Simple Past Tense Exercises [PDF]

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SIMPLE PAST TENSE EXERCISES A. Put in was or were into the gaps. 1) I __________ in Canberra last spring. 2) We __________ at school last Saturday. 3) Tina __________ at home yesterday. 4) He ___________ happy. 5) Robert and Stan __________ Garry's friends. 6) You____________ very busy on Friday. 7) They _____________ in front of the supermarket. 8) I ______________ in the museum. 9) She ______________ in South Africa last month. 10) Jessica and Kimberly _____________ late for school.

B. Put in was not or were not into the gaps. 1) They _________ ill. 2) You __________ tired. 3) The children ___________ quiet. 4) Max ___________ in Helsinki last week. 5) She _________ home for dinner. 6) The water __________ cold. 7) There __________ a good film on TV yesterday. 8) We -_________ in Brazil last winter. 9) Betty and Florence _________ at school this morning. 10) I _________ happy when I heard about the accident.

C. Put the correct forms of the regular verbs into the gaps. Use the Simple Past in the statements. Example: I ______ to the teacher. (to talk) Answer: I talked to the teacher. 1) Jane_________ a film. (to watch) 2) He __________ a box. (to carry) 3) They _________ their father. (to help) 4) John and Amy ________ things. (to swap) 5) I________ to Andrew. (to talk) 6) Susan __________ with Peter. (to dance) 7) The boys _________ basketball. (to try) 8) We__________ a trip. (to plan) 9) She __________ her hair. (to wash) 10) The car __________ at the traffic lights. (to stop) D. Put the correct forms of the verbs into the gaps. Use the Simple Past in the statements. Example: She ______ her mother in the kitchen. (to help) Answer: She helped her mother in the kitchen. 1) They _____________ something to drink. (to order) 2) Last summer I ______________ to Stuttgart. (to go) 3) She _______________ her homework in the afternoon. (to do) 4) He ________________ to 10. (to count) 5) Our cat ____________ a big mouse. (to catch) 6) In 2001 our class _____________ a trip to Norwich. (to make) 7) The weather ______________ really nice. (to be) 8) The secretary ______________ the file yesterday. (to delete) 9) Paul ____________ nothing to me. (to say) 10) The people ___________ something to each other. (to whisper) E. Change the verbs in the following sentence into past tense. 1. Yesterday, I go to the restaurant with a client. 2. We drive to the parking lot. 3. The restaurant is full. 4. The waitress shows us our place. 5. The waitress brings us our meals. 6. The meals are terrible. 7. We walk back to the car. 8. Then we see a small grocery store. 9. We stop in the grocery store and buy some sandwiches. 10. That is better than the restaurant’s meals . F. Correct the mistakes in the following sentences:

1. Last night, Samantha have pizza for supper. 2. My pet lizard was died last month. 3. I spent two hours at the bus stop now. 4. This morning, Jack eats two bowls of cereal. 5. What was happened to your leg? G. Negate the first sentence in each task. Example: Tom wrote a letter. - Tom ______________ a letter. Answer: Tom wrote a letter. - Tom did not write a letter. or Tom didn't write a letter. 1) He played handball. - He _______________ handball. 2) Susan waited in the kitchen. - Susan _______________ in the kitchen. 3) I made the beds. - I ________________ the beds. 4) They cleaned the classroom. – They______________ the classroom. 5) She asked a lot of questions. – She_____________________ a lot of questions. 6) The friends got new computers. - The friends _______________ new computers. 7) I was in Sofia last weekend. - I _________________ in Sofia last weekend. 8) You built a house. - You ______________ a house. 9) Christian bought a new guitar. - Christian _______________ a new guitar. 10) We went shopping. - We ________________ shopping. 11) Peter woke up at seven. - Peter ________________ at seven. 12) The children ran home. - The children ___________________ home. 13) I forgot to take the book with me. - I _________________ to take the book with me. 14) We turned off the computer. - We __________________ the computer. 15) My friend looked after the baby. - My friend _________________the baby. 16) Anne dropped a bottle of cola. - Anne _______________ a bottle of cola. 17) The boys jumped into the water. - The boys ________________ into the water. 18) He finished his homework. - He __________________ his homework. 19) They brushed their teeth. - They __________________ their teeth. 20) The lady sent invitation cards. - The lady ____________________ invitation cards. H. Put in the correct verb forms and the nouns into the gaps. Use Simple Past. Example: ____________ their friends? (they/to meet) Answer: Did they meet their friends? 1) ___________________after the cat? (the dog/to run) 2) ___________________photos ? (you/to take) 3) ___________________to music yesterday evening? (Steven/to listen) 4) ___________________ a cup of tea in the café? (the ladies/to have) 5) ___________________text messages during the lesson? (Nancy/to send) 6) ___________________pullovers last Friday? (Melissa and Ruth/to wear) 7) ___________________hello to people in the street? (your brother/to say) 8) ___________________the windows in your classroom? (the teacher/to open) 9) ___________________chess two weeks ago? (the girls in your class/to play) 10) __________________breakfast last morning? (your mother/to make) I. Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Example: The children ______ their sandwiches. (to forget) Answer: The children forgot their sandwiches on Monday. 1) When _______________ you in London? (to be) 2) We _______________ in a flat when we were in Paris. (not/to live) 3) What _________ you __________ yesterday? (to lose) 4) He _____________ magic tricks at the party. (not/to do) 5) Mandy ____________her room on Thursday. (not/to tidy up) 6) ___________Frank __________a room with Henry? (to share) 7) I __________ Physics at school. (not/to like) 8) _________the shop assistant __________ 10 percent off the price? (to take) 9) She _________ the correct word in the exercise. (to use)

10) Why _______ the baby _________ this morning? (to cry)