WORKSHEET ON SIMPLE PAST

A Complete these sentences using the Simple Past of the verbs in brackets:

1. Last August we ___________ (spend) a week in the Algarve with some friends.
2. In 2006 I _____________ (go) to Spain for a week.
3. My brother ______________ (play) football on the beach last summer.
4. _________________ (you / take) some photographs last weekend? Yes, I ________
5. We ____________ (see) a film about a Tsunami.
6. My friends ______________ (not buy) products made from endangered animals.
7. Susan ___________ (be) at the museum last Friday.
8. My students _______________ (not talk) to their parents.
9. _____________ (they / plant) many trees last 21st March?
10. Yesterday I _______________ (write) a text about pollution.
11. My family ____________ (begin) to separate rubbish 4 years ago.
12. My sister _______________ (have) good marks.
13. Peter and Mark __________ (go) to a Chinese restaurant yesterday, but they
___________ (not like) the food.
14. She __________ (leave) to France three years ago.
15. _______________ (he / have) the right qualifications for the job? Yes, he ________.
16. Yesterday they ___________ (work) so many hours that they _________ (sleep) at the
office.
17. ____________(you / be) at the park yesterday afternoon? No, I _____________.
18. Last week we ___________ (make) a school trip and we _________ (visit) many historical
places.

B Order the words and make sentences. Dont forget to write the verbs in the Simple
Past.

1) Peter / drink / yesterday /orange juice.

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2) Last Friday / we / Lisbon / go to.
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3) My parents / not / last semester / give / me a present.
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4) The teacher / help / the students / last lesson.
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5) You / recycle / your rubbish?
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6) James / yesterday morning / not be / at the swimming pool.
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7) Susan / be/ last week / at the theatre?
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8) My friend / last night / not drive / very carefully.
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9) He / play / last weekend / not / PC games.

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10) At school / be / yesterday morning / we.

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11) not / spend / our grandparents /last year/ Easter with us.

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12) wake up / you / at 7.00 oclock?

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13) Visit / she / her cousin / last year?

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14) He / clean / last summer / some Portuguese forests.
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