Past Simple - Practice

INSTITUCIÒN EDUCATIVA INTEGRADO “JOAQUÍN GONZÁLEZ CAMARGO”
Resolución Aprobación de Estudios No. 033 del 04 de noviembre de 2008 Código DANE No. 115759000279 Nit:
GUÍAS DE ACTIVIDADES ACADÉMICAS PARA EL APRENDIZAJE 29/07/08-V01 Página 1 de
GUIA 1. PRIMER PERIODO. AREA: HUMANIDADES -INGLÉS
CURSO: 10-04-05-06 INTENSIDAD HORARIA: 3H
PROFESOR: Julián David Rojas FECHA: 10/03/2021
Subject: Past Simple

Objective: Recognize and apply the basic grammar rules of past simple in written texts.
Explanation:
Summary / Resumen
2. Activities
Develop every exercise according to the instructions for every case.
Desarrolla cada ejercicio de acuerdo con las instrucciones para cada caso.
1. Read each statement. Then write a negative statement with the words in
parentheses.
Example: The Wright brothers were inventors. (Earhart and Lindbergh)

Earhart and Lindbergh weren’t inventors.
a) The train was common transportation in the early 1900s. (the airplane)
__________________________________________________________________
b) Earhart was from Kansas. (Lindbergh)

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c) Lindbergh’s last flight was successful. (Earhart’s last flight)

__________________________________________________________________
d) The Wright brothers were inventors. (Earhart)

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e) There were a lot of trains 100 years ago. (planes)

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2. Write a question for the word in parenthesis.
Example: The Wright brothers were inventors. (Lindbergh)

Was Lindbergh an inventor? No, he wasn’t.
a) The airplane was an important invention. (the telephone)

__________________________________________________________________
b) Thomas Edison was an inventor. (the Wright brothers)
__________________________________________________________________
c) Travel by plane is common now. (100 years ago)

__________________________________________________________________
d) You are in class today. (yesterday)

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e) I was interested in the story about the aviators. (you)

__________________________________________________________________
3. Read each statement. Then write a wh- question with the words in parentheses.
Answer the question.
Example: Lindbergh was very famous. (why)

Why was Lindbergh famous? He was one of the first aviators.
a) Lindbergh was a hero. (why)

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b) Lindbergh was American. (what nationality/Earhart)

__________________________________________________________________
c) Earhart was 34 years old when she crossed the ocean. (how old/Lindbergh)
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d) Lindbergh was a famous aviator. (who/the Wright brothers)

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e) Lindbergh was born in 1902. (when/Earhart)

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4. Complete the text with the verbs in past simple. Affirmative, negative or
interrogative. 22p.
LOUIS PASTEUR 1822-1895
As a young man, Pasteur studied (study) at the École Normale in Paris. Then, at the age
of just 32, he _________________ (become) a professor at the University of Lille. In 1856,
Pasteur __________________ (receive) a visit from a man called Bigo who
_______________ (own) a factory that ______________ (make) alcohol from sugar beet.
He ______________ (have) a question for Pasteur: why
__________________________________________? (alcohol / turn / to acid) When this
_________________ (happen), they couldn’t use it and he _________________ (have) to
throw it away. Bigo ______________ (ask) Pasteur to find out the reason for this. At first,
Pasteur ______________________ (not / know), but when he ________________
(examine) the alcohol under a microscope, he __________________ (find) thousands of
tiny microorganisms. He __________________ (believe) that they ______________
(cause) the problem. ______________________________________________ ? (milk
and wine / behave / the same way). Other scientists ___________________ (disagree)
with him, and newspapers ____________ (make) fun of him. However, Pasteur
___________________ (continue) with his work, he ___________________ (invent)
methods of testing his theory and _________________ (prove) that he was right. Later, he
_________________ (work) together with two doctors and ____________________
(develop) vaccines for diseases such as anthrax and rabies.

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INSTITUCIÒN EDUCATIVA INTEGRADO “JOAQUÍN GONZÁLEZ CAMARGO”

GUÍAS DE ACTIVIDADES ACADÉMICAS PARA EL APRENDIZAJE 29/07/08-V01 Página 1 de

GUIA 1. PRIMER PERIODO. AREA: HUMANIDADES -INGLÉS

CURSO: 10-04-05-06 INTENSIDAD HORARIA: 3H

PROFESOR: Julián David Rojas FECHA: 10/03/2021

Subject: Past Simple

Example: The Wright brothers were inventors. (Earhart and Lindbergh)

b) Earhart was from Kansas. (Lindbergh)

c) Lindbergh’s last flight was successful. (Earhart’s last flight)

d) The Wright brothers were inventors. (Earhart)

e) There were a lot of trains 100 years ago. (planes)

2. Write a question for the word in parenthesis.

Example: The Wright brothers were inventors. (Lindbergh)

a) The airplane was an important invention. (the telephone)

c) Travel by plane is common now. (100 years ago)

d) You are in class today. (yesterday)

e) I was interested in the story about the aviators. (you)

Example: Lindbergh was very famous. (why)

a) Lindbergh was a hero. (why)

b) Lindbergh was American. (what nationality/Earhart)

d) Lindbergh was a famous aviator. (who/the Wright brothers)

e) Lindbergh was born in 1902. (when/Earhart)

LOUIS PASTEUR 1822-1895

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