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    Past Simple: Regular and Irregular Verbs.: Exercises

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    This document provides a grammar exercise on using the past simple tense of regular and irregular verbs in English. It contains multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and sentence correction questions to test understanding of how to form and use the past simple of different types of verbs in sentences. The exercises cover topics like activities in the past, questions in the past tense, and regular and irregular verb forms and usage in simple sentences describing common daily actions.

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    This document provides a grammar exercise on using the past simple tense of regular and irregular verbs in English. It contains multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and sentence correction questions to test understanding of how to form and use the past simple of different types of verbs in sentences. The exercises cover topics like activities in the past, questions in the past tense, and regular and irregular verb forms and usage in simple sentences describing common daily actions.

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    Past Simple: Regular and Irregular Verbs.: Exercises

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    Past simple: regular and irregular verbs.

    Exercises
    A. Complete the sentences.
    Example: I didnt watch TV last night.
    1. On Saturday I ____________ (play) computer games with my cousins.
    2. My mum ____________ (not cook) dinner last night.
    3. I ____________ (walk) to school because there werent any buses.
    4. They ____________ (not dance) at the party.
    5. My brother ____________ (travel) to Ireland last summer.
    B. Write the past simple of these verbs.
    1. copy _________ 3. cycle _________ 5. practice _______ 7. like __________ 9. shout _________
    2. revise ________ 4. listen _________ 6. play __________ 8. move _________ 10. start _________
    C. Write the questions in the correct order.
    Example: night? / meet / Did / you / them / last / Did you meet them last night?
    1. film? / like / you / Did / the / _________________________________
    2. you / many / did / ask? / How / people / _________________________________
    3. a / have / time? / they / Did / good / _________________________________
    4. did / weekend? / the / What / do / we / at / _________________________________
    5. she / DVD? / Where / that / did / buy / _________________________________
    6. party / on / your / go / Saturday? / he / Did / to / _________________________________
    7. did / yesterday? / Who / you / see / _________________________________
    D. 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
    2. Why did you to go home early? X
    3. Where you did learn English? X
    4. Did she works today? X
    5. What do you this yesterday? X
    6. Did they last night phone you? X
    E. Regular (R) or irregular (I) verbs?
    play R
    1. fly ___________
    3. study ___________
    2. use ___________
    4. eat ___________

    5. make ___________
    6. travel ___________

    F. Write the past simple of the verbs of exercise E.


    1. ___________
    3. ___________
    5. ___________
    2. ___________
    4. ___________
    6. ___________

    7. see ___________

    7. ___________

    G. Complete the sentences with the past simple.


    be got up meet have go run drink sleep swim eat
    Yesterday I got up early, at about seven oclock.
    1. I ________ a shower and some fruit for breakfast.
    2. Then I ________ to the sports centre.
    3. I ________ 500 meters in the swimming pool and then
    4. I ________ 5 kilometers.
    5. At lunchtime I ________ my friends in a caf.
    6. We ________ some pasta and ________ some juice.
    7. After lunch I ________ for a few hours, I ________ tired!
    H. Complete with past simple (regular verbs).
    1. I opened the door and _______ (look) inside.
    2. Who ___________ (close) all the windows?
    3. I _________ (carry) my moms shopping bag.
    4. I ___________ (not climb) over the fence.
    5. I ___________ (rip) my shirt.
    6. The plane _________ (land) ten minutes ago.
    7. We ___________ (live) in that house when I
    was a baby.
    8. My brother ___________ (not cry) when he
    fell of his bike.
    9. We ___________ (walk) to school yesterday.
    10. She ___________ (smile) when she saw me.
    11. We ___________ (hurry) to the station to
    catch the train.
    12. She ______ (laugh) when I told her the joke.

    13. We ________ (race) each other on our bikes.


    14. Dad ___________ (not help) me with my
    homework.
    15. Helen ___________ (whisper) me a secret.
    16. Luis Miguel _______ (hurry) to catch a bus.
    17. We ______ (return) our books to the library.
    18. She ___________ (not kiss) the frog.
    19. The frog __________ (change) into a prince.
    20. Two doctors ________ (rush) into the room.
    21. I ___________ (not kick) the ball very hard.
    22. Who ___________ (invent) the computer?
    23. Dinosaurs ________ (live) many years ago.
    24. It ___________ (not snow) last night.
    25. They ___________ (not work) until twelve
    last night.

    I. Past simple (irregular verbs).


    1. I ___________ (loose) my watch in the park.
    2. David ___________ (not hurt) his knee.
    3. I kicked the ball and it ___________ (break)
    a window.
    4. My new shoes ___________ (not cost) a lot
    of money.
    5. I __________ (get) this book from the library.
    6. We had a garage where we ___________
    (keep) our car.
    7. Ali ___________ (cut) his knee.
    8. The glass ___________ (fall) off the table.
    9. The glass ___________ (not break).
    10. We ___________ (sell) our old car.
    11. We ___________ (buy) a new car.
    12. The bell ___________ (not ring).

    13. We all ___________ (go) into school.


    14. The dog ___________ (catch) the ball.
    15. The man ___________ (not kneel) down.
    16. Our cat ___________ (run) onto the road.
    17. Jane ___________ (not write) a letter.
    18. I _________ (buy) a new camera last week.
    19. We ___________ (drive) to a safari park
    yesterday.
    20. Yesterday Dad ___________ (not take) me
    to the carnival.
    21. Elizabeth ________ (give) Eva a chocolate.
    22. Jack and Jill _________ (not go) up the hill.
    23. Her ring ___________ (cost) ten Euros.
    24. I ___________ (put) sugar in my coffee.
    25. He _________ (not hit) the ball over the net.

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