SIMPLE PAST TENSE

EXERCISES. Regular and Irregular Verbs

(Past Actions and Activities).
REWRITE THE SENTENCES IN THE SIMPLE PAST WITH YESTERDAY.
PRESENT PAST

I use internet.
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I watch TV
__________________________________________________________
Do you listen to the radio?
__________________________________________________________
We study English
__________________________________________________________
He doesn’t work
__________________________________________________________
The movie ends at 7:00
__________________________________________________________
I don’t like the movie
__________________________________________________________
Does she smoke?
__________________________________________________________
They play tennis
__________________________________________________________

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH A VERB, FIRST IN THE AFFIRMATIVE

AND THEN IN THE NEGATIVE.

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1. Yesterday Sam walked to work, but he didn’t walk home.

2. I __________________________ Chinese at school, but I _____________________ German
and Spanish.
3. The teacher ____________________ me with the exercise, but She
_____________________my friend.
4. Bill ___________________________ basketball when he was young, but he
__________________ soccer.
 5. They _________________________ the tickets but they ________________________ a hotel.
6. We ____________________________ the living room, but we __________________________
the bedroom.
7. The salesperson _________________________ last Saturday, but she ___________________
on Sunday.
8. I __________________ the phone to my sister, but I _____________________ them to my
brother.
COMPLETE THE QUESTIONS IN THE SIMPLE PAST.
Did you go out last night? (you / go out)

1. What _________________________________ ? (you / wear)

2. Where ________________________________ ? (you / go)
3. What __________________________________ ? (you / do)
4. _____________________________ with you ? (your sister / go)
5. What ___________________________ to eat ? (you / have )
6. What time ____________________________ ? (the party / end)
7. What time ____________________________ ? (you / get home)
8. ___________________________ a good time ? (you / have)

EXERCISES. Regular and Irregular Verbs

(Past Actions and Activities).
COMPLETE THE CONVERSATIONS.
1. A: Did you have (have) a good summer?
B: Yes, I ____________ . I ________________ (have) a great summer. I just
_____________ (relax).
2. A: ___________ you ___________ (go) anywhere last summer?
B: No, I ____________ . I _______________ (stay) here. But my friends
________________ (visit) me, and on the weekends we ________________ (go out) a
lot.
3. A: ___________ you ___________ (take) any classes last summer?
B: Yes, I _____________ . I ______________ (take) tennis lessons, and I ______________
(play) tennis every day!
4. A: ___________ you ____________ (speak) English last summer?
B: No, I ______________ . But I _____________ (read) English books and I
______________ (watch) English movies.
COMPLETE THE TEXT WITH THE SIMPLE PAST OF THE VERBS. Be
careful! There is one extra verb.

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 When I was in year eight, Hannah Barker was my best friend. We
___________________ outside her house at 8:30 every day and __________________ to
school together. We ________________ about pop music and television and people
at school. In year nine, her family ________________ to Scotland. We
__________________ to each other for a few months, but then we stopped.
WRITE THE SIMPLE PAST OF THESE VERBS.

1. HAVE / HAS ________________________

2. SEE ________________________
3. TAKE ________________________
4. MAKE ________________________
5. THINK ________________________
6. GIVE ________________________
7. READ ________________________
8. MEET ________________________
9. GET ________________________
10. DRINK ________________________
11. BUY ________________________
12. COME ________________________
13. GO ________________________
14. WRITE ________________________
15. TELL ________________________
16. EAT ________________________
17. LEAVE ________________________

EXERCISES. The Simple Past Tense.

Look at the example and write sentences based on it.

EXAMPLE:
A. Did you go to the bank this afternoon? (Supermarket) go
B. No, we didn’t. We went to the supermarket. went

take
1. Did you take the subway this morning? (bus) took
_______________________________________________________________________________________
have
2. Did he have a headache last night? (backache) had
_______________________________________________________________________________________
get
3. Did Wanda get up at 9:00 this morning? (7:00) got
_______________________________________________________________________________________
make
4. Did your children make dinner today? (breakfast) made
_______________________________________________________________________________________
buy
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ent
5. Did Michael buy a car yesterday? (bicycle)
_______________________________________________________________________________________
do
6. Did they do their homework last night? (exercise) did
_______________________________________________________________________________________
write
7. Did Tommy write to his girlfriend this week? (grandmother) wrote
_______________________________________________________________________________________
read
8. Did you read the newspaper this afternoon? (book)
read
_______________________________________________________________________________________

COMPLETE THE STORY WITH THE CORRECT FORMS OF THE VERBS.

BUY EAT GET GO MAKE SEE SIT TAKE

SHIRLEY’S DAY OFF

Shirley enjoyed her day off yesterday. She ______________________ up late,

______________________ jogging in the park, ______________________ a long shower, and
_____________________ a big breakfast.
In the afternoon, she _____________________ a movie with her sister. Then she
_________________ groceries at the supermarket, and she __________________ a big dinner for
her parents. After dinner, Shirley and her parents ___________________ in the living room
and talked. Shirley had a very nice day off yesterday.

EXERCISES. The Simple Past Tense.

A. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES. USE WAS, WASN’T, WERE, OR WEREN’T.
MAKE TRUE SENTENCES.

1. Our school ___________________ open yesterday. It _____________ closed.

2. I ____________ absent yesterday. I _____________ in school.
3. My friend and my teacher _______________ absent last week. They __________ in
school.
4. Our English homework _______________ easy yesterday. It _______________ hard.
5. It _____________ sunny yesterday. It _______________ cloudy.

B. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES. CHANGE FROM THE PRESENT TO THE PAST.

1. They are busy now. Last month they were busy too.
2. Today it’s cold. Yesterday _____________________________ too.
3. My friend is in Seoul now. _________________________________ last year too.
4. It’s not sunny today. _______________________________________ yesterday.
5. We are in Lima this week. We _____________________________ yesterday morning.

C. WRITE STATEMENTS OR QUESTIONS. USE THE WORDS AND

PUNCTUATION GIVEN.

1. in Toronto / He / . / last week / was

___________________________________________________________________________________________
__
2. cold / . / It / in Toronto / yesterday / was/
___________________________________________________________________________________________
__
3. wasn’t / It / two days ago / . / cold
___________________________________________________________________________________________
__
4. in Toronto / ? / last month / Were / you
___________________________________________________________________________________________
__
5. weren’t / . / there / we / A week ago
___________________________________________________________________________________________
__

D. CORRECT THIS MESSAGE. THERE ARE SIX MISTAKES.

Hi Victor,

Right now Bob and I are in a taxi on our way home from the airport. We are in
Mexico all last week. It were great. The weather it was dry and sunny. The people were
warm and friendly. Last night we was at the Ballet Folklorico. The dancers was terrific.
There was only one problem. My Spanish no was good. See you soon.

Rina.