Past Simple- Negative
A. Use wasn’t or weren’t.
ex: Jill wasn’t in the class yesterday.
1. It _______ hot yesterday.
2. We _______ at the movies last night.
3. You _______ home by midnight.
4. He _______ tired after school.
5. I _______ on vacation last month.
6. She ________ happy about the change.
7. The newspaper _______ expensive.
8. The economy _______ strong.
9. His friends _______ at the party.
10. The planets _______ visible.
B. Use the negative Past Simple.
ex: We didn’t study French. (study)
1. Tim _________ school early yesterday. (leave)
2. Kim __________ to the United States. (go)
3. Jane __________ breakfast. (cook)
4. We __________ our grandfather. (visit)
5. Nancy and I __________ pizza. (eat)
6. Wendy _________ to Peru. (travel)
7. The doctor _________ me any medicine. (give)
8. Sam __________ the noise. (hear)
9. Edward __________ his keys. (find)
10. They __________ to their friends. (listen)
C. Complete the sentences in the past
simple using the verb in parenthesis.
Yesterday, Dan (ex) went (go) to see his
girlfriend Gina. He (1)___________ (drive) his car to
her house, but her mother (2)____________ (not +
know) where she was. He (3)____________ (ask)
her father and he (4)___________ (say) that Gina
and her sister (5)____________ (be) downtown. Dan
(6)___________ (decide) to look for her. He
(7)____________ (go) to the shopping mall, but she
(8)____________ (not + be) there. He
(9)___________ (visit) the café and the cinema, but
he (10)__________ (not + find) her. Dan was sad, so
he (11)__________ (go) home and he
(12) __________ (not + do) anything.
D. Make the necessary corrections.
ex: They wasn’t at the party last week.
weren’t
1. The cat didn’t ate its food.
2. The class weren’t cancelled.
3. Children wasn’t invited to the wedding.
4. Mary didn’t be at work yesterday.
5. Ken and Josh didn’t played in the game.
E. Check the correct verb form.
Yesterday my sister and I __(1)__ to the movies with
our friends. We __(2)__ to see an action movie, but
we __(3)__ late. My sister __(4)__ a romantic movie,
but Tom and I didn't __(5)__ to see it. My sister and
Pamela didn't __(6)__ with us and so they __(7)__ to
see a comedy and we __(8)__
a suspense movie. After the movies we __(9)__
pizza but we didn't __(10)__ sodas.
1.  go  went
2.  want  wanted
3.  arrived  arrive
4.  suggest  suggested
5.  want  wanted
6.  agree  agreed
7.  chose  choose
8.  saw  see
9.  eat  ate
10.  drank  drink
F. Complete the sentence using the Past
Simple in either its affirmative or
negative form. Use the verb in
parenthesis. The answers must make sense.
ex: Billy and Jack didn’t go (go) to school
because they had colds.
1. Corey _______________ (see) his brother
because he arrived late.
2. We _______________ (have) class yesterday
because we are studying for the final exam.
3. They _______________ (watch) the movie and
thought it was entertaining.
4. Jon _______________ (eat) dinner. He ate a big
lunch and wasn’t hungry .
5. The dogs _______________ (escape) from the
yard. They were there when we returned home.
6. We _______________ (speak) to her and she
agreed with us about it.
7. It _______________ (rain) yesterday. The sun
was shining all day.
8. She _______________ (do) her homework, so
the teacher got angry with her.
9. Jason and Paul _______________ (drive) to the
party. They had to walk home after it was over.
10. Janet _______________ (buy) a present for her
sister and she gave it to her when she got home.
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