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Grammar Exercises - Simple Past Tense.

Put the verbs into the simple past:

1. Last year I (go) _________ to England on holiday.

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

Write the past forms of the irregular verbs.

Infinitive Simple Past

1. meet _________ .

2. drive _________ .

3. speak _________ .
4. put _________ .

5. write _________ .
6. sing _________ .

7. do _________ .
8. sit _________ .

9. stand _________ .

10. run _________ .

Complete the table in simple past.

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

He wrote a book. _________ _________

_________ He did not sing _________

_________ _________ Was she pretty?

Put the sentences into simple past.

1. We move to a new house. → _________

2. They bring a sandwich. → _________
3. He doesn't do the homework. → _________
4. They sell cars. → _________
5. Does he visit his friends? → _________

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Write sentences in simple past.

1. Janet / miss / the bus → _________

2. she / tidy / her room → _________
3. Nancy / watch / not / television→ _________
4. she / read / a book → _________

Choose "Was“ or "Were“:

1. The _________ teacher nice.

2. The students _________ very clever.
3. But one student _________ in trouble.
4. We_________ sorry for him.
5. He _________nice though.

Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Use Simple Past. Watch the punctuation and form sentences or questions.
1) I ________ my Maths homework yesterday. (to do)
2) ________ Susan ________ to England by plane? (to go)
3) They ______ a farm two weeks ago. (to visit)
4) Jenny and Peggy ________ their brother. (not/to help)
5) The children ________ at home last weekend. (not/to be)
6) When ________ you ________ this wonderful skirt? (to design)
7) My mother ________ into the van. (not/to crash)
8) The boys ________ the mudguards of their bicycles. (to take off)
9) ________ you ________ your aunt last week? (to phone)
10) He ________ milk at school. (not/to drink).

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

1) I ______ (work) in a bank for ten years. .

2) Where ______ (you/live) when you were young? .
3) She ______ (not/study) French at university. .
4) He ______ (travel) through the middle east last year. .
5) ______ (they/visit) the Louvre in Paris? .
6) She ______ (not/watch) TV yesterday. .
7) We ______ (buy) a new car last weekend. .
8) Where ______ (you/teach) before you came here? .
9) He ______ (not/think) that he was right. .
10) I ______ (cook) steak last night. .
11) ______ (Lucy/read) 'War and Peace' at school? .
12) She ______ (not/write) to her grandmother. .
13) We ______ (have) a computer when I was a child. .
14) Where ______ (you/go) on holiday? .
15) I ______ (love) ice cream when I was a child. .
16) They ______ (not/meet) yesterday. .
17) ______ (she/swim) in the sea in Greece? 18) We ______ (not/play) tennis
yesterday because it was raining. 19) He ______ (try) to lift the box but he couldn't.
20) What ______ (you/eat) for lunch? .
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