NAME : _____________________________________________________ DATE: ___________________________

I.D. CARD ____________________________________________________ ENGLISH 1 SECTION ________________

UNIT 4 PART 1 WORKSHEETS 4 SIMPLE PAST.

I. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE PAST TENSE FORM OF THE VERB to BE: WAS or WERE
Detective: Where ___________ you on December 27?
Suspect: December 27Detective: Yes. It ________________ a Saturday.
Suspect: Yes, I remember. I _________________ at home.
Detective: Well, I think you ____________________ at home. I think you were in Chicago.
Suspect: No, I ________________ in Chicago! I ______________ at home.
Detective: ________________ you alone?
Suspect: No, I _______________. My wife ________________ with me.
Detective: Your wife?
Suspect: Yes, my wife. We ______________ together all evening. You can ask her.

II. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

1. Were you in class last night?
No, I wasn’t. I was at home.
1. Were the students at the cinema yesterday morning?
_____________________. __________________________________________________
2. Was your mother at the Gym in the evening?
_____________________. __________________________________________________
3. Were you sad last week?
______________________. __________________________________________________
4. Was your father at the market on Sunday?
______________________. __________________________________________________
5. Was the weather hot this morning?
______________________. ___________________________________________________

III. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE PAST TENSE OF THE VERBS IN PARENTHESIS.

Claudia and Cecile _____________________ (go) to England last summer. The weather ____________ (be)
hot and they _____________________ (have) no rain for almost a month. They __________________ (fly)
by American Airlines. In London they ____________________________________ (see) The Changing of the
Guard at Buckingham Palace and ________________________ ( take ) a ride on London Eye on the banks of
the River Thames. They ___________________ (eat)fish and chips , _____________________ (drink) lots of
tea, ___________________________ (send ) a lot of selfies to their friends and bought a lot of souvenirs. “
We _____________________ (have) a wonderful time, ” they ___________________________ (say) when
they _______________________ (come) back.

IV. WRITE THE PAST TENSE FORM OF THE VERBS

Regular verbs Irregular verbs
OPEN _______________ WRITE _________________________
STAY _______________ SEE __________________________
WATCH _______________ DO __________________________
STUDY ________________ BUY __________________________
WASH ________________ SELL __________________________
LIVE ________________ SLEEP ___________________________
CLEAN ________________ GET UP ___________________________
V. COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES. FOLLOW THE MODEL.

1. Did Sarah want a cup of coffee?

No, She DIDN’T WANT a cup of coffee. She WANTED a cup of tea.
2. Did you watch the game last night?
No, I ____________________ the game. I _____________________ a movie.
3. Did they travel by car?
No, they ___________________ by car. They _________________ by train.
4. Did the lesson end at 2 o’clock?
No, it _____________________ at 2 o’clock. It ___________________at 12 o’clock.
5. Did Gina listen to the Japanese in class?
No, he __________________to the Japanese class. She ___________________ to the German class.
6. Did Bruce use your laptop?
No, he ___________________ my laptop. He ____________________ my cell phone.

VI. ASK YES/ NO QUESTIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING ANSWERS. Pay attention to the model .

2. DID MARY OPEN THE DOORS THIS MORNING_________________________?

No, Mary didn’t. She opened the windows

3. _________________________________________________________________?

Yes, his father bought the newspaper this morning.

4. _________________________________________________________________?

No, I bought the newspaper yesterday.

5. ________________________________________________________________?
Yes, I studied for two hours.

6. ________________________________________________________________?

No, he didn’t He walked to the library.

VII. COMPLETE THE INFORMATION QUESTIONS.

1- HOW MANY ___________________________________________________________________?

I went to the cinema three times last week.

2- WHEN__________________________________________________________________________?
Fanny invited David to her birthday party last month.

3 - WHAT __________________________________________________________________________?
Fred and I gave Alice a gift ten days ago.

4 - WHO __________________________________________________________________________?
The children enjoyed the film very much yesterday.

5- WHERE__________________________________________________________________________?
My brother bought three notebooks in that bookshop.
VIII. Answer the questions. Give complete answers.

1. What time did you go to bed yesterday?

______________________________________________________
2. Who gave you a present last December?
_______________________________________________________
3. When did you eat chicken?
___________________________________________________________
4. Where did you buy the newspaper?
_________________________________________________________
5. How long ago did you see your mother?
_______________________________________________________ .
6. What did you do last Sunday morning?
__________________________________________________________

IX. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS . GIVE COMPLETE RESPONSES. ( I magine that you spent Christmas in
December)

7. What did you do during Christmas? ( Margarita Island)

____________________________________________________________________________

8. Who did you go with? ( my family)

____________________________________________________________________________

9. Did you go to Margarita by the ferry boat or by plane ?

____________________________________________________________________________

10. How many days did you stay there?

____________________________________________________________________________

11. Were you in a hotel or at a friend’s house ?

____________________________________________________________________________

12. Was the weather rainy or sunny?

____________________________________________________________________________

7. What did you do there?

____________________________________________________________________________

8. How did you like your vacation in Margarita?

____________________________________________________________________________
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