ŞBP 301, WEEK 5

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

ÖĞR. GÖR. HAVA VURAL
SIMPLE PAST TENSE

1. Write sentences using ‘was, were, wasn’t or weren’t’ about a place you visited. Use the words in
the box to help you.

I the city the streets the shops the weather

the people we it

We visited İstanbul. The city was beautiful. …

We
visited_______________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Complete the sentences using ‘wasn’t” or “weren’t’ and an appropriate adjective from the box.
Sometimes more than one answer is possible.

beautiful hot hungry clean big

1. The town was pretty but it wasn’t very big.

2. The beach was great but it _________________________________________________
3. The hotel was expensive but the rooms _______________________________________
4. The restaurant was nice but I _______________________________________________
5. Lily was blonde but she ____________________________________________________

3. Put the words in the correct order to make questions. Then, match the questions to the answers.

1. were / with / you / who / ?

2. was / he / last year / where / ?
3. last night / you / at / home / were / ?
4. open / was / shop / the / ?
5. you / were / sad / why / ?
6. it / what / was / ?
a. ___________________________________________No, it was closed.
b. ___________________________________________Because I was alone.
c. ___________________________________________He was in İzmir.
d. ___________________________________________It was a black cat.
e. ___________________________________________No, I was out.
f. Who were you with? Aunt Mary.
 ŞBP 301, WEEK 5
SIMPLE PAST TENSE
ÖĞR. GÖR. HAVA VURAL

4. A hundred Turkish teenagers answered a questionnaire about technology. First complete the
questions in the Past Simple Tense with the correct verb in brackets and then write the results.

QUESTION YES NO

…………………………………………………a DVD last Saturday night? (watch / see) 87 13

………………………………………………………….the internet yesterday? (go / use ) 72 28

………………………………………………………..a song last week? (chat / download) 53 47

………………………………………………a computer game yesterday? (play / type ) 65 35

…………………………………………………………an email last week? (take / get) 58 42

……………………………………………………computers five years ago? (like / feel) 70 30

1. 87 teenagers watched a DVD last Saturday night.

13 teenagers didn’t watch a DVD last Saturday night.
2. 72 teenagers _____________________________________________________
3. 47 teenagers _____________________________________________________
4. 65 teenagers ______________________________________________________
5. 42 teenagers ______________________________________________________
6. 70 teenagers ______________________________________________________
7. 28 teenagers ______________________________________________________
8. 53 teenagers ______________________________________________________
9. 35 teenagers ______________________________________________________

5. What’s the question? Write questions to get the underlined information.

how why where who what time what

1. Who did you visit? I visited my cousin.

2. _________________________________ He went to mosque yesterday.
3. _________________________________ He had dinner at eight.
4. _________________________________ She cried because her boyfriend left her.
5. _________________________________ I got home by train.
6. _________________________________ They went for a walk yesterday.