Miss Valentina Díaz

I. Complete the sentences with the SIMPLE PAST of the verbs in parentheses.

1. They ____________________ (watch) TV last night.

2. Priscila ____________________ (talk) to her friends all day.
3. I ___________________ (have) a terrible headache yesterday.
4. Bob _____________________ (come) home from school late.
5. They ____________________ (arrive) late and ___________________ (miss) the
bus.
6. She ____________________ (study) hard and ___________________(pass) the
exam.
7. He ____________________ (call) the office to tell them he was sick.
8. I ___________________ (speak) to the director as he was leaving the room.
9. Dr. Johnson ______________________ (get up) early this morning.
10. Mary _____________________ (do) her homework and ________________ (go)
to school.
11. Chris ____________________ (find) a ten-dollar bill.
12. The dog ______________________ (follow) us down the road.
13. Those students _____________________ (work) hard last semester.
14. Lucio ___________________ (stop) at the corner and __________________ (call)
us.
15. I ___________________ (try) to talk to Helen last night.
16. I ___________________ (pay) the phone bill yesterday.
17. My dad ____________________ (catch) a cold when he ________________ (be)
in Canada.
18. She _____________________ (leave) home early yesterday.
19. They ____________________ (know) each other very well when they
________________ (be) kids.
20. The teacher _____________________ (bring) the exams corrected.
21. She was cleaning the vase when she ____________________ (drop) it.
22. We ___________________ (jog) in the park yesterday.
23. The fire ____________________ (occur) while we ___________________ (be)
out.
24. I __________________ (meet) some nice people at the party last weekend.
25. Carol _____________________ (sleep) until late on the weekend. Then, she
_______________ (go) out to lunch.
26. We ______________________ (fly) to the USA on a great airplane.

II. Write questions or negatives sentences.

1. She visited her parents last weekend.

Question: __________________________________________________________?
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2. He cleaned his room before school.

Question: ___________________________________________________________?

3. The teacher found the missing exams.

Negative: ____________________________________________________________

4. Tom wanted to go to the movies alone.

Question: ___________________________________________________________?

5. Helena offered Henrique a piece of cake.

Negative: ___________________________________________________________

6. I knew what to do.

Negative: ____________________________________________________________

7. Alexandre helped Anita with her homework.

Question: ___________________________________________________________?

8. You ate cookies after dinner.

Negative: ____________________________________________________________

9. You talked to her earlier.

Question: ___________________________________________________________?

10. We turned off the TV after the news.

Negative: ____________________________________________________________

11. He drank only a coke at the party.

Question: ___________________________________________________________?

12. Mom made breakfast early.

Negative: ___________________________________________________________
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III. Put the verbs into the simple past.

1. Last year I __________ (go) to to England on holiday. It __________ (be) fantastic. I

__________ (visit) lots of interesting places. I ______ (be) with two friends of mine. In the
mornings we __________ (walk) in the streets of London. In the evenings we __________
(go) to pubs. The weather __________ (be) strangely fine. It __________ __________
(not / rain) a lot. But we __________ (see) some beautiful rainbows. Where __________
__________ (spend / you) your last holiday?

2. Classify all the verbs into regular and irregular (in past).

REGULAR VERBS IRREGULAR VERBS

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