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PAST SIMPLE

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I _________my maths homework yesterday. (to do) Susan _________to England by plane? (to go) They ____________ a farm two weeks ago. (to visit) Jenny and Peggy _____________their brother. (not/to help) The children ___________at home last weekend. (not/to be) When ______you _______this wonderful skirt? (to design) My mother _________into the van. (not/to crash) ________ you _________your aunt last week? (to phone) He _____________milk at school. (not/to drink)

Activity 1

• Did
• went
• visited
• didn't help
• weren't
• did you design
• didn't crash
• did you phone
• didn't drink

Activity 2

1. Yesterday evening I ____________TV. 2. I only ____________my teeth four times last week. 3. Bruce _____________his mountain bike yesterday evening. 4. The concert _____________ last night at 7.30 and at 10 o'clock. 5. The accident ______________last Sunday afternoon.6. When I was a child, I __________to be a lawyer. 7. Mozart __________from 1756 to 1791. 8. We __________our holiday last week. 9. Today the weather is nice, but yesterday it __________. 10. It was hot in the room, so I __________the window. 11. The weather was good yesterday afternoon, so we _________tennis. 12. William Shakespeare __________in 1616.

clean - die - enjoy - happen - live - open - play - rain - repair - start - want - watch

• watched
• cleaned
• repaired
• started
• happened
• wanted
• lived
• enjoyed
• rained
• opened
• played
• died

Activity 3

1. He always goes to work by car. Yesterday he ______to work by bus. 2. They always get up early. This morning they ______ late. 3. Bill often loses his key. He ______one last Saturday. 4. I write a letter to Jane every week. Last week I______ two letters. 5. She meets her friends every evening. She ______them yesterday evening. 6. I usually read two newspapers. I only ______a newspaper yesterday. 7. They come to my house every Friday. Last Friday they______ , too. 8. We usually go to the cinema. We ______ to the cinema last Sunday, too. 9. Tom always has a shower. Tom ______a shower this morning, too. 10. They buy a new car every year. Last year they ______a new car, too. 11. I eat an orange every day. Yesterday I ______two oranges. 12. We usually do our shopping. We ______our shopping last Monday, too. 13. Ann often takes photos. Last weekend she ______some photos. 14. We leave at 8.30 every morning. But yesterday we______ at 8.00.

• went
• got up
• lost
• wrote
• met
• read
• came
• went
• had
• bought
• ate
• did
• took
• left

Activity 4

On Friday, the children______ (talk) about a day out together in the country. The next morning, they ______(go) to the country with their two dogs and ______ (play) together. Ben and Dave______ (have) some kites. Some time later the dogs ______ (be) not there. So they ______ (call) them and ______(look) for them in the forest. After half an hour the children ______ (find) them and ______(take) them back. Charlie (be) very happy to see them again. At lunch time Nick ______(go) to the bikes and ______ (fill) the basket with some meat sandwiches. Then they______ (play) football. Nick and Dave ______(win). In the evening they ______(ride) home.

• talked
• went
• played
• had
• weren't
• called
• looked
• found
• took
• was
• went
• filled
• played
• won
• rode

Activity 5

Fill in the negative form of the past simple.1. They invited Linda to their party, but they ______ Carol. 2. We met Sally, but we ______Frank. 3. They did their English homework, but they ______their maths homework. 4. The girls visited the Tower, but they ______ Westminster Abbey. 5. He bought jeans, but he ______any T-shirts. 6. We watched the news, but we ______ the weather report. 7. We read chapter 1 to 4, but we ______the last chapter. 8. She talked to us, but she ______to Mr Brown. 9. They played tennis, but they______ football. 10. She made breakfast, but she ______lunch. 11. They were in Boston, but they______ in New York. 12. She liked Chris, but she______ Robert. 13. He was happy, but she ______ happy.

• Didn't write
• Didn't meet
• Didn't do
• Didn't visit
• Didn't buy
• Didn't watch
• Didn't read
• Didn't talk
• Didn't play
• Didn't make
• weren't
• Didn't like
• wasn't

Activity 6

Fill in the past form. 1. Mammoths ______big animals, bigger than elephants. (be) 2. Mammoths ______100 years ago. (not live) 3. Mammoths ______a long time ago. (live) 4. Mammoths ______meat. They ______grass. (not eat / eat) 5. They ______two large tusks about three metres long. (have) 6. I ______ by credit card. I ______cash. (pay / not pay) 7. He ______ some milk. He ______any water. (drink / not drink) 8. She ______only a pound. She ______3 pounds. (spend / not spend) 9. I ______some elephants. I ______any lions. (see / not see) 10. They ______in the sea, but they______ in the lake. (swim / not swim)

• were
• didn't live
• lived
• didn't eat/ ate
• had
• paid/didn't pay
• drank/ didn't drink
• spent/ didn't spend
• saw/ didn't see
• swam/ didn't swim

Activity 7

http://www.adelescorner.org/grammar/past_tense/past_regular.html

Activity 8

https://www.montsemorales.com/gramatica/PastRegPdcCr.htm

Activity 9

1. She______ well. (cook) 2. She ______ a large sum of money for that picture. (pay) 3. She ______ the book and read a few lines. (open) 4. He ______ to keep you waiting. (hate) 6. He ______ many people on his way to work. (meet) 7. The doctor ______him to stop smoking. (tell) 8. We ______many questions to the chairman at the meeting. (put) 9. I ______very good music. (hear) 10. We ______on horseback during our holidays. (ride) 11. He______ us his library. (show) 12. He ______well. (sleep) 13. I ______buy some more food. (have to) 14. He ______both French and English. (teach) 15. You______ your milk quickly. (drink) 16. They ______in a great forest. (camp) 17. She______ many letters home. (write) 18. He ______ to his office by car. (go) 19. The telephone bell ______. (ring) 20. We______ to learn this song by heart. (try) 21. It ______a lot to us. (mean) 22. I ______not allowed to show you her letter. (am) 23. We______ clothes in this little shop. (buy) 25. This coat ______very little. (cost) 27. She ______hot cakes for the children. (keep) 29. We ______in the lake. (swim) 30. They______ a new house. (build)

• cooked
• paid
• opened
• hated
• met
• told
• put
• heard
• rode
• showed
• slept
• had to
• taught
• drank
• camped
• wrote
• went
• rang
• tried
• meant
• was
• bought
• cost
• kept
• swam
• built

Activity 10

• Did
• went
• visited
• didn't help
• weren't
• did you design
• didn't crash
• did you phone
• didn't drink

Activity 11

1. We ______an English test yesterday. (take)2. He ______to my party last week. (come) 3.They ______vChinese lesson this morning. (have) 4. Eric______ his kite last weekend. (fly) 5. My mother______ to Chonburi on Sunday. (go) 6. I ______my mother after school yesterday. (meet) 7. I ______some Pepsi this morning. (drink) 8. We ______at KFC last night. (eat) 9. She ______the window yesterday. (break) 10. He ______a computer for his birthday. (get) 11. John ______100 euros in the playground yesterday. (find) 12. The students______ football after school on Friday. (play) 13. Mary ______her cellphone yesterday. (lose) 14. Manchester United ______the football match last weekend (win). 15. I ______to Seacon Square at the weekend. (go)

• took
• came
• had
• flew
• went
• met
• drank
• ate
• broke
• got
• found
• played
• lost
• won
• went

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