PAST TENSE SIMPLE

Make the past simple, positive, negative or question: 1.I _________________ (not /
drink) any beer last night. 2.She _________________ (get on) the bus in the centre of the
city. 3.What time _________________ (he / get up) yesterday? 4.Where
_________________ (you / get off) the train? 5.I _________________ (not / change)
trains at Victoria. 6.We _________________ (wake up) very late. 7.What
_________________ (he / give) his mother for Christmas? 8.I _________________
(receive) £300 when my uncle _________________ (die). 9.We _________________
(not / use) the computer last night. 10._________________ (she / make) good coffee?
11.They _________________ (live) in Paris. 12.She _________________ (read) the
newspaper yesterday. 13.I _________________ (not / watch) TV. 14.He
_________________ (not / study) for the exam. 15._________________ (he / call) you?
16._________________ (I / forget) something? 17.What time _________________ (the
film / start)? 18.He _________________ (have) a shower. 19.Why _________________
(you / come)? 20._________________ (he / go) to the party?
1.I _________________ (come) to England in 1993. 2.She _________________ (stand)
under the tree to shelter from the rain. 3.They _________________ (do) their homework
yesterday. 4.We _________________ (sing) too much last night, I have a sore throat!
5.He already _________________ (eat) all the cake. 6.The child _________________
(fall) off his bicycle.7.It _________________ (take) three hours to drive to Paris. 8.I
_________________ (find) your keys under the table. 9.She _________________ (get) a
new bike for her birthday. 10.She _________________ (sell) her house last year. 11.We
_________________ (go) to New York in January. 12.Finally my mother
_________________ (let) me go to a party. 13.It _________________ (be) cold last
night. 14.I _________________ (meet) John at the weekend. 15.Lucy
_________________ (pay) the bill, before leaving the restaurant. 16.We
_________________ (see) the new film yesterday. 17.She _________________ (wear)
her new coat to the party. 18.I _________________ (think) my football team would win.
19.They _________________ (put) their bags in the bedroom. 20.Billy
_________________ (run) after the bus. 21.She _________________ (say) that she
would come later. 22.I _________________ (buy) some books this morning. 23.We
_________________ (make) a cake, it was delicious. 24.He _________________ (sit) on
the old chair, and it broke. 25.They _________________ (write) a letter to their parents.
Make the past simple negative:
1.(I / not / go out last night)
_______________________________________________________________ 2.(you /
not / come to the party)
_______________________________________________________________ 3.(she /
not / love chocolate as a child)
_______________________________________________________________ 4.(he / not
/ like sport)
_______________________________________________________________ 5.(we /
not / study for the exam)
_______________________________________________________________ 6.(they /
not / cook at the weekend)
_______________________________________________________________ 7.(Lucy /
not / meet her friends last week)
_______________________________________________________________ 8.(I / not /
stay at home)
_______________________________________________________________ 9.(you /
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not / do your homework)
_______________________________________________________________ 10.(John /
not / work in the bank at the same time as me)
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classroom use.11.(they / not / play tennis yesterday)
_______________________________________________________________ 12.(we /
not / go on holiday last year)
_______________________________________________________________ 13.(Julie
and Anna / not / clean the house at all)
_______________________________________________________________ 14.(she /
not / cry much as a baby)
_______________________________________________________________ 15.(he /
not / drive to work)
_______________________________________________________________ 16.(I / not
/ remember to buy milk)
_______________________________________________________________ 17.(you /
not / wash the dishes)
_______________________________________________________________ 18.(David
and I / not / dance at the party)
_______________________________________________________________ 19.(they /
not / play the piano)
_______________________________________________________________ 20.(it /
not / rain yesterday)
______________________________________________________________
Make past simple ‘yes / no’ questions:
1.(I / see you last week?)
_______________________________________________________________ 2.(you /
meet your father yesterday?)
_______________________________________________________________ 3.(we / go
to Spain in June?)
_______________________________________________________________ 4.(it /
snow last winter?)
_______________________________________________________________ 5.(they /
stay in last night?)
_______________________________________________________________ 6.(Julie /
watch a film on Saturday?)
_______________________________________________________________ 7.(Lucy /
pass the exam?)
_______________________________________________________________ 8.(you /
have fun at the party?)
_______________________________________________________________ 9.(I / lock
the door?) _______________________________________________________________
10.(Sally and Victoria / go to a café at lunchtime?)
______________________________________________________________
Make past simple ‘wh’ questions:

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1.(where / you / go to school?)
_______________________________________________________________ 2.(when /
she / arrive?)
_______________________________________________________________ 3.(why /
he / eat so much?)
_______________________________________________________________ 4.(what /
they / do yesterday?)
_______________________________________________________________ 5.(who /
you / meet at the party?)
_______________________________________________________________ 6.(how /
she / come to work this morning?)
_______________________________________________________________ 7.(where /
I / leave my glasses?)
_______________________________________________________________ 8.(when /
he / get home last night?)
_______________________________________________________________ 9.(what /
you / do at the weekend?)
_______________________________________________________________ 10.(why /
she / get angry?)
_______________________________________________________________
Make the past simple, positive, negative or question:
1.I _________________ (work) in a bank for ten years.2.Where _________________
(you / live) when you were young? 3.She _________________ (not / study) French at
university. 4.He _________________ (travel) through the Middle East last year.
5._________________ (they / visit) the Louvre in Paris? 6.She _________________ (not
/ watch) TV yesterday. 7.We _________________ (buy) a new car last weekend.
8.Where _________________ (you / teach) before you came here? 9.He
_________________ (not / think) that he was right. 10.I _________________ (cook)
steak last night. 11._________________ (Lucy / read) ‘War and Peace’ at school? 12.She
_________________ (not / write) to her grandmother. 13.We _________________
(have) a computer when I was a child. 14.Where _________________ (you / go) on
holiday? 15.I _________________ (love) ice cream when I was a child. 16.They
_________________ (not / meet) yesterday. 17._________________ (she / swim) in the
sea in Greece? 18.We _________________ (not / play) tennis yesterday because it was
raining. 19.He _________________ (try) to lift the box but he couldn’t. 20.What
_________________ (you / eat) for lunch?
Make the past simple – positive, negative or question:
1.She ___________________ (go) home. 2.We ___________________ (watch) a film.
3.When ___________________ (he / arrive)? 4.I ___________________ (buy) a new
car. 5.Where ___________________ (you / live)? 6.I ___________________ (play)
tennis. 7.Where ___________________ (you / work) before? 8.___________________
(they / come)for lunch? 9.___________________ (we /study) this last year? 10.They
___________________ (drink) coffee. 11.___________________ (you / see) that film?
12.We ___________________ (eat) dinner. 13.You ___________________ (not / go)
out last night. 14.He ___________________ (study). 15.What ___________________
(you / watch)? 16.We ___________________ (not / call) you yesterday. 17.They

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___________________ (not / arrive) on time. 18.It ___________________ (not / rain).
19.We ___________________ (not / drink) beer. 20.You ___________________ (clean)
the kitchen.
Make the past simple, positive, negative or question:
1.Where _______________________ (she / go)? 2.What _______________________
(you / do)? 3.He _______________________ (work) in a bank. 4.You
_______________________ (not / call) me. 5._______________________ (you / wear)
your red dress? 6.He _______________________ (not / read) that book.
7._______________________ (you / go)? 8._______________________ (she / study)
last night? 9._______________________ (we / arrive) last? 10.Who
_______________________ (you / meet)? 11._______________________ (they / come)
to the party?12.She _______________________ (not / meet) him.
13._______________________ (she / go)? 14.You _______________________ (meet) a
friend. 15.Which _______________________ (you / like)? 16.I
_______________________ (not / forget) your book.17.What
_______________________ (he / do) at the weekend? 18.She
_______________________ (not / like) chocolate.19.What _______________________
(you / buy) yesterday?20._______________________ (you / have) a good holiday?