NAME: Kevin Yulian Reina

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Past Simple Review

A. Are the verbs below regular or irregular? Categorize the verbs. Then, write the
past simple form of the verbs.

go try visit wait eat drink cook decide read move

drive speak write think watch lift talk see fly call

Regular verbs Irregular verbs

Present simple Past simple Present simple Past simple
1. visit visited 1. go went
2. wait waited 2. drink drank
3. decide dicided 3. eat ate
4. move moved 4. drive drove
5. call called 5. feel felt
6. try tried 6. think thought
7. cook cooked 7. read read
8. lift lifted 8. fly flew
9. watch watched 9. speak spoke
10. 10.

B. Use the past simple verbs from Exercise A to complete the affirmative sentences.

1. L
 ast summer, I ............... visited my brother there.
went to Paris. I ...............
drove my car to the city center last week and ...............
2. I ............... watched a horror film at the cinema.
moved to a new house a few months ago.
3. My family and I ...............

4. A saw
 few days ago, I ............... a plane fly over my house. It ...............
flew really low to the

ground, almost as if it were landing in my garden!

5. Last weekend, my friends and I ...............

ate Indian food at a new restaurant in town.

drank a lot of coffee this morning because she was tired.

6. She ...............

7. When Eric was a child, he ...............

decided/treid playing football. He found out he was really good at it.

8. I ...............
read an interesting recipe in a magazine last week, and I ...............
cooked it for dinner
last night. It was delicious!

9. Claire ...............
waited a long time for Marcus to ask her out.
called my mum on the phone and we ...............
10. Last night, I ............... talk for hours!

lifted her rug and ...............

11. Eva ............... moved to clean underneath it.
thought it was a good idea to send out
spoke to my friend last night. She ...............
12. I ...............

wrote them out this morning.

invitations to the party, so I ...............

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ESL / EFL RESOURCES Past Simple Review

C. Rewrite each sentence in its past simple negative form.

1. I ate a big breakfast this morning. I didn't eat a big breakfast this morning
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2. She called her boyfriend last night. she didn't call her boyfriend last night
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3. We went to the shop before it closed. we didn't go to the shop before it closed
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4. Raj cooked dinner for his family last night. Rej didn't cook dinner for his family last night
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5. He drove to work this morning. He didn't drive to work this morning

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6. I read Harry Potter when I was a child. I didn't read Harry potter when i was a child
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Kate didn't write an e-mail to her boss yesterday
7. Kate wrote an e-mail to her boss yesterday. ................................................................

8. I saw you wave hello this morning. I didn't see you wave hello this morning
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D. Write past simple 'Wh' questions to ask about the underlined information in each
response.

What did you make last night for dinner

1. Q: .........................................................................................................................?

A: I made beef lasagna for dinner last night. It was good, but I think I need a bit more
practice making it.

where did you go about holiday with your family?

2. Q: .........................................................................................................................?

A: We went to California for our family holiday. It was beautiful.

who did decide to plan the birthday party? why?

3. Q: .........................................................................................................................?

A: My brother and I decided to plan the birthday party. Everyone else was busy.

how much did these cost?

4. Q: .........................................................................................................................?

A: These jeans cost $200. They were so expensive!

when did she call you the last weekend?

5. Q: .........................................................................................................................?

A: Melissa called me last Saturday. She wanted to talk about the exam.

6. Q: .........................................................................................................................?

A: She drank a lot of water because she felt dehydrated.

7. Q: .........................................................................................................................?

A: He stayed in a five-star hotel during his trip. His company paid for it.

8. Q: .........................................................................................................................?

A: This morning, I flew my kite on the beach. It was a lot of fun.

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