SIMPLE PAST EXERCISE

Put the verbs into the simple past:

Last year I (go) ____went_ to England on holiday.
It (be) _____was____fantastic.
I (visit) ____visited________________lots of interesting places.
I (be) ___was_________________with two friends of mine .
In the mornings we (walk) __walked_in the streets of London.
In the evenings we (go) __went to pubs.
The weather (be) _____was_______________strangely fine.
It (not / rain) __________didn´t rain__________a lot.
But we (see) _______saw_____________some beautiful rainbows.
Where (spend / you) __did you spend__________________your last holiday?
I______did______________my maths homework yesterday. (to do)
________Did____________Susan__________go__________to England by
plane? (to go)
They______visited______________a farm two weeks ago. (to visit)
Jenny and Peggy__didn´t help__________________their brother. (not/to help)
The children_____weren´t_______________at home last weekend. (not/to be)
When___did_______you_________desingn___________this wonderful skirt?
(to design)
My mother________didn´t crash____________into the van. (not/to crash)
The boys___took off____the mudguards of their bicycles. (to take off)
He__didn´t drink__________________milk at school. (not/to drink)
I _helped_ my mum in the kitchen. (help)
My sister _studies in her room. (study) STUDIED
My mum __washed_____________ the green car. (wash)
My granny __walked_____________ to the shop. (walk)
My brother ___listened____________ to music. (listen)
My uncle __married_____________ a pretty woman. (marry)
The dogs __played_____________ in the garden. (play)
My aunt ___used____________ her new laptop. (use)
My cousins __arrived_____________ very late. (arrive)
The baby __cried_____________ a lot. (cry)
My dad ___fixed____________ his old bike. (fix)
My father ___went_____ (go) to work by car yesterday.
This morning I _had_______ (have) a shower.
My sister ___didn´t clean_____________ (not clean) her room on Saturday.
The birds _flew_______ (fly) over our heads.
Last week my family __bought (buy) a new table for the dinning room.
The other day, I lost (lose) my math’s book.
I _told (tell) my mother a lie.
We _heard (hear) a terrible sound outside last night.
Did you see (you / see) football match Tuesday night?
Paul _drank (drink) a litre of coke for lunch yesterday.
Sarah ___wrote_____ [write] the best poem.
__Did you konw______________ [know] the answer to the question?
She ______was__ [be] my favourite singer when I was younger.
George wasn´t__________ [not be] my best friend.
Henry VIII _had_______ [have] five wives.
I __studies_________ [study] French two years ago. STUDIED
My daughter __drew______ (draw) a nice brown cat.
Last year I (spend) __spend______ my holiday in Ireland.
It (be) ___was_____ great.
In the evenings we usually (go) __went______ to a pub.
One night we even (learn) __learn______ some Irish dances. LEARNED
We (be) were________ very lucky with the weather.
It (not / rain) ___didn´t rain_____ a lot.
But we (see) ____saw____ some beautiful rainbows.
Where (spend / you) _did you spend _______ your last holiday?
Ben__saw____________Emily at the party. (to see)
He__spoke______________to her about the music. (to speak)
Ben_____ate___________fish and chips for lunch. (to eat)
Lucy__sent_______________me her photographs. (to send)
Jake ____bought_____________a new camera. (to buy)
The football coach ___chose______________the red shirts. (to choose)
Lily __found________________________a wallet with a lot of money. (to find)
Everybody ___went____________to the swimming pool. (to go)
We ___had___________________a great meal in the new restaurant. (to have)
He _wrote______________________a new song. (to write)

Put the sentences into simple past.

We move to a new house. _______We moved to a new house___

They bring a sandwich. ______They brought a sandwich

He doesn't do the homework. __He didn´t do the homework-

They sell cars. They sold cars._

Does he visit his friends? Did he visit his friends?_

Write sentences in simple past.

Janet / miss / the bus ____Janet missed the bus.______

she / tidy / her room _ She tidied her room.

Nancy / watch / not / television___ Nancy didn´t watch television.

she / read / a book _She read a book ____

very good 9 (nine)

Choose "Was“ or "Were“:

1. The teacher ___was______________ nice.

2. The students___were______________ very clever.
3. But one student_____was____________ in trouble.
4. We___were______________ sorry for him.
5. He____was_____________ nice though.

Make questions

They went to the cinema yerterday

1 2 3 4
________________________________________________________________
___Did they go to the cinema yesterday?
_____________________________________________________________
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Complete the table in simple past.

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

He wrote a book. He didn´t write a book Did He write a book?
He sang He did not sing Did He sing?
She was pretty. She didn´t pretty Was she pretty?

Write sentenses into the afirmative, interrogative and negative form

Example:

she / study / English ✓

She studied English.
Did She study English?
She didn´t study English.

they / study / French ✗

They didn’t study French.
Did They study French?
They studies French.
we / eat / salad (?)
Did we eat salad?
We didn´t eat salad.
We ate salad.

1 they / play / football ✓

Did They play football?
The didn´t play football.
They played football.
___________________________________________ __________________________
2 he / learn / English ✗
He learnt English.
Did He learn English?
He Didn´t learn English.

_____________________________________________________________________

3 you / drink / water (?)

Do You drink water?
Did You drink water?
You drank water.
You didn´t drink water.

_____________________________________________________________________

4 she / watch / TV ✓
She watched TV.
Did She watch TV?
She didn´t watch TV.

_____________________________________________________________________

5 it / rain / yesterday ✗
It rained yesterday.
Did it rain yesterday?
It didn´t rain yesterday.

_____________________________________________________________________

6 they / cook / dinner (?)

They cook dinner.
Did They cook dinner?
They didn´t cook dinner.

_____________________________________________________________________
7 Sally / live / Lisbon last year ✗
Sally lived Lisbon last year.
Did Sally live Lisbon last year?
Sally didn´t live Lisbon last year.
_____________________________________________________________________

8 they / cook / dinner (?)

They cook dinner

Did They cook dinner?

They didn´t cook dinner.

_____________________________________________________________________

Find the mistake in each sentence, then write the correct sentences in the
simple past

I didn’t studied at university.

I didn’t study at university.

1 He live in Oxford last year.

____lived_________________________________________________

2 Did she study English? Yes, she does. Did

_______________________________________________________________

3 Did the dog ate the fish? Yes, it did.

____________eat___________________________________________

4 We didn’t not play football.

___We didn´t play football__________________

5 Did Anna watch TV? No, they didn’t.

No, She didn´t.
_______________________________________________________________

6 It rain on Saturday.

It rained on Saturday.

_______________________________________________________________

PUT INTO THE PAST WITH THE RIGHT WORDS.

EXAMPLES:
Sandy is in bed. (an hour ago)
Sandy was in bed an hour ago.
He was in bed an hour ago, too.
Sandy and Sue are at the grocer´s. (yesterday)
Sandy and Sue were at the grocer´s.
They were at the grocer´s yesterday, too.
1-The thief is in prison. (six years ago)
The Thief was in prison six years ago.

2-The children are at church. (a week ago)

The children were at church a week ago.

3-Sandy and Sue are at school. (yesterday)

Sandy and Sue were at school yesterday.

4-The dog is in the garden. (a few minutes ago)

The dog was in the garden a few minutes ago._

1- Mrs Boffin and mother are at the grocer´s. (yesterday afternoon)

___Mrs Boffin and mother were at the grocer´s yesterday afternoon.

2- The children are in the country. (a year ago)

The children were in the country year ago

3-Sue is at the baker´s. (the day before yesterday)

Sue was at the baker´s the day before yesterday._

3- Sandy is at the library. (a short time ago)

Sandy was at the library a short time ago __
4- Father is in the store-room. (a few minutes ago)

Father was is in the store-room a few minutes ago.__

5- Mother and father are in town. (yesterday morning)

Mother and father were in town yesterday morning_

6- The children are at the cinema. (last night)

The children were at the cinema last night___

7- Sandy is at the barber´s. (a month ago)

Sandy was at the barber´s a month ago.__

8- Peter and Tom are in the kitchen. (yesterday)
Peter and Tom were in the kitchen yesterday.
Put into the interrogative and negative form

The thief was in prison.

The thief wasn´t in prison.
Was the thief in prison?

The children were at church.

The children weren´t at church.
Were the children at church?

Sandy and Sue were at school yesterday.

Sandy and Sue weren´t at school yesterday.
Were Sandy and Sue at school yesterday?

The dog was in the garden a few minutes ago.

The dog wasn´t in the garden a few minutes ago.
Was the dog in the garden a few minutes ago?

Mrs Boffin and mother were at the grocer´s.

Mrs Boffin and mother weren´t at the grocer´s.
Were Mrs Boffin and mother at the grocer´s?

The children were in the country a year ago.

The children weren´t in the country a year ago.
Were the children in the country a year ago?

Sue was at the baker´s.

Sue wasn´t at the baker´s.
Was Sue at the baker´s.?

Sandy was at the library.

Sandy wasn´t at the library.
Was Sandy at the library?

Father was in the store-room a few minutes ago.

Father wasn´t in the store-room a few minutes ago.
Was father in the store-room a few minutes ago?

Mother and father were in town.

Mother and father weren´t in town.
Were Mother and Father in town?

The children were at the cinema.

The children weren´t at the cinema.
Were the children at the cinema?
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Sandy was at the baber´s a month ago.
Was Sandy the baber´s a month ago?
Sandy wasn´t at baber ´s a month ago.