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PAST SIMPLE – REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS

A. Complete the chart.

Past Simple Affirmative Past Simple Negative Past Simple Interrogative

I played with my brother.

She didn’t visit any foreign

country.

Did they arrive soon?

He received a letter.

We weren’t very happy.

I finished my homework.

You didn’t answer me.

Did John enjoy the party?

Kate was fat.

 Richard didn’t like the film?

B. Fill in the spaces with the Past Simple. (REGULAR VERBS)

AN INVITATION TO DINNER

Yesterday morning, Mr. Smith _______________ (receive) a letter which he

_______________ (not open) till after his breakfast. The letter
_______________ (contain) an invitation to dine with Mr. Allen that same
evening, and afterwards to go to the cinema.
As there ________________ (be) very little time to answer, Mr. Smith
immediately took his pen, ink and paper up to his room and ________________
(answer) accepting the invitation. He _______________ (decide) to walk to the
nearest post office to post the letter before going to his work, but, as he
________________ (be) leaving the house, it ________________ (start) to rain
very heavily; he therefore _______________ (remain) at home and
_______________ (wait) for it to stop raining.
It ________________ (rain) for half an hour without stopping, so Mr. Smith
_______________ (call) a taxi.
The bad weather _______________ (last) a few minutes longer. The rain
_______________ (stop) just before Mr. Smith ________________ (arrive) at
the post office; as he wanted to continue on foot, he _______________ (walk)
the rest of the way.
Last night, at the appointed hour, Mr. Smith _______________ (call) for Mr.
Allen. They ________________ (dine) at a very good restaurant where they
_______________ (taste) strawberries for the first time that year.
Mr. Allen ________________ (not want) any cream with the strawberries, so
he ________________ (ask) the waiter for a little wine to go with them. The
waiter _______________ (pour) the wine on the strawberries and
________________ (ask) Mr. Allen if he ______________ (like) them. Mr.
Allen _______________ (answer) “Yes” and _______________ (ask) for the
bill.
The two gentlemen then _______________ (jump) into a taxi because the
________________ (not want) to arrive late at the cinema. At the cinema, the
usherette _______________ (look) at their tickets and _______________
(point) out their seats. After the show, as it ________________ (be) a beautiful
night, they _______________ (walk) home in the moonlight.
C. Fill in the spaces with the Past Simple. (IRREGULAR VERBS)

AT THE SEASIDE

Last year, Mr. and Mrs. Jones and their family _______________ (go) to
the seaside for their summer holidays. They _______________ (leave) the
city very early in the morning on the 31 st of July. The weather
_______________ (not be) very fine and they ________________ (wear)
their overcoats because they _______________ (feel) cold. At 10 o’clock,
the sun ________________ (begin) to shine and 2 hours later, when I
_______________ (meet) them at the station, the sun was shining brightly.
They _______________ (take) off their overcoats and we all
________________ (go) to the same restaurant where we
_______________ (sit) down to a good lunch. We _______________ (eat)
fish and some very good mutton, and _______________ (drink) 2 bottles
of excellent wine.
After lunch, we _______________ (go) to the sea, which my little girl
Betty _______________ (see) for the first time. We _______________
(lie) in the sun for 2 hours and then we ________________ (go) into the
water which _______________ (be) very warm. When we
______________ (come) out of the water, the sun _______________
(burn) us, so we _______________ (sit) down in the shade of some rocks.
Mr. Jones _______________ (light) a cigarette and I _______________
(read) the newspaper.
Then we all _______________ (go) back to our hotel. Mrs. Jones
_______________ (write) a few letters and postcards, while Mr. Jones and
I _______________ (play) a game of billiards.
After dinner, we _______________ (go) out and _______________ (see)
the sun _______________ (set) in a bright red sky. Then we
_______________ (go) to bed and _______________ (sleep) very well.

Good Work! Manuela Cazeiro