SIMPLE PAST TENSE – TEST YEAR 8

Exercise 1 – Complete the 10 sentences according to the chart below – (positive or negative form)

Meet friends Wake up late See the dentist Go to the cinema Cook dinner
Anna  x  x 
Kate x  x  
Maureen x x   x

1. Kate …………………………… her friends yesterday. (meet)

2. Anna ………………………… her friends in the town center last weekend. (meet)

3. Maureen …………………….. late last Friday. (wake up)

4. Kate ………………………….. late yesterday (wake up) because she ………………… sick. (be)

5. Anna and Maureen ……………………… the dentist last month. (see)

6. Kate …………………………… the dentist when she was a child. (see)

7. Anna …………………………………. To the cinema yesterday. (go)

8. Maureen …………………… to the cinema (go) because she …………………… her grandmother. (visit)

9. Anna and Kate …………………………… dinner for their parents yesterday evening. (cook)
10. Maureen …………………… dinner for her grandmother. (cook)

Exercise 2 – Find the correct question corresponding to each sentence

A: ____________________________________? A: ____________________________________?
B: By bus. B: Because I was ill.

 How did you go to school?  What did you do at home?

 Did you go to school?  Where did you go yesterday?
 When did you go to school?  Why did you stay home?

A: ____________________________________? A: ____________________________________?
B: I phoned her yesterday evening. B: Yes I did

 Why did you phone her?  Were you at home last night?
 When did you phone her?  Did you stay home last night?
 Didn’t you phone her?  Have you stayed home?
Exercise 3 – Write the following sentences in the negative form.

1. I visited my sister at the maternity. → __________________________________________________

2. I spoke German last summer. → __________________________________________________
3. I broke my leg in the accident. → __________________________________________________
4. He forgot to bring his eraser in class → __________________________________________________

Exercise 4 – for each verb in simple past tense – pick out the correct -ed pronunciation

1. I listened to music last night. <t> <d> < id >

2. She passed her exam in June 2019. <t> <d> < id >
3. They enjoyed playing the piano when they were 7. <t> <d> < id >
4. We chatted a lot last night. <t> <d> < id >

OBJECTIVES

I perfectly know how to use the simple past tense. 

I partly know how to use the simple past tense but I still make mistakes. 

I don’t know how to use the simple past tense. 