1) Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form of Past Simple.

1. He________ (write) his homework last Sunday.

2. Mary ________ (not go) to school last week.
3. you ________ (play) basketball two weeks ago?
4. I ________ (study) French last year.
5. They________ (buy) a new flat last month.
6. John ________ (take) his driving test yesterday but he ________ (not pass) it.
7. Tim________ (go) to Paris last summer.
8. Your parents ________ (meet) at university?
9. When I ________ (be) a child, I________ (speak) German.
10. We ________ (see) him yesterday but he ________ (not see) us.

2) Complete the text. Use the present perfect or the past simple. Don't use
contractions.

Film maker George Richards____________ (1 - be) interested in the cinema since he____________ (2 - be) a
small child. He____________ (3 - make) his first film when he____________ (4 - be) just twelve years old. He
is now almost forty and he____________ (5 - make) thirty films. George loves travelling. His
work____________ (6 - take) him all over the world. He____________ (7 - be) to Africa, India, Australia,
China, the USA and South America. Last year, he____________ (8 - visit) Russia for the first time. George is
married to the singer Kathy Burke. They____________ (9 - be) married for ten years. They live with their two
children on the Greek island of Kos. They____________ (10 - buy) a house on the island in 1987 and
they____________ (11 - live) there since then.

3) Make a short story using the past simple (Minimun 10 lines)

1) Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form of Past Simple.

1. He________ (write) his homework last Sunday.

2. Mary ________ (not go) to school last week.
3. you ________ (play) basketball two weeks ago?
4. I ________ (study) French last year.
5. They________ (buy) a new flat last month.
6. John ________ (take) his driving test yesterday but he ________ (not pass) it.
7. Tim________ (go) to Paris last summer.
8. Your parents ________ (meet) at university?
9. When I ________ (be) a child, I________ (speak) German.
10. We ________ (see) him yesterday but he ________ (not see) us.

2) Complete the text. Use the present perfect or the past simple. Don't use
contractions.

Film maker George Richards____________ (1 - be) interested in the cinema since he____________ (2 - be) a
small child. He____________ (3 - make) his first film when he____________ (4 - be) just twelve years old. He
is now almost forty and he____________ (5 - make) thirty films. George loves travelling. His
work____________ (6 - take) him all over the world. He____________ (7 - be) to Africa, India, Australia,
China, the USA and South America. Last year, he____________ (8 - visit) Russia for the first time. George is
married to the singer Kathy Burke. They____________ (9 - be) married for ten years. They live with their two
children on the Greek island of Kos. They____________ (10 - buy) a house on the island in 1987 and
they____________ (11 - live) there since then.

3) Make a short story using the past simple (Minimun 10 lines)