PAST SIMPLE / PRETERIT

Exercise 1:

Use the words in brackets (...) to make a question:

A. (When / Princess Diana / die?)

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B. (What / Marie Curie / discover / in 1898?)

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C. (How many books / Charles Dickens / write ?)

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D. (When / Oscar Wilde / move / to France?)

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E. (Where / Michelangelo / live ?)

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F. (What / you / yesterday / learn / at school / ?)

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Exercise 2:

Choose the best answer.

Gareth did not play / played tennis this morning.

My younger brother come / came to see us at the weekend.

John didn't see / saw you at the party.

I broke / break a cup yesterday afternoon.

They didn't get / didn't got married in the end.

My dog dug / digged a hole in the middle of my garden last night.

The train did not arrive / arrives on time.

When I was a child I didn't like / liked to go to England.

Did Mike speak / spoke to you about what happened last week at the meeting?

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Exercise 3:

Complete the table.

INFINITIVE PRETERIT OR PAST PARTICIPLE

PAST SIMPLE

TO GET

TOOK

BROUGHT

TO FALL

BUILT

FELT

TO CATCH

SWAM

TO SPEND

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Exercise 4:

Write the Past Simple / Preterit of these verbs.

1. shout _________ 2. fit _________ 3. answer _________

4. visit _________ 5. plan _________ 6. seem _________

7. rob _________ 8. cry _________ 9. hurry _________

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