PAST SIMPLE – FORM AND USE

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Exercises: 1 2 3

Past simple – Form and

use

Exercise 2

Choose the correct past simple forms for

the gaps below.

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1 He always _____ on the same chair.

a. sat

b. sit
c. sitted

➪ Sit is an irregular verb. The past

form is sat.

2 Where _____ the keys?

a. you found
b. did you found

c. did you find

➪ We use did to ask questions in

past simple.
➪ The order of the words is: Auxiliary
verb (did) + Subject (you) + Infinitive
(find)

3 He _____ the cable with a cutting

knife.

a. did cut

b. cut

c. cutted

➪ Cut is an irregular verb. The past

form is cut.
➪ The past simple is only one word,
we only use the verb did in questions
and negatives.

4 I _____ where to go.

a. knew not
b. didn't knew

c. didn't know

➪ We use didn’t + infinitive to make

negatives in past simple.

5 They _____ very friendly to us.

a. weren't

b. didn't be
c. wasn't

➪ Be is an irregular verb. The past

form
is I/he/she/it was and you/we/they
were.
➪ Be is also an auxiliary verb, and this
means that it has a negative and
interrogative form (without did).

6 She _____ her son upstairs to bed.

a. carryed

b. carried

c. was carry

➪ To make the past form of regular

verbs ending in consonant + y,
transform -y into -i and add -ed.

7 We _____ to New York last

summer.

a. were fly
b. flow

c. flew

➪ Fly is an irregular verb. The past

is flew.

8 _____ that noise?

a. Did you hear

b. You heard
c. Did you heard

➪ We use did to ask questions in

past simple.
➪ The order of the words is: Auxiliary
verb (did) + Subject (you) + Infinitive
(hear)

9 I _____ that glass. It _____ Daisy.

a. didn't break / was

b. didn't break / were

c. wasn't break / was

➪ We use didn’t + infinitive to make

negatives in past simple.
➪ Be is an irregular verb. The past
form
is I/he/she/it was and you/we/they
were.

10 He _____ me some chocolates, but

I ______ them.

a. bringed / didn't accept

b. brought / didn't accept

c. brought / wasn't accept

➪ Bring is an irregular verb. The past

form is brought.
➪ We use didn’t + infinitive to make
negatives in past simple.

Exercises: 1 2 3

Related tests:

Past simple – regular/irregular

verbs

Past simple – negatives and

questions

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