WORKSHEET 1

SUBJECT : Simple Past Tense

A) 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

made
1. She ………………….. a cake an hour ago.
boght
2. She ………………….. a hat last week.
wrote
3. The boy ………………….. a letter yesterday.
swan
4. They ……………………. in the sea for an hour.
drinked
5. They ………………….. a lot of Coke last night.
broke
6. She ………………… her arm last week.
spent
7. He ……………………. all his money last week.
had
8. She …………………… a bath two minutes ago.
lost
9. He ……………………. his wallet last night.
sat
10. She ………………….. on the old chair a minute ago.
washed
11. She ………………….. the clothes yesterday.

B) Fill in the blanks with the SIMPLE PAST of the verbs in brackets:
saw
Last Saturday my father …. took…. (take) my friends and me to the circus. We ………(see)
bought
lots of things. My father …………………. (buy) us some popcorn and orange juice. We
ate
……………………. (eat) the popcorn and ………………………… drank (drink) the orange juice.
laughed was
We …………………….. (laugh) at the funny clowns. There …………………. (be) a lion-tamer.
did jumped
The lions …………………… (do) tricks; they ………………………… (jump) through hoops.
rode had
A girl ………………………. (ride) an elephant around the ring. We all ………………… (have)
a wonderful time.

C) Write what Jean DID or DIDN’T do yesterday:

go shopping ( - ) ………… Jean didn’t go shopping yesterday. …………….

clean the house ( + ) jean cleaned the house yesterday
………………………………………………………………
feed the cat ( + ) jean fed the cat yesterday
.………………………………………………………………
telephone Mary ( - ) jeand didn´t telephone mary yesterday
………………………………………………………………
watch a film on TV ( - ) jean didn´t watch a film on tv yesterday
………………………………………………………………
visit her grandparents ( + ) jean visited her grandparents
………………………………………………………………
take them a cake ( + ) jean took them a cake
………………………………………………………………

D) Fill in the blanks with the PAST form of the verbs:

was
Benjamin Franklin …… was born ….. (be born) in Boston in 1706. He ………………… (be)
 went
the fifteenth of the seventeen children of a poor candlemaker. He …………………(go ) to
began
school only one year. He …………………………… (begin) to work when he was twelve. At
decided
the age of fourteen he …………………………… copied
(decide) to be a writer. He ………………….
became
(copy) the great stories of famous writers and later he …………………………… (become) the
best known writer in his time.
was left
When he ………………….. (be) seventeen, he ………………………… (leave) Boston and
arrived
…………………………… (arrive) in Philadelphia with only a few pennies in his pocket. He
got retired
……………………… (get) a job as a publisher of a newspaper and ……………………. (retire)
spend
from business as a very rich man at forty-two. Then he ………………………. (spend) the next
played
forty years for his government. He ………………………. (play) an important role in the
founding of the USA.
Franklin ………………was drew
(be) also an important scientist and inventor. He ……………. (draw)
wrote
electricity from a cloud on a kite string. He ……………………… (write) one of the first text
invented
books on electricity. He ……………………… (invent) a simple lightning rod and many other
made
practical tools. He ……………………… discovered
(make) a study of water and ……………………….
(discover) many principles of hydrodynamics. He even ………………………… inventd (invent) bifocal
needed
glasses when he was seventy-eight and ……………………… (need) them himself.
did
Franklin ……………… believed
(do) all these things and many more because he …………….………
could
(believe) he ………………………… (can).

E) Read the following story:

Bob is a young sailor. He lives in England, but he is often away with his ship.
One summer he comes back from a long voyage and finds new neighbors near his mother’s
house. They have a pretty daughter, and Bob soon loves her and he wants to marry her when he
comes back. Bob promises the girl to send a present from every port.
Bob’s first port is Capetown in Africa, and he sends the girl a parrot from there. The parrot
speaks three languages. When Bob’s ship reaches Australia, a letter comes from the girl. The
letter says, “Thank you for the parrot, Bob. It tasted much better than a chicken.”

a) Write the story again. Use THE SIMPLE PAST:

Bob was a young sailor. He lived in England, but he was often away with his ship.
One summer he came back from a long voyage and found new neighbors near his mother's house.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
They had a pretty daughterm, and Bob soon loved her and he wanted to marry her when he came
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
back. Bob promised the girl to send a present from every port.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
Bob's first port was Capetown in Africa, and he sent the girl a parrot from there. The parrot spoke
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
three languages. When Bob's ship reached Australia, a letter came from the girl. The letter said,
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
"Thank you for the parrot, Bob. It tasted much better than a chicken".
……………………………………………………………………………………………………

b) Answer the questions about the story:

1. What was Bob?

He was a young sailor.
2. What change did he find when he was back home?
There were new neighbors ner to his mother's house.
………………………………………………………………………………………..
3. How was their daughter?
She was pretty.
………………………………………………………………………………………..
4. How did Bob feel about the girl?
He fell in love.
………………………………………………………………………………………..
5. What did Bob tell the girl?
He told her that he was going to give her a present every time he reached a new port.
………………………………………………………………………………………..
6. What did Bob send the girl from Capetown?
He sent her a parrot.
……………………………………………………………………………………….
 7. Where is Capetown?
In Africa.
……………………………………………………………………………………….

8. How many languages did the parrot speak?

It spoke three.
…………………………………………………………………………………………
9. What did the girl do with the parrot?
She killed and cooked it.
…………………………………………………………………………………………

G) Rewrite the sentences using the word and signs in parenthesis:

1. We ate lunch at the cafeteria last night.

(he) (-) 2. He didn’t eat lunch at the cafeteria last night.
(yesterday) (?) Did he went to a party yesterday?
3. …………………………………………………
(study in the library) (-?) Didn't he study in the library?
4. …………………………………………………
(we) (-) We didn't like eating pizza.
5. …………………………………………………
(play tennis) (+) I played tennis.
6. ………………………………………………….
(I) (-) I was ready to marry.
7. …………………………………………………
(get a present) (+) I got a present from my mom.
8. …………………………………………………
(you) (-?) 9. …………………………………………………
Didn't you go to the doctor?
(go shopping) (?) I went shopping on Sunday.
10. ………………………………………………..
(last week) (-) 11. ………………………………………………..
I didn't eat out last week.
(she) (+) She liked the present.…………………………
12. ………………………………………………..
(stay home) (?) Did you stayed at home last Saturday?
13. ………………………………………………….
(last night) (-?) Didn't you have a party last night?
14. …………………………………………………
(they) (-) They didn't do their homework.
15. …………………………………………………
(get into trouble) (+) They got into trobule.
16. …………………………………………………
(you) (?) Where were you?
17. …………………………………………………
(see him) (-?) Didn't you see him?
18. …………………………………………………
(yesterday afternoon) (?) Did you visited
19. ………………………………………………… your grandfather in yesterday afternoon?
(I) (+) 20. …………………………………………………