PRACTICE

PAST SIMPLE TENSE

I. Complete the past forms of the verbs below.

appear appered know kn e_ w die di_

e d_
drive o
dr_ve play play_
e d_ get go_ t
go we_
n t_ come c_
a me lose lo s_ t_
make ma d_ e_ feel fe _l l_ write wro_ te
begin beg a_ n. live liv e_ d_ invent Invent ed
__
eat a_ t_
e read r e_ a_ d think tho_
u g_ h_ t

happen Happen e_ d_ cost co_ st forget forg o_ t_

meet m e_ t_ find f o_ u_ nd stay stay e_ d_
buy bou g_h_ t look look e_ d_ sing s a_ ng
fall fe _l l_ take T o_ o_ k

II. Put the verbs in the correct column.

paint listen watch send clean See
break study be play write go
do smile visit eat have like

Regular Verbs Irregular Verbs

Paint Watch Be See
Clean Visit Break Go
Do Play Send
Listen Clean Eat
Study Like Write
Smile Have

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III. Choose from the exercise II the accurate verbs to complete the sentences with the
past form of them.
1. (+) Yesterday I ______________
played football in the park.
2. (+) My mother ______________
wrote a book last year. It’s very interesting.
3. (-) Peter ______________
not sending this picture when he was young.
4. (?) ______________ you ______________a letter to your grandma?
5. (-) We ______________TV
Saw last weekend.
6. (+) I ______________
had a pet rabbit when I was a child.
7. (?) ______________
Going she ______________
clean her room? It was very dirty yesterday!
8. (+) Sarah ______________
ate two sandwiches yesterday.
9. (-) The children ______________
see the window – it was the dog.
10. (+) I ______________
studied for the test last night. I’m not nervous.

IV. Write Was or Were.

1. (+) Olive _____________
was at school yesterday.
2. (-) She _____________
wasn´t at the café on Monday.
3. (?) _____________
Were you at the cinema last night? Yes, I ____________.
was

V. Read and complete the poem.

Cheyenne Dream
Grandfather, I 1) dreamed (dream) of you last night While nearby, the children
We 2) ____________
Walked (walk) together in the early 7) ____________
played (play) their favorite games.
morning Day 8) ____________
turned (turn) into night -young
And 3) ____________
Watched (watch) the deer and men
The buffalo greet the day, 9) ____________
danced (dance) by the light
Your bow and arrows ever ready, Of the campfire to the steady rhythm of the drums.
We 4) ____________
Cried (cry) our hunter’s call. There was a smile on my face
Down by the river, the women 5) ____________ When I 10) ____________
closed (close) my eyes
(laugh) But this morning all is gone: just your memory
As they 6) ____________
gatheret (gather) wood To keep the moments alive.

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