1. Complete the text with the past simple tense of the verbs in brackets.
John Lennon ____________________ (be) born in 1940 in Liverpool, England. His dad ___________________ (leave) home
when he was five and John ___________________ (go) to live with his aunt and uncle. His aunt ___________________
(give) him a guitar for his birthday and he quickly ___________________ (learn) how to play it very well. Lennon soon
___________________ (meet) Paul McCartney and George Harrison and they ___________________ (start) a pop group.
Lennon ___________________ (play) the guitar and piano and he also ___________________ (sing). He was good at
music but he ___________________ (can) also draw very well and after leaving school he ___________________ (study)
painting at art college. He ___________________ (continue) to play in the band and soon they ___________________
(change) their name to The Beatles. The Beatles quickly ___________________ (become) very famous. Lennon
___________________ (write) most of their songs with Paul McCartney. In 1969 he ___________________ (get) married
to Yoko Ono, a Japanese artist. In 1970, The Beatles split up and Lennon and Ono ___________________ (move) to the
USA. They ___________________ (live) in a flat in New York. John Lennon ___________________ (die) on 8 December 1980.
He was shot by Mark Chapman.
2. Make these sentences negative:
a. We went on holiday last year.
b. It rained last week.
c. We had brakfast this morning.
d. My sister broke my mobile phone.
e. Joe bought a CD.
1. Complete the text with the past simple tense of the verbs in brackets.
John Lennon ____________________ (be) born in 1940 in Liverpool, England. His dad ___________________ (leave) home
when he was five and John ___________________ (go) to live with his aunt and uncle. His aunt ___________________
(give) him a guitar for his birthday and he quickly ___________________ (learn) how to play it very well. Lennon soon
___________________ (meet) Paul McCartney and George Harrison and they ___________________ (start) a pop group.
Lennon ___________________ (play) the guitar and piano and he also ___________________ (sing). He was good at
music but he ___________________ (can) also draw very well and after leaving school he ___________________ (study)
painting at art college. He ___________________ (continue) to play in the band and soon they ___________________
(change) their name to The Beatles. The Beatles quickly ___________________ (become) very famous. Lennon
___________________ (write) most of their songs with Paul McCartney. In 1969 he ___________________ (get) married
to Yoko Ono, a Japanese artist. In 1970, The Beatles split up and Lennon and Ono ___________________ (move) to the
USA. They ___________________ (live) in a flat in New York. John Lennon ___________________ (die) on 8 December 1980.
He was shot by Mark Chapman.
2. Make these sentences negative:
a. We went on holiday last year.
b. It rained last week.
c. We had brakfast this morning.
d. My sister broke my mobile phone.
e. Joe bought a CD.
3. Choose the correct option. 4. Tick the correct sentence.
1. I ___________ wake up early this morning.
a. not b. didn’t c. wasn’t
2. My teacher ___________ school early today.
a. didn’t leave b. weren’t left c. not left.
3. Bad news! Our team ___________ the game
last night.
a. lose b. losing c. lost
4. Where ___________ that bike? It’s great!
a. did you buy b. you bought c. you buy
5. I ___________ the answer to three questions in
the test.
a. not know b. didn’t know c. wan’t know
6. We didn’t__________ pay for the concert. It was free!
a. paid b. pay c. paying
3. Choose the correct option. 4. Tick the correct sentence.
1. I ___________ wake up early this morning.
a. not b. didn’t c. wasn’t
2. My teacher ___________ school early today.
a. didn’t leave b. weren’t left c. not left.
3. Bad news! Our team ___________ the game
last night.
a. lose b. losing c. lost
4. Where ___________ that bike? It’s great!
a. did you buy b. you bought c. you buy
5. I ___________ the answer to three questions in
the test.
a. not know b. didn’t know c. wan’t know
6. We didn’t__________ pay for the concert. It was free!
a. paid b. pay c. paying
