Past Simple Tense. (New Exercises)

1- Write the past simple of the verb on the blank space.

He_______________ (to play) guitar.
We______________ (to dance) last Saturday.
My friends______________ (to speak) French when they were in Frence.
She_____________(to watch) TV yesterday evening.
That boy__________(to study) English at school last year.
They______________ (to eat) eggs for breakfast this morning.
She__________________ (to work) very hard last week.
when I lived in New York, I__________ (use to) get up at 7 o' clock.
Jane __________a film. (direct)
He ___________a so many letters yesterday. (to carry)
They _____________their father about the problem. (talk to)
John and Amy _______________ buying a new house. (think about)

II- Write these sentences in past using the negative form.

example:

1) I ____didn't talk____to Andrew. (to talk)

2) Susan _______________with Peter the whole night. (to dance)

3) The boys ________________to play basketball. (to try)

4) We __________________a trip yesterday. (to plan)

5) She _______________her hair. (to wash)

16) The car __________________at the traffic lights. (to stop)



III - Ansewr these questions in past. (long answers)

1)what time_______you _________this morning? (get up)

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2) What time_______Claire __________the homework today? (do)

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3) when_________he __________a bath? (take)

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4) Where__________the boys__________ last saturday? (swin)

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5) When__________Ronald __________Miami? (to visit)

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6) What time__________Peggy and Olivia ________the baby? (pick up)

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7) When__________she ________the invitation's birthday cards ? (write)

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8 What__________the girl ___________with the ketchup bottle? (do)

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9) What time_________Tim ________his uniform? (wear)

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10) ___________they ________karate this morning? (to practise)

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IV- Complete the newspaper story about a fire.

1-COMPLETE WITH PAST SIMPLE.

Two people ___________(to die) in a fire in Church Street, Hastings yesterday evening. They_______(to be) Maggie and Dennis Humes, a couple in their sixties.

The fire _________(to start) at 4.40 a.m. A neighbour________(to see) the flames and ____________ (to call) the fire brigade. He also ___________(to try) to get into the house and rescue his neighbours, but the heat _______ (to be) to great.

The fire brigade _____________(to arrive) in seven minutes. Fifteen fire-fighters_________(to fight)
the fire and finally they _________(to bring) it under control. Two fire-fighters__________(to enter)
the building but they ___________(to find) the couple dead.




IV- Find the past and continuous of those verbs.

Present past present continuous

1) go - ____went_____ - ___going____

2) say - ___________ - __________

3) do - ___________ - ___________

4) come - _________- ___________

5) have - __________- ___________

6) stand - __________- ___________

7) make - _________- ___________

8) buy - _________- ____________

9) sit - __________- ___________

10) swim - _________- ___________

11) speak - _________- _________

12) see - ___________- ___________

13) write - __________- ___________

14) sing - ___________- ___________

15) run - __________- ____________

Second Round.

1) begin - _________- ____________

2) feel - __________- _____________

3) get - ___________- ____________

4) draw - __________- ___________

5) bring - _________- ____________

6) know - __________- ____________

7) take - ____________- ___________

8) pay - __________- ___________

9) meet - ___________- __________

10) leave - _________- __________

11) wake up - __________- __________

12) read - __________- ____________

13) sleep - ___________- ___________

14) ride - __________- ___________

15) build - _________- ____________