INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO SUPERIOR DE SAN ANDRES TUXTLA

Level III

Full Name: PEDRO TEMICH TEXNA

Past Simple (regular verbs)

Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets in the past
simple.

1. Europeans arrived (arrive) in America during the 15th century.

2. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius destroyed (destroy) the city of Pompeii.
3. Ancient Egyptians who had little money didn´t attend (not/attend) school.
4. In the 1960’s many teenagers listened (listen) to the Beattles.
5. Did you watch(you/watch) the comedy film on Channel 3 last night?
6. Mark and David lived (live) on a farm when they were little.

Write questions and answers, as in the example.

1. Leila/watch The Avengers/yesterday? (James Bond film)

Did Leila watch The Avengers yesterday?
No, she didn’t. She watched the James Bond film

2. Andrea and John/go to the cinema/last night? (theatre)

Did Andrea and john go to the cinema last night?.
No, they didn´t. They went to the theatre.

3. Ben/go to school/this morning? (stay at home)

Did Ben go to school this morning?
No, he didn´t. He was stay at home.

4. You/walk the dog/yesterday afternoon? (help with chores)

Did you walk the dog yesterday afternoon?
No, I didn´t. I helped with chores.

Past Simple (irregular verbs)

Write the past simple form of the verbs.

1. come came 6. see saw

2. do did 7. read read
3. have had 8. tell told
4. spend spent 9. Write wrote
5. meet met 10. Buy bought
Fill in the gaps with the past simple. Use verbs from the previous exercise.

1. Joe came over to watch TV last night.

2. John met Lucy at the department store and they bought some new winter
clothes.
3. They did a great time at the fancy dress party last weekend.
4. I read about the new James Bond film in the newspaper yesterday.
5. He spent all his pocket money on fashionable clothes.

Choose the correct answer

1. Did you went/go to the cinema last Sunday?

2. The earthquake destroy/destroyed all the buildings in the old town.
3. Were/Did the children play outside all day yesterday?
4. Did Ann help her mum with chores? Yes, she did/had.
5. Susan and Craig live/lived on a farm when they were children.
6. What did you eat/ate for dinner yesterday?

Complete the dialogue with the correct form of the verbs in brackets in the
past simple.

Sally: Hi, Jenny. How 1) was (be) your weekend?

Jenny: Quite boring. I 2) didn´t do (not/do) much. What 3)did you do?
(you/do)
Sally: On saturday, I 4) went (go) to the cinema with Paul. We watched (watch)
the film Valentine’s Day.
Jenny: 6) Did you like (you/like) it?
Sally: Yeah, it was OK. I 7) enjoyed (enjoy) watching all my favourite actors.
But, I 8) didn´t like (not/like) the story. It was too confusing .
There 9) were (be) too many storylines.