Past Simple - Exercise

Fill in the past form.

1. Mammoths ____________ big animals, bigger than elephants. (be)

2. Mammoths ____________ 100 years ago. (not live)

3. Mammoths _____________ a long time ago. (live)

4. Mammoths ____________ meat. They ________________ grass. (not eat / eat)

5. They ________________ two large tusks about three metres long. (have)

6. I __________ by credit card. I ___________ cash. (pay / not pay)

7. He ______________ some milk. He _____________ any water. (drink / not drink)

8. She only ____________ a pound. She _________________ 3 pounds. (spend / not

spend)

9. I ____________________ some elephants. I ________________ any lions. (see /

not see)

10. They _________________ in the sea, but they ______________ in the lake.

Past Simple - Exercise 2

Complete these sentences. Use the verbs below.

clean - die - enjoy - end - happen - live - open - play - rain - repair - start - stay - want -
watch

1. Yesterday evening I ________________ TV.

2. I only ______________ my teeth four times last week.

3. Bruce ______________ his mountain bike yesterday evening.

4. The concert last night ____________ at 7.30 and ____________ at 10 o'clock.

5. The accident _____________ last Sunday afternoon.

6. When I was a child, I _____________ to be a lawyer.

7. Mozart ______________ from 1756 to 1791.

8. We ____________ our holiday last week.

9. Today the weather is nice, but yesterday it __________

10. It was hot in the room, so I __________ the window.

11. The weather was good yesterday afternoon, so we ___________ tennis.

12. William Shakespeare ___________ in 1616.