Put the verbs into the correct form (simple past).
1. Last year I ............................ (spend) 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.
8. But we ............................ (see) some beautiful rainbows.
9. Where (spend / you) ............................ your last holiday?
Write positive sentences in simple past.
1. he / the question / answer
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2. you / a question / ask
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3. the dog / bark
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4. they / us / call
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5. we / a mountain / climb
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6. John / stamps / collect
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7. we / in London / live
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8. I / hungry / be
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9. they / a hamster / have
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10. he / to school / go
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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?
Rewrite the sentences in the negative.
1. They collected postcards.
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2. You jumped high.
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3. Albert played squash.
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4. Fiona visited her grandma.
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5. He washed the car.
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6. You were thirsty.
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7. He had a computer.
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8. I bought bread.
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9. You saw the house.
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Write questions in simple past.
1. Anna / the window / open
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2. she / home / walk
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3. you / in the garden / work
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4. you / a song / sing
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5. she / on a chair / sit
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6. you / the castle / visit
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7. Jenny / the door / lock
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8. she / happy / be
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9. Greg / the ball / kick
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10. the car / at the corner / stop
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