Past tense

PAST TENSE EXERCISE

Exercise 7 : Complete the following sentences using the past simple forms of the verbs in
brackets
PAS.Q.1 : I ______(lose) my key yesterday.
PAS.Q.2 : People________(build) this school in 2001.
PAS.Q.3 : Last year, my father (promise) to buy my sister a piano. She (be) very
delighted to hear this.
PAS.Q.4 : It (be) very hot last summer.
PAS.Q.5 : I (walk) home after the party last night.
PAS.Q.6 : The Chinese (invent) printing.
PAS.Q.7 : Sam and I (play) tennis yesterday. He was much better than I was, so he
_____ (win) easily.
PAS.Q.8 : My grandpa (die) 30 years ago. I never (meet) him.
PAS.Q.9 : - You (go) to the movies last night?
- Yes, but it _______(be) a mistake. The movie (be) awful.
PAS.Q.10 : When I (get) home last night, I (be) very tired, so I (go) straight to
the bed.
PAS.Q.11 : Diane (use) to travel a lot. These days she doesn’t take many trips.
PAS.Q.12 : - When Joe and Carol (meet) each other?
- They first (meet) when they (be) in high school.
PAS.Q.13 : When Sarah (get) to the party last night, Eric had already gone home.
PAS.Q.14 : I (ring) you up two days ago but I (get) no answer. Where you (be)?
PAS.Q.15 : When I (be) small, I often (play) with a doll