PRACTICE 5TH SEC

SIMPLE PAST

Prof. Lizbeth Jimenez Armas

a) Read the words aloud. Then use the words to complete the sentences

1. walked 5. Watched 9. kissed 13. laughed

2. worked 6. touched 10. erased 14.coughed

3. cooked 7. washed 11. helped

4. asked 8. finished 12. stopped

1) I _ _ watched _ _ TV last night.

2) Anna _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to class yesterday instead of taking the bus.

3) I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the dirty dishes after dinner last night.

4) Jim _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the board with an eraser

5) Robert loves his daughter. He _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ her on the forehead.

b) Rewrite the sentences below in the simple past.

1) They fix the cracks in the walls PRESENT

They fixed the cracks in the walls PAST

2) The tourists stay at that hotel PRESENT

________________________ PAST

3) Mrs. Duran’s baby cries at night

__________________________

4) The archaeologists work here

__________________________

5) We live in Athens
________________
c) Change the sentences to the past (irregular verbs)

Consider:

Every day  to past  Yesterday

Every morning  to past  yesterday morning

Every week  to past  last week

Every night  to past  last night

1) Tom gets some mail every day

 Tom got some mail yesterday

2) They go downtown every day

3) We have lunch every day

4) I see my friends every day

5) Hamid sits in the front row every day

6) I sleep for eight hours every night

7) The students stand in the line at the cafeteria.

8) I write a letter to my parents every week.

9) I eat breakfast every morning.

10) We do exercises in class every day

d) Complete the sentences: Use one of these verbs in the past simple: Clean die enjoy finish
happen open rain start stay want.

1) I _ _ brushed _ _ _ my teeth three times yesterday.

/ brush /

2) It was hot in the room, so I ------------- the window.

/ open /

3) The concert ------------ at 7.30 and -------------- at 10 o’clock.

/ be / / be /
4) When I was a child I -------------- to be a doctor.
/ want /

5) The accident ---------------- last Sunday afternoon.

/ happen /