Past Simple worksheet

Task 1: Complete these sentences. Use one of these verbs in past simple

Clean, smoke, start, enjoy, stay, finish, want, happen, live, open, play, rain

1. I ................ my teeth three times yesterday. 2. Bernard ............... 20 cigarettes yesterday

evening.
3. The concert last night .......... at 7.30 and ............at 10 o’clock. 4. The accident ........... last
Sunday.
5. When I was a child, I ........ to be a doctor. 6. Mozart .......... from 1756 to 1791. 7. We ........ our
holiday last year. We ......... at a very good hotel. 8. Today the weather is nice, but yesterday it........ .
9. It was hot in the room, so I .......... the window. 10. I ........ tennis with my friends.

Task 2: Write sentences about the past (yesterday, last week, etc.)

1. He always goes to work. -> He went to work yesterday.

2. Bill often loses his keys, when he is somewhere outside.__________________________________
3. I write a letter to Jane every week, because she is my friend.________________________________
4. We usually go to the cinema when we have a free time.___________________________________
5. They buy a new car every year and after 3 months they sell it.______________________________
6. Ann often takes photos when she is free.________________________________________________

Task 3: Complete these sentences with the verbs in the negative

1. I saw John but I didn’t (did not) see Mary.

2. They worked on Monday but Carol’s family___________________ on Tuesday.
3. We went to the shop but they ___________________ to the bank.
4. She had a pen but she ____________________ any paper.

Task 4: Put the verbs in the correct form of the past (positive, negative, question)

1. I ............... (play) tennis yesterday but I ................. (not/ win).

2. We ............( wait) a long time for the bus but it .............. (not/ come).
3. That’s a nice shirt. Where ..................( you/ buy) it?
4. She ........... (see) me but she ........... (not/speak) to me.
5. ...................(it/ rain) yesterday? No, it was a nice day.
6. That was a stupid thing to do. Why..............(you/do) it?
7. ......................(she/give) you a birthday present?
8. Don ............(not/ have) dinner as he .......... (be) too busy to eat.
9. Why...........(be) you so angry yesterday?
10. This room.........(be) very small and it ...........(not/be) very clean.

Task 5: Open the brackets, then make a question and negative to this sentence.

1. They ................(go) to the cinema last Sunday.

2. I ................(watch) an interesting comedy last night.
3. They ...........(be) so surprised when they ..........(see) me.
4. Charlie Chaplin .........(be) a famous film star.
5. The hotel ............. (cost) a lot of money.