Reading comprehension exercises

A nice weekend
(Past Simple: regular and irregular verbs)
1. Put the verbs in brackets into Past Simple.
Ann and Kate ________ (have) nice weekends! On Friday evening they
______ (be) at the playground. They _______ (play) with a ball. On Saturday Kate
________ (help) her mother. The girl ______ (clean) the floor and ________ (wash)
the dishes. Then she _________ (play) computer games. On Saturday evening Kate
_______ (go) to the zoo with her parents. She _______ (watch) lions and monkeys
there. Ann _______ (be) at the cinema on Saturday. She ________ (watch) an
interesting cartoon. In the evening Ann ________ (walk) her dog in the park. On
Sunday Ann and Kate ________ (be) at the beach. They _______ (swim) in the river.
The girls ______ (have) a lovely time! In the evening they ________ (get) home and
_______ (do) their homework. Ann and Kate _______ (go) to bed early because they
_______ (have) to go to school on Monday.

2. Write if the sentence is true or false.

1. Ann and Kate didn’t have nice weekends. ________
2. On Friday evening Ann and Kate played at the playground. ________
3. On Saturday Ann cleaned the floor and washed the dishes. ________
4. Kate watched tigers and elephants at the zoo. _______
5. Ann didn’t swim in the river. ______
6. On Sunday evening the girls did their homework. ______

3. Find the proper sentences in the text to 4. Answer the questions.

describe the pictures. Use Past Simple.
A) B)
C) D)
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1. Where did Ann and Kate play with a ball?
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2. How did Kate help her mother?
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3. Where did Kate go with her parents on
Saturday evening?
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4. Where was Ann on Saturday?
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5. Where did Ann walk her dog?
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6. What did Kate and Ann do at the beach?
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7. Why did the girls go to bed early?
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8. Did Ann and Kate have a lovely time at the
beach?
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5. What did you do at your last weekend? Write about your weekend activities.
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