Complete the sentences using the Simple Past Tense.
Regular Verbs
My grandfather had a very exciting life. When he was young, he_________lived_ (live) on a farm in
the country. His parents___raised_______ (raise) cattle, and he___looked_____ (look) after the
cows. When he was eighteen, he went to university, where he___studied______ (study)
Philosophy. He also______played___ (play) the trumpet in a jazz band. When the war started,
he____tried____ (try) to join the Air Force, but he___ended______ (end) up in the Navy. In the
Atlantic, a German torpedo______ripped_____ (rip) a hole in the side of his ship, and the ship
sank. Only five men______escaped______ (escape). They____sailed____ (sail) in a lifeboat back to
England. Then he met my grandmother, and they____married____ (marry) after only three weeks.
He says now that he___wanted______ (want) to marry her very quickly in case
he_____died____ (die) in the war.
Irregular Verbs
Emily Carr, British Columbia's most famous artist,____was_______ (be) born in 1871. Her
parents____died____ (die) when she was still a teenager. She____studied_______ (study) art in
San Francisco and Paris, but when she____came______ (come) back to Victoria,
she_____kept___ (keep) a house called "The House of All Sorts", where she_____was_____ (be)
the landlady. Many years later, she____began_____ (begin) painting again. To find subjects for her
paintings, she____took__ (take) trips into the forests of British Columbia, and she
often___met______ (meet) with the First Nations people and___painted_______ (paint) them
too. Emily Carr also__wrote_____ (write) several books, and she___won_______ (win) the
Governor General's Award for one of them.
Complete the sentences
Ejemplo:
I didn´t watch TV last night.
1. On Saturday I ____played________ (play) computer games with my cousins.
2. My mum ______didn´t cook______ (not cook) dinner last night.
3. I ___walked_________ (walk) to school because there weren´t any buses.
4. They ____didn´t dance________ (not dance) at the party.
5. My brother _______travelled_____ (travel) to Ireland last summer.
Write the past simple of these verbs
1. copy ______copied____
2. revise ____revised______
3. cycle ____cycled______
4. listen _____listened_____
5. practice _____practiced_____
6. play ___played_______
7. like ______liked____
8. move _____moved_____
9. shout _____shouted_____
10. start ____started______
Write the questions in the correct order.
Ejemplo:
night? / meet / Did / you / them / last /
Did you meet them last night?
1. film? / like / you / Did / the /
Did you like the film?
2. you / many / did / ask? / How / people /
How did you ask many people?
3. a / have / time? / they / Did / good /
Did they have a good time?
4. did / weekend? / the / What / do / we / at /
What did we do at the weekend?
5. she / DVD? / Where / that / did / buy /
Where did she buy that DVD?
6. party / on / your / go / Saturday? / he / Did / to /
Did he go to your party on Saturday?
7. did / yesterday? / Who / you / see /
Who did you see yesterday?
Correct the sentences.
Who do you met on Saturday morning? X
Who did you meet on Saturday morning?
1. Did he went to school yesterday? X
Did he go to school yesterday?
2. Why did you to go home early? X
Why did you go to home early?
3. Where you did learn English? X
Where did you learn English?
4. Did she works today? X
Did she work today?
5. What do you this yesterday? X
What did you do yesterday?
6. Did they last night phone you? X
Did they phone you last night?
Regular (R) or irregular (I) verbs?
play R
1. fly I
2. use R
3. study R
4. eat I
5. make I
6. travel R
7. see I
