PAST SIMPLE AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Past Simple

A. Write the verbs under the matching pictures in the past simple.

Regular verbs: walk talk play cook watch listen

1. ................ 2. ................ 3. ................ 4. ................ 5. ................ 6. ................

Irregular verbs: eat drink sleep buy read sing

7. ................ 8. ................ 9. ................ 10. ............... 11. ............... 12. ...............

B. Are the following verbs regular or irregular? Write the verbs in the past simple
under the correct category.

do make paint arrive go ask work tell

Past simple regular verbs Past simple irregular verbs

.......................... ..........................

.......................... ..........................

.......................... ..........................

.......................... ..........................

C. Complete each affirmative sentence with the regular verb in the past simple.

1. I ................. (walk) to school. 4. He ................. (talk) to his mother.

2. They ................. (play) basketball. 5. She ................. (cook) dinner.

3. We ................. (watch) a film. 6. I ................. (listen) to music.

D. Complete each affirmative sentence with the irregular verb in the past simple.

1. They ................. (eat) breakfast. 4. I ................. (drink) a cup of tea.

2. She ................. (sleep) for eight hours. 5. She ................. (buy) some new shoes.

3. He ................. (read) a history book. 6. He ................. (sing) in the shower.

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 PAST SIMPLE AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Past Simple

E. Complete the text with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.

Alicia is a primary school teacher. This is what she (1) ................. (do) yesterday.

In the morning, she (2) ................. (drink) a cup of coffee and (3) .................

(cook) eggs for breakfast. At 8 o'clock, she (4) ................. (walk) to school. She

(5) ................. (arrive) at 8:30 and (6) ................. (go) into her classroom. The

students (7) ................. (arrive) at 9 o'clock. They (8) ................. (listen) to a

song about food and then they (9) ................. (sing) the song. Next, the students

(10) ................. (read) a book about animals. After that, they (11) ................. (paint) a

picture of their favourite animal. At midday, Alicia had lunch, she (12) ................ (eat) a

sandwich in the school canteen with the other teachers. The students (13) ................ (eat)

lunch too. After lunch, Alicia (14) ................ (work) in her office and the students

(15) ................ (play) outside. In the afternoon, the students (16) ................. (watch) a

video about clothes. Alicia then (17) ................. (ask) the students questions about the

video. At 4 o'clock, Alicia and the students (18) ................. (go) home. Alicia (19) .................

(buy) a pizza on the way home. When Alicia got home, she (20) ................. (talk) to her

friend on the phone. She (21) ................. (tell) her friend about her day and they

(22) ................. (make) plans to see each other tomorrow. Alicia (23) ................. (go) to

sleep at 11 o'clock.

F. Rewrite the past simple sentences in the negative form.

1. She cooked eggs for breakfast. She didn't cook eggs for breakfast.
.................................................................

2. She walked to school. .................................................................

3. The students arrived at 9 o'clock. .................................................................

4. They painted a picture. .................................................................

5. She ate a sandwich. .................................................................

6. The students played outside. .................................................................

7. Alicia asked the students questions. .................................................................

8. Alicia bought a pizza. .................................................................

9. They made plans to see each other. .................................................................

10. Alicia slept at 11 o'clock. .................................................................

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