and half irregular verbs.
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.
- You see and hear the base form: stop · ___.
- At each checkpoint there are three gates, for example stoped / stopped / stop. Steer into the right one (tap a lane, use the arrow keys or swipe). On a keyboard, ↑ speeds up and ↓ slows down.
- Each mistake slows you down, and a short explanation appears under the game. The verb comes back three verbs later.
- Finish first to win. Every mistake costs you time, but you can catch up with ↑. The faster you drive, the less time you have to read.
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
Which forms does Rally practise?
Only the past simple: stop becomes stopped, go becomes went. The past participle (gone) is not asked here. It only appears as a wrong gate, because “I gone” is a very common mistake.
How many verbs are in one race?
One set of up to 8 verbs, about half regular and half irregular. You play the same sets in Fish Feeding, Word Builder and the -ed Sorter.
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.