EXERCÍCIO SOBRE O SIMPLE PAST

1. Complete o texto com o passado simples dos verbos entre parênteses.

Marie Curie _______ (be) a physicist and a chemist. She _________ (begin) her studies in Poland
but in 1891 she _______ (leave) for France. She ________ (study) there and later
_________ (work) as a scientist at the Sorbonne in Paris. She _________ (meet) and
________ (marry) a French scientist, Pierre Curie. They ________ (have) two children, Irene and
Ewa. Maria and Pierre _________ (discover) two radioactive elements, radium and polonium. Pierre
______ (die) in 1906 in an accident in Paris. Maria _______ (get) two Nobel Prizes, in 1903 and in
1911. She _____ (die) in 1934.
a) was, began, left, studied, worked, met, married, had, discovered, died, got, died
b) were, began, left, studied, worked, meeted, married, had, discovered, died, got, died
c) was, began, leaved, studyied, worked, met, married, had, discovered, died, got, died
d) were, began, left, studied, worked, met, married, haved, discovered, died, geted, died
e) was, begun, leaved, studied, worked, met, married, haved, discovered, died, got, died

2. Encontre no texto as formas verbais no passado simples dos verbos irregulares:

Did you know?

Leonardo da Vinci wrote from right to left - you needed a mirror to read his handwriting.
He was a genius - he could write one sentence with his right hand and a different sentence with his
left hand.
He invented scissors.
He drew architect's plans but never built a building.
He lost most of the paintings and drawings he did in Milan.
He had many talents. He made models and in his notebooks there were plans for a tank, a helicopter
and a submarine.
His scientific observations were a hundred years before his time.
a) wrote, made, had, built, lost, did, drew
b) needed, was, invented, built, had, made, were,
c) wrote, needed, was, made, had, built, had
d) made, was, had, invented, built, lost, did
e) had, needed, lost, invented, were, made, built

3. Leia as anotações sobre um dia típico de uma adolescente em A.D 1000 e escreva frases
afirmativas (⇃) e negativas (x). (A.D. - A sigla do latim Anno Domini: "Ano do Senhor")
A teenager in 1000 AD
⇃ get up: 5.30
⇃ breakfast (bread and water)
x go to school
⇃ go to work
⇃ work begin: 6.30
⇃ lunch (meat)
⇃ get home: 5.00
⇃ make clothes: evening
⇃ before bed: tell story to sister
x sleep in a bed
⇃ sleep on the floor

She got up at 5.30 and ...

a) She got up at 5.30 and ... She had breakfast She did not go to school She went to work Her work
began at 6.30 She had lunch She got home at 5.00 She made clothes in the evening She told a story
to her sister before bedtime She did not sleep in a bed She slept on the floor
b) She got up at 5.30 and ... She had breakfast She does not go to school She went to work Her
work began at 6.30 She had lunch She geted home at 5.00 She made clothes in the evening She
telled a story to her sister before bedtime She does not sleep in a bed She slep on the floor
c) She got up at 5.30 and ... She had breakfast She did not went to school She went to work Her
worked began at 6.30 She had lunch She get home at 5.00 She maked clothes in the evening She
told a story to her sister before bedtime She did not slept in a bed She slept on the floor
d) She got up at 5.30 and ... She had breakfast She did not go to school She went to work Her
worked began at 6.30 She had lunch She get home at 5.00 She made clothes in the evening She
telled a story to her sister before bedtime She did not sleep in a bed She sleep on the floor
e) She got up at 5.30 and ... She had breakfast She did not go to school She went to work Her
worked began at 6.30 She had lunch She get home at 5.00 She made clothes in the evening She
telled a story to her sister before bedtime She did not slept in a bed She sleep on the floor

4. O poema mais famoso do inglês antigo (Old English) é Beowulf. Complete o texto usando
a forma correta dos verbos no passado simples.
Beowulf _________ (be) a great fighter 1,000 years ago. He _________ (win) many battles against
monsters and dragons. Grendel was a terrible monster from Denmark. He _______ (have) big teeth
and he was very strong. Grendel __________ (not sleep) and __________ (not eat).
He _________ (drink) blood. King Hrothgar of Denmark _________ (pay) Beowulf to kill Grendel.
Beowulf __________ (go) to Denmark, ____________ (fight) the monster and killed it. King Hrothgar
__________ (give) Beowulf a lot of money. Beowulf _________(leave) Denmark and
___________ (not come) back.
He __________ (become) a King. Finally, Beowulf died because a dragon killed him.
a) Was, won, had, did not sleep, did not eat, drank, paid, went, fought, gave, left, did not come,
became.
b) Were, won, have, does not sleep, does not eat, drank, paid, went, fought, give, left, did not come,
became.
c) Was, won, have, did not sleep, did not eat, drunk, paid, went, fought, give, left, did not come,
became.
d) Were, won, had, did not sleep, did not eat, drank, payd, went, fought, give, left, did not come,
became.
e) Was, won, had, did not sleep, did not eat, drunk, paid, went, fought, gave, leave, did not come,
become.

5. Qual é a forma original dos verbos em destaque?

Where did English come from?
OLD ENGLISH = he on pa duru eode
MODERN ENGLISH = he went to the door

The ancient Britons spoke Celtic languages like Welsh. The Romans made Britain a colony in 43 AD
but Latin didn't become the language of the common people. Not many of the ancient
Britons knew Latin and they didn't feel happy with a new language.
In the 5th century AD, the Romans left Britain because they had problems at home. The Angles,
Saxons and Jutes then went to England from Denmark and Germany. They brought their own
Germanic languages. These languages became Old English. The story of English began.

a) speak, make, become, know, feel, leave, have, go, bring, become, begin
b) spoken, make, become, known, feel, leave, have, go, bring, become, begin
c) speak, make, become, knewn, feel, left, have, go, bring, become, begin
d) speak, make, become, know, feel, leave, have, go, brought, become, begun
e) spoke, make, become, known, feel, leave, have, go, bring, became, begin