Past Simple – exercises

Ex. 1. Write the questions. Then answer them.

1 you / watch TV / last night
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2 your friends / play football / yesterday

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3 your mum / bake / a cake / last weekend

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4 you / phone / a friend / an hour ago

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5. Rob / buy a small car

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6 Jenny / wear a skirt / to the party

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7 cowboys / drive cars / in the 1880s

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8 the teacher / speak Greek / in the lesson

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Ex. 2. Fill in the blanks with a verb from the box in the SIMPLE PAST:

break swim have make sit write spend buy drink lose wash

1. She ………………….. a cake an hour ago.

2. She ………………….. a hat last week.
3. The boy ………………….. a letter yesterday.
4. They ……………………. in the sea for an hour.
5. They ………………….. a lot of Coke last night.
6. She ………………… her arm last week.
7. He ……………………. all his money last week.
8. She …………………… a bath two minutes ago.
9. He ……………………. his wallet last night.
10. She ………………….. on the old chair a minute ago.
11. She ………………….. the clothes yesterday.

Ex. 3. Czasowniki w nawiasach wstaw w czasie Past Simple.

1. I (look) ………………….. out of the window and (see) a group of people gathered around a car.
2. The vase (fall) ……………….. over and (break) ……………….. into tiny pieces.
3. Katy (call) …………………. me within minutes of leaving the office.
4. Jack (pay) ……………….. me what he (owe) …………………. me.
5. Sue (bite) ………………….. her lip when she (hear)…………………….. the story.
6. She (leave) …………………….. all the lights on.
7. The child (stand) …………………… over the sink eating a tuna sandwich.
8. Tim (grow) ……………………. up in a family of eight.
9. Last Saturday I (take) ………………….. my children out shopping.
10. He (pick) …………………. up the phone, (listen)……………….. , and (run) ……………… out of the house.
11. William (park) ………………….. his car, (get) ……………….. out, and (approach) ………… the house.
12. She (sit) ………………….. on the bed’s edge and (read) ……………….. the letter again.
13. Greg (take) ………………... off his reading glasses and (wipe) ……………….. them carefully.
14. I (drop) …………………… out of school last year.
15. Let me see if he (call) …………………… her before last week.
Ex. 4. Complete the sentences with the verbs below in Past Simple.
Walk enjoy like wash travel finish listen study

1- Lucy ................................. her birthday presents.

2- Last weekend I ............................. in the mountains for 2 hours.
3- We .............................. the party very much.
4- Ken ............................... to his favourite CD yesterday.
5- My sister .................................. Maths for an exam.
6- They .................................. to the USA in 2003.
7- Dad ................................ his car last weekend.
8- The film ............................... at 11:30.

1. Complete the table.

Adjective Adverb
angry angrily
bad
careful
comfortable
fast
good
happy
hard
loud
nervous
normal
late
quick
quiet
slow
Successful
early
2. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets.
1 I’m sorry, but you didn’t do very _________________ (good).
2 You should try to act _________________ (normal).
3 Please speak _________________ (quiet).
4 You really shouldn’t speak too _________________ (fast).
5 She _________________ (successful) finished the course.
6 We worked really _________________ (hard) all week.
7 Ben started shouting _________________ (angry).
8 You should do that _________________ (careful).

3.Answer the questions using the word in brackets.

e.g. How do they act? (good) They act well.
1 How does he speak? (loud) ______________________________________________________
2 How do they behave? (nervous) __________________________________________________
3 How does Pedro move? (slow) ___________________________________________________
4 How does Gabi laugh? (happy) ___________________________________________________
5 How does Laura sing? (bad) ______________________________________________________
6 How are you sitting? (comfortable) ________________________________________________
Look at Jason’s timetable below. Circle the correct connectives and complete the sentences to describe
what Jason did yesterday.

1. ( First / Next ), Jason went to his ___________________.

2. ( First / Then ), he went to the ___________________ with Mum.
3. ( Next / Finally ), he had lunch with ___________________.
4. ( After that / First ), he read books ___________________.
5. ( First / Finally ), he went to Macy’s ___________________.

CIRCLE THE CONNECTORS OF SEQUENCE IN THE PARAGRAPH.

Saturday was a great day! First, I met my friends at the sports centre. Then, we had lunch at Chez Café. Next,
we went to a museum and saw some amazing dinosaurs. Finally, we went to a fantastic science fiction film.
COMPLETE THE BOLG ENTRY WITH THE CONNECTORS OF SEQUENCE.

GINA’S BLOG
Yesterday, it was my birthday and it didn’t start well. I went to the park to meet my friends, but they weren’t there. I
decided to look for them. 1 ______________, I went to the shopping centre opposite the park, but they weren’t there. 2

_______________, I looked for them at the library, but they weren’t there. 3 _________________, I tried the sports
centre and the restaurant near the park, but my friends weren’t there. 4 _______________, I went home, and my friends
there... with a birthday cake, ice cream, music and games. It was a surprise party for me! In the end, I had a great
birthday.

LOOK AT THE PICTURES AND MATCH THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT
TOM’S DAY.

1. __ a. It started to rain.
What did Tom do yesterday?
2. Who did he go with? __ b. They got home at 7
o’clock.
3. What happened first? __ c. Tom fell.
4. Then what happened? __ d. They stopped because
there were sheep on the
road.
5. What happened next? __ e. He went cycling.
6. When did they finally get home? __ f. Ed.