Name: Teacher: Tra My TRAN PAST SIMPLE Eg: Tom played basketball with his friend yesterday. His friends went to the field to play basketball with him. Tom didn’t want to go home. Did Tom want to go home? — No, he didn’t. What did Tom do yesterday? Positive Negative 1 T You regular verbs You we Veed We They They fe Ved. — fe didn't v. ae irregular verbs Ea i {no rules) 7 Yes/no question ‘WH- question Did s ve WH did s ve Exercise 1: Write the past simple form of the following verbs. v Ved Vv V-ed be go start write Finish ‘swim watch have wash hear play forget study drink ery eat stop make travel drive visit cut phone: sleep hate find bake run Exercise 2: Complete the sentences with verbs in past simple tense. 1.1 (eat). dinner at six o’clock yesterday. 2A: Helen (drive). to work? B: Yes, she 3. My neighbor (buy) ‘a new car last week 4, They (go), to Italy on their last summer holiday. S.A: ‘they (swim). at the beach? B: No, they 6. My family and | (see), a comedy movie last 7. First, we (do). exercise, and then we (drink) some water. 8, Suddenly, the animal jumped and (bite), my hand, S8LIVEWORKSHEETS9. What time (do) you (get up), this morning? 10. The Wright brothers (fly) the first airplane in 1903, 11. | think | (hear). ’ strange sound outside the door one minute ago. 12, When I was ten years od, | (break). my arm. It really (hurt) 13. The police (catch), all three of the bank robbers last week. 14. How many times (do), you (read) that book? 15. Unfortunately, | (forget), to (bring). my money. Exercise 3: Complete the sentences with the verbs below in past simple. -~ @ Cauish) her birthday presents. in the mountains for 2 hour 3 We runnin the party very much, A KEM snnun 0 his favourite CD yesterday, 5 My sister .. sve Maths for an exam, 6 = They vensemsnmnns 10 the USA in 2003. 7- Dad . vnw his Cor last weekend. 8. The film . at 11:30, Exercise 4: Complete the sentences. Use the negative form of the underlined verbs. Yesterday . -I drank coffee but | - She found her purse but she = The children broke the window but they .. -He had a shower but he ... her keys. the door. breakfast. ~My father made a cake but he --any pastries. -We spoke English and French but we . German. Exercise 5: Complete the sentences with the positive, negative or question form. at (not / drink) any beer last night. 2.she (get on) the bus in the centre of the city. 3. What time (he / get up) yesterday? 4. Where (you / get off) the train? 5.1 (not / change) trains at Victoria, 6.We (wake up) very late. 7. What (he / give) his mother for Christmas? 8.1 (receive) £300 when my uncle (die). 3. We (not / use) the computer last night. 10. {she / make) good coffee? AL. They (live) in Paris. 12. She {read) the newspaper yesterday. 43.1 (rot / watch) TV. 1. He {not / study) for the exam, 45, {he /call) you? S8LIVEWORKSHEETS16._____(1/ forget) something? 17. What time (the film / stare)? 18. He {have} a shower. 19. Why (you / come}? 20. {he / go) to the party? Exercise 6: Complete the text about Mary. Use the past simple tense. Lost summer holidey Mary .... (go) to Miami with her cise She Gevveryencted ‘ each ajo, = time she travel) by geet Y eS Mya pat fh er eo Te et (be) sunny and very hot. En the mering they Usually mn (90) 70 the a ma Mary likes Jand the children love (aR So Mary and Mum (sunbathe) and the childP@M ....osmnn ne (Bley) with the ball aNd ns enunnnnnses (make) sandcastles. Dad ssn (Swim) in the sea and .- (have) lunch in (read) the BP under the umbrella We usually. snumnanace (Visit) very interesting es near the beach, In the afternoon they places, One day They (0) out ina SS" Tt (be) amazing! 1. (see) different “nage, They . ke) the pe best. They some. es @ and even a B-- + (jump) in front of the boat, They also mvs (WOREH) some people Feed the Fish, MOPY vnnunnnnn.(take)a lot of ES? e The family. ~ (enjoy) lot. The last coy it (rain). The whole family (G0) toa shopping centre ‘They (buy) some souvenirs. In the afterncon they .... . (retuen) home. Mary and her family. .- (have) a great time there Il Exercise 7: Complete the gaps with an irregular verb in the past simple tense. Choose from the list below. You may need to use some verbs MORE THAN ONCE. S8LIVEWORKSHEETSeat, feel, find, get, ‘make, put, read, ring, run, say, Dear Oséias I'm writing to tell you about something that happened yesterday. up at the usual time - about 10 am — a shower and, breakfast. 1 a big bow! of cereal and some toast and watched TV for a while, Then | into the kitchen where | ‘a funny noise. \ it from behind the cooker. | my tool box and moved the cooker out of the way. The noise louder but | couldn't see anything. 1 my uncle to ask his advice. He. ‘that he. it could be a gas leak When I this | just panicked! | the phone down, outside, in my car and to the local police station. | ‘them about my gas leak but the constable his patience with me. He. that | should have phoned the gas company. He. his report, then, the gas company for me. Then remembered that my house doesn’t have gas — only electricity! | really stupid and. that the constable would be angry with me for wasting his time, so L ‘out of the police station while he. still on the phone. | home to try to find out what the noise. On the way | a newspaper and |. about an escaped llama that out of the city safari park last Wednesday. When | home i my key in the door, turned it, inside and straight away. that funny noise again. | my breath and opened the door slowly. Guess what? L the llama hiding in my cupboard! |_ him stay and he in my garden last night. The snoring so loud! This morning!____him back to the safari park. They really pleased to see him again and mea reward of £50! Hope you are well. Write soon and let me know how you are. Your friend, Jason. eaLIVEWORKSHEETS