PAST SIMPLE:

Exercise 1: Using the past simple

1.It/be/cloudy/yesterday.
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2.In1990/we/move/to/another/rcity.
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3.When/you/get/the/first/gift?
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4.She/not/go/to/the/church/five/days/ago.
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5.How/be/he/yesterday?
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6. Mr. and Mrs. James/ come back home/ and/ have/ lunch/ late/ last night?
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7.They/happy/last/holiday?
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8.How/you/get/there?
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Exercise 2: Using the past simple

1. I/ play/ football/ last/ Sunday.
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2. My/ mother/ make/ two/ cake/ four/ day/ ago.
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3. Tyler/ visit/ his/ grandmother/ last/ month.
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4. Joni/ go/ zoo/ five/ day/ ago.
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5. We/ have/ fun/ yesterday.
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6. My/ father/ not/ at the office/ the day/ before yesterday.
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Exercise 3: Using these appropriate verbs below
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1. She…………....out with her boyfriend last night.
2. Laura…………..a meal yesterday afternoon
3. Mozart…………..more than 600 pieces of music.
4. I…………....tired when I came home.
5. The bed was very comfortable so they……………..very well.
6. Jamie passed the exam because he…………..very hard.
7. My father………..the teenagers to drive when he was alive.
8. Dave…….…..to make a fire but there was no wood.
9. The little boy………….hours in his room making his toys.
10. The telephone…….…..several times and then stopped before I could answer it.

Exercise 4: Using the past simple

1) I.............my Maths homework yesterday. (do)
2)..........Susan.........to England by plane? (go)
3) They................a farm two weeks ago. (visit)
4) Jenny and Peggy................their brother. (not/ help)
5) The children.................at home last weekend. (not/be)
6) When.........you..............this wonderful skirt? (design)
7) My mother................into the van. (not/crash)
8) The boys.................the mudguards of their bicycles. (take off)
9).........you..................your aunt last week? (phone)
10) He...................milk at school. (not/ drink)

Exercise 5: Using the past simple

1. My sister (get) ________ married last month.
2. Daisy (come) ________ to her grandparents’ house 3 days ago.
3. My computer (be ) ________ broken yesterday.
4. He (buy) ________ me a big teddy bear on my birthday last week.
5. My friend (give) ______me a bar of chocolate when I (be) ____ at school yesterday.
6. My children (not do) ________ their homework last night.
7. ________You (live) ________here five years ago?
8. They (watch) ________TV late at night yesterday.
9. ________Your friend (be) at your house last weekend?
10. They (not be) ________ excited about the film last night.

Exercise 6: Choose the best answer

1. They __________ the bus yesterday.
A. don’t catch           B. weren’t catch       C. didn’t catch          D. not catch
2. My sister  __________ home late last night.
A. comes                    B. come                      C. came                      D. was come
3. My father __________  tired when I __________ home.
A. was – got               B. is – get                   C. was – getted          D. were – got
4. What __________ you __________ two days ago?
A. do – do                  B. did – did                C. do – did                 D. did – do
5. Where __________ your family __________ on the summer holiday last year?
A. do – go                  B. does – go               C. did – go                 D. did – went