Past Simple

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(Before doing the exercises you may want to read the lesson on the simple past tense)
Put the verbs into the simple past:
1. Last year I (go) to England on holiday.
2. It (be) fantastic.
3. I (visit) lots of interesting places. I (be) with two friends of mine .
4. In the mornings we (walk) in the streets of London.
5. In the evenings we (go) to pubs.
6. The weather (be) strangely fine.
7. It (not / rain) a lot.
8. But we (see) some beautiful rainbows.
9. Where (spend / you) your last holiday?
Write the past forms of the irregular verbs.
Infinitive Simple Past
1.
meet
.
2.
drive
.
3.
speak
.
4.
put
.
5.
write
.
6.
sing
.
7.
do
.
8.
sit
.
9.
stand
.
10.
run
.
Complete the table in simple past.
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
He wrote a book.

He did not sing

Was she pretty?
Put the sentences into simple past.
1. We move to a new house.
2. They bring a sandwich.
3. He doesn't do the homework.
4. They sell cars.
5. Does he visit his friends?
Write sentences in simple past.
1. Janet / miss / the bus
2. she / tidy / her room
3. Nancy / watch / not / television
4. she / read / a book
Choose "Was or "Were:
1. The teacher nice.
2. The students very clever.
3. But one student in trouble.
4. We sorry for him.
5. He nice though.

Exercise on Simple Past
Exercise on positive sentences
Write positive sentences in simple past.
1. he / the question / answer
2. you / a question / ask
3. the dog / bark
4. they / us / call
5. we / a mountain / climb
6. John / stamps / collect
7. we / in London / live
8. I / hungry / be
9. they / a hamster / have
10. he / to school / go
Have a look at James's last week's diary and answer the questions in complete sentences. Put the time
expression at the end of the sentence.
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
football shopping meeting ring Jane buy flowers concert sailing
cinema tennis English Italian restaurant
1. When was his English course?
2. When did he go shopping?
3. When did he buy flowers?
4. When was his meeting?
5. When did he play football?
6. When did he go to the Italian restaurant?
7. When did he ring Jane?
8. When did he go to the cinema?
9. When did he play tennis?
10. When was the concert?
11. When did he go sailing?
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Exercise on negative sentences
Rewrite the sentences in the negative.
1. They collected postcards.
They did not c

2. You jumped high.
3. Albert played squash.
4. The teacher tested our English.
5. Fiona visited her grandma.
6. He washed the car.
7. You were thirsty.
8. He had a computer.
9. I bought bread.
10. You saw the house.
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Erxercise on questions
Write questions in simple past.
1. Anna / the window / open
Did Anna open

2. she / home / walk
3. you / in the garden / work
4. you / a song / sing
5. she / on a chair / sit
6. you / the castle / visit
7. Jenny / the door / lock
8. she / happy / be
9. Greg / the ball / kick
10. the car / at the corner / stop
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Put the verbs into the correct form (simple past).
1. Last year I (spend)
spent
my holiday in Ireland.
2. It (be) great.
3. I (travel) around by car with two friends and we (visit) lots of interesting places.
4. In the evenings we usually (go) to a pub.
5. One night we even (learn) some Irish dances.
6. We (be) very lucky with the weather.
7. It (not / rain) a lot.
Past Simple - Mixed Exercise 1

Make the past simple - positive, negative or question

1) I (work) in a bank for ten years.Try Again!
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2) Where (you/live) when you were young?.
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3) She (not/study) French at university..
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4) He (travel) through the middle east last year..
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5) (they/visit) the Louvre in Paris?.
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6) She (not/watch) TV yesterday..
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7) We (buy) a new car last weekend..
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8) Where (you/teach) before you came here?.
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9) He (not/think) that he was right..
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10) I (cook) steak last night..
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11) (Lucy/read) 'War and Peace' at school?.
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12) She (not/write) to her grandmother..
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13) We (have) a computer when I was a child..
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14) Where (you/go) on holiday?.
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15) I (love) ice cream when I was a child..
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16) They (not/meet) yesterday..
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17) (she/swim) in the sea in Greece?.
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18) We (not/play) tennis yesterday because it was
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19) He (try) to lift the box but he couldn't...
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20) What (you/eat) for lunch?.
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