Simple Past Tense
1.Put the verbs into the simple past:
1. Last year I (go)
2. It (be)
to England on holiday.
fantastic.
3. I (visit)
mine .
lots of interesting places. I (be)
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)
8. But we (see)
with two friends of
a lot.
some beautiful rainbows.
9. Where (spend / you)
your last holiday?
2.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?
3.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
4.Choose "Was or "Were:
1. The teacher
2. The students
nice.
w ere
very clever.
3. But one student
in trouble.
4. We
sorry for him.
5. He
nice though.
5.Put the verbs into the Simple Past:
1) I
2) She
3) What time
4) Where
5) I
6) We
7) What
8) I
9) We
10)
11) They
12) She
13) I
14) He
(not/drink) any beer last night.
(get on) the bus in the centre of the city.
(he/get up) yesterday?.
(you/get off) the train?
(not/change) trains at Victoria..
(wake up) very late.
(he/give) his mother for Christmas?
(receive) 300 when my uncle died.
(not/use) the computer last night.
(she/make) good coffee?
(live) in Paris..
(read) the newspaper yesterday.
(not/watch) TV.
(not/study) for the exam.
15)
(he/call) you?
16)
(I/forget) something?
17) What time
18) He
19) Why
20)
(the film/start)?
(have) a shower.
(you/come)?
(he/go) to the party?
6.Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Use Simple Past. Watch the punctuation
and form sentences or questions.
1) I
my Maths homework yesterday. (to do)
2
2)
Susan
3) They
to England by plane? (to go)
a farm two weeks ago. (to visit)
4) Jenny and Peggy
their brother. (not/to help)
5) The children
at home last weekend. (not/to be)
6) When
you
7) My mother
into the van. (not/to crash)
8) The boys
9)
this wonderful skirt? (to design)
the mudguards of their bicycles. (to take off)
you
your aunt last week? (to phone)
10) He
milk at school. (not/to drink)
7.Change the verb into the correct form:
1. Dan
(leave) very early today.
2. Sam and Sue
3. I
(buy) a new house last month.
(visit) Germany the previous week.
4. You
(play) very well.
5. They
(find) this book on their trip to Italy.
6. I
7. We
(bake) this cake by myself.
(open) the store in 1987.
8. The rain finally
(stop), and we
9. She
(plan) to come, but she
10. Kate
(have) a big house, but she
11. Rose
(be) very thin.
12. You
13. We
14. They
15. She always
(go) home.
(have) some problems.
(sell) it.
(be) at work yesterday morning.
(think) New York was in England!
(bring) this from their trip.
(dance) in the summer.
8. Change the verb into the correct form:
1. Barbara
2. I
(eat) the whole cake last night.
(save) some money last year.
3. You
5. I
(give) me all the books yesterday.
(come), I
6. They
7. We
8. The cat
(be) very happy together.
(jump) on the tree, and the bird
(arrive) in 1978.
(meet) in Paris.
(change) his name many years ago.
13. Julie
(move) from Canada last month.
14. They
(sing) a few songs together.
15. We
(fly) away.
(cook) together.
11. Emily and Edward
12. Peter
(leave).
(drink) too much.
9. We always
10. She
(see), I
(have) a lot of friends there.
