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1.

Fill in the chart with the correct past simple and past participle
forms of the verbs:

Base Verb Past Simple Past Participle

use used used

take took taken

walk walked walked

cook cooked cooked

make made made

borrow borrowed borrowed

cut cut cut

Pick up picked up Picked up

build built built

invite invited invited

hold held held

steal stole stolen


2. Look at the pictures. Write what was done in the past simple
passive form. Don’t forget to say who did it.

a. (the salad / make / my mom)


The salad was made by my mom.
b. (the money / steal / a strange man)
The money was stolen by a strange man
c. (the baby / take care of / her grandparents)
The baby was taken care of by her grandparents
d. (the UFO / see / many people)
The UFO was seen by many people
e. (the lost dog / find / a police officer)
The lost dog was found by a police officer
f. (the heavy box / drop / the workers)
The heavy box was dropped by the workers
g. (I / invite / her)
I was invited by her
h. (the car / rent / a family)
The car was rented by a family
i. (garbage / take out / my brother)
Garbage taken out by my brother
j. (the kitchen / clean / them)
The kitchen was cleaned by them
k. (that sweater / make / my aunt)
That sweater was made by my aunt
l. (This photo / take / your father)
This photo was taken by your father
m. (my cup / break / my little sister)
My cup was broken by my little sister
3. Complete the sentences using past simple passive or past
continuous passive. Some are positive and some are negative.

a. The computer was being used (use) by someone, so I used my tablet.

b. This gun  was bought                   (buy) for me by my uncle.

c. We couldn’t study in that room. It    was painted                 (paint).

d. The customers  were not being helped                   (help), so they got very
angry.

e. Susan doesn’t like her haircut because her hair  was cut                   (cut)
by her usual person.

f. Our class  was invited                   (invite) to visit the museum.

g. My car   was being fixed                  (fix), so I walked to school yesterday.

h. When I was a child, my lunch    was made                 (make) by my father.

i. Her bag  was stolen                   (steal) at the mall last weekend.

j. They stayed with their cousins while their house   was being
built                  (build).

k. I love these pictures. They  were taken                   (take) by my daughter.

l. She didn’t use the school bathroom because it     was cleaned               


(clean).

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