5  GRAMMAR WORKSHEET A Past simple: affirmative

1 Add the correct ending to make the past simple 4 Work in pairs. Look at your prompts and write
form of the verbs. Use d, ed, ied or double the eight past simple sentences for you. Write four true
consonant + ed. sentences and four false ones. You want your partner
1 discuss to believe the false ones!
2 carry
Student A
3 relax
4 dance 1 food / you / cook / last night
5 walk 2 a country / visit / last summer
6 try 3 a musical instrument / learn / as a child
7 plan 4 a TV programme / enjoy / last weekend
8 hate 5 a person / dance with / last weekend
9 stop
6 a place / travel to / a few weeks ago
10 happen
7 a concert / enjoy / six months ago
2 Complete the sentences with the past simple form of 8 a famous person / talk to / last year
the verb in bold.
1 I usually look at websites when I go to bed. Last
Student B
night, I at some comics.
2 The students usually study for two hours after 1 a sport / play / last weekend
school. Yesterday, they for three 2 a book / enjoy / last month
hours. 3 some music / listen to / yesterday
3 Dad usually travels to work by car. Today, he 4 a film / watch / at the cinema
there by bus.
5 a subject / start studying / 5 years ago
4 My friend and I usually listen to music on the way to
school. Yesterday, we to a podcast. 6 a person / chat to / this morning
5 The bus usually arrives at 8.10 a.m. This morning, it 7 something / enjoy doing / yesterday
at 8.15 a.m. 8 a museum / visit / last year
6 Lessons usually finish at 3.30 p.m. Last Friday, they
at 2.30 p.m. 5 Now take turns to read your sentences from Ex 4.
7 Ted and Cam usually play volleyball on Saturday. Your partner says True! or False! You get three points
Last week, they on Sunday. when your partner thinks a sentence is true, but it’s
8 I don’t usually like art exhibitions. But I really false. The person with the highest number of points
the exhibition yesterday. is the winner.

3 Complete the text with the past simple form of the I cooked pasta for my family last night.
verbs below.
True!
chat describe love travel 
use visit want watch No, it’s false! I can’t cook!

group chat

Last night, my cousin, Natalia, and I

1
for more than an hour
on the phone. She 2 to
tell me about a really interesting TV
programme. It’s about a man called
Michael Palin who 3
around the world in 80 days without
flying! He 4 buses,
boats and trains, etc, instead.
Natalia 5 some of the
incredible places he 6
on his journey. I’m into travel, so I
7
the programme online
last night. I really 8 it!

Life Vision Elementary  Grammar worksheet 5A  PHOTOCOPIABLE

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