Name: _____________________________________________________ Number: _____ Class: _____

Date: _________________________________________________
Worksheet
A. This is a version of the story about Little Red Riding Hood.
Complete it with the PAST SIMPLE TENSE of the verbs between brackets:

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD AND THE WOLF

Once upon a time there _______ 1 (be) a little girl ________ 2 (call) Little Red Riding Hood because she _______ 3 (have) a red
coat. She __________4 (not / like) to obey and she always _______ 5 (do) whatever she _______6 (want). One day her grandmother
______7 (be) ill. Little Red Riding Hood’s mother _______ 8 (make) some sandwiches and cakes and her daughter ______ 9 (take) them
to her grandmother’s house. The girl _______ 10 (go) through the forest where she _______ 11 (find) some woodcutters. They _______ 12
(advise) her not to go that way because the wolf ______ 13 (be) very hungry and dangerous.
Little Red Riding Hood __________ 14 (not / believe) those stories about the bad wolf. So, she _______ 15 (leave) the men and
________16 (continue) her journey. The girl _________ 17 (see) some flowers and she ________ 18 (pick) them to take to her
grandmother. Suddenly, the wolf ______19 (come) near her. The girl in red ________20 (feel) very frightened!
But this ______21 (be) the time when animals could speak and the wolf
_______22 (ask) Little Red Riding Hood not to be afraid of him. Soon they
_______23 (be) friends. They ________ 24 (play) “hide-in-seek” in the forest and
they _______25 (eat) some of the girl’s sandwiches. Later on the wolf
_______26 (take) the little girl to her grandmother’s house and he _______ 27
(wait) for her to return home. Little Red Riding Hood ________ 28 (thank) the
wolf for all that trouble and she _________ 29 (give) him a kiss. They
__________30 (promise) to be friends forever!

B. Use the PAST SIMPLE tense. Cross out the wrong form in each sentence:
1. The girl and the wolf (was / were) friends.
2. The girl (taked / took) her grandmother some food.
3. The wolf (wasn’t / didn’t be) very dangerous.
4. The woodcutters (didn’t killed / didn’t kill) the wolf.
5. Little Red Riding Hood (left / leaved) home very early.
6. “Wolfie Hood” (ate / eated) Little Red Riding Hood’s grandmother.
7. The girl (studyed / studied) Maths yesterday.
8. Grandmother (was / were) very ill.
9. Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf (played / plaied) a game in the forest.
10. Little Red Riding Hood (didn’t came / didn’t come) home very late.
C. Choose the right affirmative and negative forms, using the PAST SIMPLE tense:
a) died a) didn’t make
1. Grandmother (die) last weekend. b) did 4. Grandmother (not / make) a sandwich. b) didn’t made
c) dieded c) doesn’t make
a) buyed a) doesn’t listened
2. The girl (buy)a new dress. b) buied 5. The girl (not / listen) to music. b) didn’t listen
c) bought c) didn’t listened
a) drinked a) didn’t found
3. The woodcutters (drink) beer last night. b) drank 6. The woodcutters (not / find) the wolf. b) doesn’t find
c) drunk c) didn’t find
 a) cutted a) didn’t was
7. The woodcutters (cut) trees in the forest. b) cut 9. The girl (not / be) frightened. b) wasn’t
c) cuted c) weren’t
a) made a) didn’t have
8. The wolf (make) a new friend. b) maked 10. The wolf (not / have) any clothes. b) hadn’t
c) make c) didn’t had

D. Choose the right interrogative forms, using the PAST SIMPLE tense:

1. The wolf (eat) an ice-cream? 6. Grandmother (sleep) for two hours?

a) The wolf ate an ice-cream?
b) Did the wolf ate an ice-cream?
c) Did the wolf eat an ice-cream?
2. The woodcutters (be) in the forest?
a) The woodcutters were in the forest?
b) Were the woodcutters in the forest?
c) Did the woodcutters be in the forest?
3. The girl (try) to be brave?
a) Did the girl tryed to be brave?
b) Did the girl try to be brave?
c) Tried the girl to be brave?
4. Little Red Riding Hood (read) a book yesterday?
a) Little Red Riding Hood readed a book yesterday?
b) Little Read Red Riding Hood a book yesterday?
c) Did Little Red Riding Hood read a book yesterday?
5. The wolf (watch) cartoons last night?
a) Watched the wolf cartoons last night?
b) Did the wolf watch cartoons last night?
c) Did the wolf watched cartoons last night?
a) Did Grandmother sleep for two hours?
b) Did Grandmother sleeped for two hours?
c) Did Grandmother slept for two hours?
7. She (offer) her grandmother some flowers?
a) Did she offered her grandmother some flowers?
b) Offered she her grandmother some flowers?
c) Did she offer her grandmother some flowers?
8. The wolf (run) through the forest?
a) Did the wolf run through the forest?
b) Ran the wolf through the forest?
c) Did the wolf ran through the forest?
9. Grandmother (go) to the cinema last weekend?
a) Did goed Grandmother to the cinema last weekend?
b) Did Grandmother went to the cinema last weekend?
c) Did Grandmother go to the cinema last weekend?
10. Little Red Riding Hood (swim) at the lake?
a) Did swim Little Red Riding Hood at the lake?
b) Did Little Red Riding Hood swim at the lake?
c) Little Red Riding Hood swam at the lake?

E. Look at Little Red Riding Hood’s diary for last weekend. Of the list below, what did she do or didn’t do?
Build AFFIRMATIVE or NEGATIVE sentences in the PAST SIMPLE:

WRITE A LETTER  1. _________________________________________________________________

PLAY TENNIS WITH WOLFIE  2. _________________________________________________________________
GO TO THE CINEMA  3. _________________________________________________________________
READ A BOOK  4. _________________________________________________________________
BUY A NEW DRESS  5. _________________________________________________________________
VISIT HER GRANDMOTHER  6. _________________________________________________________________
WATCH TV  7. _________________________________________________________________
DO HER ENGLISH HOMEWORK  8. _________________________________________________________________
BE SICK  9. _________________________________________________________________
SLEEP A LOT  10. _________________________________________________________________
GOOD WORK!