PAST SIMPLE

Complete the e-mail with the verbs in brackets.

Dear Jane,
How are you doing? I feel miserable, I must admit. And I'm going to tell you why.
Yesterday I ..................... (do) my homework, ..................... (tidy) my bedroom and .....................
(decide) to go out. The weather ..................... (be) perfect and so I ..................... (go) to the park.
And do you know who I ..................... (see) there? Jason, my boyfriend. I ..................... (want) to
say hello to him, but then I ..................... (stop), because I ..................... (can) see a girl coming to
him. Guess what ..................... (happen). They ..................... (meet) in the middle of the road and
he ..................... (kiss) her. My Jason! Jason and I ..................... (be) in the park three times and he
never ..................... (try) to kiss me!
I didn't know what to do. I just ..................... (run) away. When I ..................... (come) back home, I
..................... (cry). Just a little bit, you know. Then I ..................... (say) to myself: Forget about
Jason. There are plenty more fish in the sea!
What do you think of him? Is he worth it? Please, write back soon.
Love,
Bea

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  .

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? → 

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 → 

Tell the story – fill in the past simple tense

On Friday, the children   (talk) about a day out together in the country. The next morning,
they   (go) to the country with their two dogs and   (play) together. Ben and
Dave   (have) some kites. Some time later the dogs   (be) not there. So
they   (call) them and   (look) for them in the forest. After half an hour the
children   (find) them and   (take) them back. Charlie   (be) very happy
to see them again. At lunch time Nick   (go) to the bikes and   (fetch) the basket
with some meat sandwiches. Then they   (play) football. Nick and Dave   (win).
In the evening they   (ride) home.
Write down the past form of the following verbs.

stay -   / stop -   / give - 

watch -   / have -   / drop - 
sell -   / play -   / plan - 
try -   / love -   / tell - 
agree -   / stand -   / eat - 

Complete the sentences with the verbs in the past simple.

We   the bus to the city centre. (take)

He   his birthday presents. (open)
I   my brother with his homework. (help)
She   me an email three days ago. (write)
They   to Sweden for their holidays. (go)

Fill in the negative form of the verbs into the gaps. Use the verb in brackets and the short
form.

I   rice when I was young. (like)

We   what we were looking for. (find)
My parents   a new motor bike. (buy)
He   me to work last week. (drive)
Sarah   her bed this morning. (make)

Use the words to form questions in the past simple tense.

read / you / last Sunday / the paper -  ?

mistake / he / make / what -  ?
books / like best / she / which -  ?
last week / meet / you / your grandparents -  ?
go swimming / they / how often -  ?