Simple Past Tense

Past Simple 1
Exercise 1
Put in am/is/are (present) or was/were (past)
1. Last year he _______ 22, so he _______ 23 now.

2. Today the weather _______ nice, but yesterday it _______ very cold.
3. I _______ hungry. Can I have something to eat?
4. I feel fine this morning but I _______ very tired last night.
5. Where _______ you at 11 o’clock last Friday morning?
6. Don’t buy those shoes. They _______ very expensive.
7. I like your new jacket. _______ it expensive?
8. This time last year I _______ Paris.
9. ‘Where _______ the children?’ ‘I don’t know. They _______ in the garden ten
minutes ago’.
10. Hello, everybody! I _______ sorry I _______ late!
11. ‘Where _______ you born?’ ‘I _______ born in India.’
12. We _______ married when I _______ eighteen and Roger _______ twenty.
Exercise 2
Put is was/were or wasn’t/weren’t.
1. We weren’t happy with the hotel. Our room __________ very small and it
__________ very clean.
2. George __________ at work last week because he __________ ill. He’s better
now.
3. Yesterday __________ a public holiday so the shops __________ closed.
They’re open today.
4. ‘__________ Sue and Bill at the party?’ ‘Sue __________ there but Bill
__________.
5. ‘Where are my keys?’ ‘I don’t know. They __________ on the table but they’re
not there now.’
6. You __________ at home last night. Where __________ you?
Exercise 3
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Write the questions. Use the words in brackets (…) in the correct order +
was/were.
1. (late / you / this morning / why?)
__________________________________________  The traffic was bad.
2. (difficult / your exam?)
_________________________________________  No, it was easy.
3. (last week / where / Ann and Chris?)
__________________________________________  They were on holiday.
4. (your new camera / how much?)
_________________________________________  Sixty pounds.
5. (angry / you / yesterday / why?)
__________________________________________  Because you were late.
6. (nice / the weather / last week?)
__________________________________________  Yes, it was beautiful.
Exercise 4
Complete the sentences. Use one of these verbs in the past simple.
* clean * die * enjoy * finish * happen *

* open * rain * start * stay * want *
1. I __________ my teeth three times yesterday.

2. It was hot in the room, so I __________ the window.
3. The concert __________ at 7.30 and __________ at 10 o’clock.
4. When I was a child, I __________ to be a doctor.
5. The accident __________ last Sunday afternoon.
6. It’s a nice day today but yesterday it __________ all day.
7. We __________ our holiday last year. We __________ at a very nice place.
8. Ann’s grandfather __________ when he was 90 years old.
Exercise 5
Write the verbs in the correct column and then write the Past Simple forms.
* catch * study * meet * earn * give * win * like * buy * visit * speak *
become * stay * leave * start * get * enjoy * write * stop * do * lose *
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REGURAL VERBS IRREGULAR VERBS
Exercise 6
Complete the sentences with some verbs from the box in the Past Simple. Make one
of the verbs negative.
* marry * earn * die * stay * come * be * born * become *

have * help * work * study * speak * stop * like *
My grandparents (1) _____________ in Hungary in the 1920s. They (2)

_____________ to England in 1946, after the war. My grandfather worked in a
factory in Birmingham and he (3) _____________ English at night.
My grandmother (4) _____________ at home because she only (5) _____________
Hungarian and so she couldn’t get a job. Life was difficult because my grandfather
(6) _____________ much money in the factory. My grandparents (7)
_____________ three children, my mother and my two uncles. They (8)
_____________ their parents as much as they could. My grandparents (9)
_____________ work when they were sixty and they liked having a lot of free time
together. Unfortunately, my grandfather (10) _____________ in 1994, but my
grandmother is still alive.
Exercise 7
Write sentences about the past (yesterday/last week etc.).
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1. Jim always goes to work by car.
Yesterday he went to work by car.
2. Rachel often loses her keys.

She __________________________________ last week.
3. Kate meets her friends every evening.
She __________________________________ yesterday evening.
4. I usually buy two newspapers every day.
Yesterday I __________________________________
5. We usually go to the cinema on Sundays.
Last Sunday we __________________________________
6. I eat an orange every day.
Yesterday I __________________________________
7. Tom always has a shower in the morning.
This morning he __________________________________
8. Our friends come to see us every Friday.
They __________________________________ last Friday.
Exercise 8
Make the sentences negative.
1. I drove to work yesterday.
I didn’t drive to work yesterday
2. My sister made a cake for my last birthday.

___________________________________________________
3. We listened to the radio yesterday evening.
___________________________________________________
4. He went on holiday to Spain last summer.
___________________________________________________
5. You ate a lot at lunch time.
___________________________________________________
6. I wore my jeans at school.
___________________________________________________
7. They called their parents last week.
___________________________________________________
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8. My friends wrote to me last month.
___________________________________________________
9. You did all the shopping last Friday.
___________________________________________________
10. I cooked dinner every day last week.
___________________________________________________
11. He bought a new shirt.
___________________________________________________
12. I took a photograph of my family.
___________________________________________________
13. Angela sent an email to her friend.
___________________________________________________
14. That book was very interesting.
___________________________________________________
15. I lost €20 last night.
___________________________________________________
Exercise 9
Write B’s questions. Use:
* arrive * cost * go * go to bed late * happen * have a nice time * stay * win *
1. A: We went to New York last month.

B: Where ______________________________ ?
A: With some friends.
2. A: I was late this morning.

B: What time ______________________________ ?
A: Half past nine.
3. A: I played tennis this afternoon.

B: ______________________________ ?
A: No, I lost.
4. A: I had a nice holiday.

B: Good. Where ______________________________ ?
A: To the mountains.
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5. A: We came home by taxi.
B: How much ______________________________ ?
A: Ten pounds.
6. A: I’m tired this morning.

B: ______________________________ ?
A: No, but I didn’t sleep very well.
7. A: We went to the beach yesterday.

B: ______________________________ ?
A: Yes, it was great.
8. A: The window is broken.

B: How ______________________________ ?
A: I don’t know.
Exercise 10
Put the verb in the correct form - positive, negative or question.
1. We went to the cinema but the film wasn’t very good. We

____________________ it. (enjoy)
2. Tim ____________________ some new clothes yesterday - two shirts, a
jacket and a pullover. (buy)
3. ‘____________________ yesterday?’ ‘No, it was a nice day (rain)
4. The party wasn’t very good, so we ____________________ long. (stay)
5. It was very warm in the room, so I ____________________ a window. (open)
6. ‘Did you go to the bank this morning?’ ‘No, I ____________________ time.’
(have)
7. ‘I cut my hand this morning.’ ‘How ____________________ that?’ (do)
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Past Simple 1

1. Last year he _ 22, so he _ 23 now.

* clean * die * enjoy * finish * happen *

1. I __________ my teeth three times yesterday.

* marry * earn * die * stay * come * be * born * become *

My grandparents (1) _____________ in Hungary in the 1920s. They (2)

2. Rachel often loses her keys.

2. My sister made a cake for my last birthday.

1. A: We went to New York last month.

2. A: I was late this morning.

3. A: I played tennis this afternoon.

4. A: I had a nice holiday.

6. A: I’m tired this morning.

7. A: We went to the beach yesterday.

8. A: The window is broken.

1. We went to the cinema but the film wasn’t very good. We

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