Exercise 1: Put the verb in brackets into the present simple or past simple

1. We _________ (go) to the beach last weekend.

2. My cousins _________ (not/ visit) us every weekend.
3. ___________ (your mum/ make) a chocolate yesterday?
4. I _______ (send) Jessica an email yesterday afternoon
5. The children always ______ (do) their homework yesterday afternoon.
6. Last year, I ___________ (travel) to Japan.
7. ___________ you ___________ (have) dinner last night?
8. He ___________ (arrive) from the airport at 8:00, ___________ (check) into the hotel
at 9:00, and met the others at 10:00.
9. I ___________ (receive) three messages two minutes ago.
10. She ___________ (work) at the movie theater after school.
11. Yesterday she ___________ (go) to the cinema and ___________ (watch) a horror
movie.
12. Carlos always ___________ (eat) spaghetti but two days ago he ___________ (eat)
soup.
13. We seldom ___________ (drink) alcohol during the forenoon.
14. Somebody ___________ (take) the flowers from the graves in the morning
15. When ___________ your grandpa ___________ (come) home after war?
16. Some girls ___________ (not/ read) the book yesterday
17. When ___________ (be) they in London the last time? - I think in 2002
18. Why ___________ you ___________ (help) your brother with the homework? -
Because he ___________ (be) rather lazy all the time
19. My dog sometimes ___________ (catch) a mouse and ___________ (bring) it to the
front door.
Exercise 2: Choose the correct answer
1. Dad (doesn’t buy/ didn’t buy) a new car.
2. I (don’t watch/ didn’t watch) TV last night.
3. Do you (like/ liked) chips?
4. Mary (leaves/ left) for Italy last month.
5. Did John (come/ came) to the part
Exercise 3: Choose the correct item
1. My grandmother _______ me a present yesterday.
A. buys B. bought C. doesn’t buy
2. Peter _______ basketball yesterday.
A. doesn’t play B. didn’t play C. plays
3. Tony always _______ his cousins on Fridays
A. visited B. didn’t visit C. visits
4. I _____ my bike in the park every weekend.
A. ride B. didn’t ride C. am riding
5. _____ they _____ to the beach last Saturday?
A. Did, goes B. Do, go C. Did, go
6. Who ______ penicillin?
A. discovers B. discovering C. discovered
7. I usually ______ a bowl of cereal for breakfast.
A. eat B. eats C. eating
8. Mum ______ very happy today.
A. was B. is C. are