Question 1.

Write the past simple form of these regular and irregular

verbs.

1. Cry ________________
2. Travel ________________
3. Break ________________
4. Cut ________________
5. Know ________________
6. Turn ________________
7. Say ________________
8. Fall ________________
9. Send ________________
10. Do ________________

Question 2. Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the
verbs in Question 1.

1. Last summer, my friend and I ________________around the south of

France.
2. I ________________my grandmother an email yesterday with a photo
but she________________ (not) how to open the attachment!
3. My mobile phone ________________ on the floor but the screen
________________ (not). That was lucky.

. Question 3. Write questions with the past simple.

1. When / you / buy / that tablet / ?

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2. How much / your new computer / cost / ?
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3. What / you / do / after school yesterday / ?
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4. Why / you / not / call me last night / ?
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5. Where / Dad / save / the photos / on the computer / ?
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Question 4. Circle the correct options.

1. I listened / was listening to the radio when I heard / was hearing this
fantastic song.
2. When the teacher said / was saying ‘Stop!’, I still tried / was still
trying to finish the last question.
3. I feel really silly! While I danced / was dancing, I fell / was falling
and broke / was breaking my elbow.
4. Tim played / was playing a computer game when his mum called /
was calling him for lunch.
5. I looked / was looking for a le on my memory stick when I noticed /
was noticing there was a virus.
6. Ron found / was finding a really interesting website about dance
music while he surfed / was surfing the internet.
7. My mum had / was having breakfast near the computer when she
spilled / was spilling her cup of coffee on the keyboard.
8. When you saw / were seeing me yesterday, I didn’t go / wasn’t going
to school, I went / was going to the doctor’s – I felt terrible.
9. How many pictures did you take / were you taking while you travelled
/ were travelling around Ireland?
10.Why did you chat / were you chatting to Philip while I tried / was
trying to tell you something really important?

Question 5. Correct each sentence or question.

1. I doesn’t likes this film.

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 2. What do you wants?

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3. Jim walk sometimes to school.

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4.  When the lesson begins?

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5. e)  I don’t gets up early on Saturdays.

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Question 6. Complete the sentence with the correct prepositions from

the choices given. At, in, of, on, to, with.

1. I am very fond __________________ drinking green tea.

2. Almost all politicians were involved __________________ the

scandal

3. I am looking forward ______________ having a meeting with you

next week.

4. I was not quite satisfied __________________ the exam results.

5. She insisted __________________ helping me with the dishes.

6. The boys met __________ the corner of the street.

Question 7. Circle the correct answer.

1. The scientist __________________ research on motor skills since

2007.
a. Have been doing
b. Have done
c. Are doing
d. Do
2. Do you know how much a human brain ____________________?
a. Is weighing
b. Weigh
c. Weighs
d. Are weighing
3. _______________ in New York till Saturday; we’re coming back on
Friday.
a. Are we staying
b. We aren’t staying
c. We stay
d. We don’t stay
4. Greta _________________ us about the body language – its really
interesting. Listen.
a. Has been telling us
b. Tells us
c. Tell
d. Have told
5. Dr. Stan ____________________ at the research centre for ten years.
a. Has worked
b. Is working
c. Works
d. Work

Question 8.
Rewrite the following sentences using the words in brackets.
Change to either present perfect simple/continuous.

1. Tina did her homework yesterday (this week)

2. My father started working 2 hours ago (for 2 hours)

3. The police are still looking for the murderer. (not.. yet)

4. The doctor checked my brother already. (So far)

5. Mr. Blake is working this weekend. (never)