2º ESO – SIMPLE PAST – REVISION

1.- Complete the story with the past simple of the verb "to be"

It was a beautiful day. The sun ............... hot and the sky ............... blue. James and Wendy ............... on the
beach. They ............... with their three children. The children ............... in the sea. the sea ............... a bit cold but
the children ............... very happy. Many other children ............... in the sea too: some of them ............... in the
water with their parents. Wendy and James ............... on the sand and James ............... asleep with a book on his
face.

2.- Write questions and answers about the story above, using "was" or "were".

1. The weather nice? Was the weather nice? - Yes, it was a beautiful day.
2. Where / James and Wendy?
3. Where / the children?
4. Other children in the sea?
5. James asleep?
6. What / on James's face?

3.- Fill in the blanks with the Present Simple or the Past Simple of the verbs "to be".

Today I am at home. It ............... Saturday morning and it ............... very cold. Last month my family and I
............... on holiday in Portugal. the weather ............... fantastic; it ............... really hot and sunny. We ............... all
very happy there. Well, it ............... nice to be back home with all our friends.

4.-Fill in with the SIMPLE PAST form of the verbs in brackets:

1. Last Christmas they _______ (fly) to 7. I _______(bake) my birthday cake last

London. month.
2. It ______ (rain) a lot last week. 8. Peter and I _______ (go) to the cinema on
3. You _______( meet) my English teacher Monday.
yesterday. 9. My father _______ (drive) to work
4. She _______(work) in Paris two years ago. yesterday morning.
5. We _______ (run) in the park yesterday. 10. My sister _______ (read) an interesting
6. The dog ______ (chase) the cat. book last night.

5. Put these sentences in the NEGATIVE form of SIMPLE PAST.

1. They ran by the river. 5. I watered the plants.

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2. He played football last week. 6. Maria drove fast.
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3. My father caught a taxi to work. 7. Julia had an accident yesterday evening.
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4. Mrs. Smith washed her car. 8. We bought some books two days ago.
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6. ORDER the words to make sentences in the SIMPLE PAST

1. I/ bank/ for 10 years /work

2. Where/last year /you/live?
3. at university /she/French /not/study.
4. swim/in the sea?/he
5. not/ Paula and John /meet/yesterday
6. her /Mr. Jones/see/ two days ago/in town.
7. lose/ yesterday/ Tom/ his key/

7. . CHANGE these sentences from the PRESENT SIMPLE to the PAST SIMPLE and vice versa.

1. Janet missed the bus.

2. They sell cars.

3. Does he visit his friends?

4. She brought a sandwich

5. We move to a new house

6. Father read a book to his children

7. They don´t do their homework

8. Paul tidied his room

8.- Make QUESTIONS FOR THE UNDERLINED ANSWERS.

1. Mary lived in London. 5. I had lunch in a restaurant.

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2. You got up at seven.
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3. We went to school by train.
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4. Pierre studied German last year.
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6. The sun set at 6 p.m.
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7. Babies slept quietly last night.
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8. My cat ate some fish.
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9. MATCH the questions with the answers:

Questions: Answers:

1. What did you do last week? …….. a. In Liverpool.

2. Where did you live last year? …….. b. At St. John’s Elementary School.
3. How did you go to school yesterday? …….. c. No, I didn’t.
4. Did you drive to work? …….. d. I visited the British Museum.
5. How much did you pay for the book? …….. e. By bus.
6. Where did you study? …….. f. £15.
10. Write the verbs in SIMPLE PAST and answer the questions below.

Yesterday my family and I ............................. (visit) my grandparents. My

mother ............................. (help) my grandmother with the housework. My father
............................. (clean) the windows outside. My brother and I .............................
(watch) cartoons on television and later we ............................. (play) outside in the
garden.
We ............................. (climb) the tree to our tree-house. We
............................. (stay) there all afternoon. Then our mother ............................. (call)
us because it was time to go home. Our grandparents ............................. (kiss) us
goodbye and we ............................. (return) home. We ............................. (arrive) home
at 8 o'clock. Dad ............................. (look) for the key, ............................. (open) our front door and we all
............................. (walk) inside.

1. Where were my family and I yesterday?

2. Did my mother clean the windows?

3. What did my brother and I watch on TV?

4. Where did we play?

5. Where were my brother and I all afternoon?

6. What time did we arrive home?

PRONUNCIATION OF –ed

11. Classify the following verbs according to the pronunciation of -ed

happen - afford – change – complete – close – crash – marry – fit – plug

vanish – smile – wait – touch – hate – dress – improve – switch - demand

/ɪd/ /t/ /d/

After a final sound /t/ - /d/ After /k/ - /s/ - /ʧ/ - /ʃ/ - /f/ - After / b/- / /-/g/- / v/- /z/ -
/p/ ( Unvoiced sounds) / / -/ /- /m/- /n/-/ŋ/- /l/-/r/
and vowel sounds (Voiced sounds)