Worksheet 1

Past time expressions

Put the words in the correct order to make sentences. Use the past simple
forms of the verb.
1. live / Ha Noi / last / in / you / year /.
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2. that / watch / film/ night / Mary / last /.
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3. arrive / my father / last / home / eight o’clock / at / night /.
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4. three hours / watch / ago /1 / TV /.
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5. travel / Tom / a year / to Thailand / ago /.
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6. two months / she / her grandparents / ago / visit /.
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7. stay / hotel / they / yesterday / a / in /.
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8. horses / people / century / use / the / in / 18th /.
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Complete the poem with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.
I (1.meet)______________ a man.
He (2. tell) __________ me that
He (3. go)_ ________ to sea in a very nice hat
He (4. buy) _________ a bird and that (5. be) ___________ nice.
He (6. give) _________ it food - it was mostly rice.
He (7. take) _________ it to Australia
But he (8. see) __________ it wasn't happy there.
He then (9. come) __________ and he (10. have) _________ an idea 'Let's go to
India’
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