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    Exercise Past Simple

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    The document provides an exercise on using verbs in the simple past tense. It includes examples of putting verbs in the past form, writing sentences in the past tense, and completing a table with examples of verbs used affirmatively, negatively, and interrogatively in the simple past. There are also exercises matching irregular past verb forms to their infinitive forms and writing sentences using verbs in the past tense.

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    Exercise Past Simple

    1 Put the verbs into the past simple:


    1. Last year I (go) __________________ to England on holiday.
    2. It (be) __________________ fantastic.
    3. I (visit) __________________ lots of interesting places. I (be) __________________ with
    two friends of mine .
    4. In the mornings we (walk) __________________ in the streets of London.
    5. In the evenings we (go) __________________ to pubs.
    6. The weather (be) __________________ strangely fine.
    7. It (not / rain) __________________ a lot.
    8. But we (see) __________________ some beautiful rainbows.
    9. Where (spend / you) __________________ your last holiday?

    2 Write the past forms of the irregular verbs. 1. We move ________ to a new house.
    2. They bring ______________a sandwich.
    Infinitive Past Simple
    1. meet 3. He doesn't __________do the
    homework.
    2. drive
    4. They sell ______________cars.
    3. speak
    5. Does he visit _____________his friends?
    4. put

    5. write

    6. sing
    4 Write sentences in past simple.
    7. do 1. Janet / the bus / miss
    _______________________________
    8. sit 2. she / her room / tidy
    9. stand _______________________________
    3. Nancy / watch / not / television
    10. run _______________________________
    4. she / read / book
    _______________________________
    3 Put the sentences into simple past.

    5 Complete the table in simple past.

    Affirmative Negative Interrogative (Question)


    He wrote a book.

    He did not sing

    Was she pretty?


    http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-simple-past.php
    Present or Past? The King
    Write a suitable form of the verb into each gap (Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past
    Simple). There are twenty gaps.

    Ask hundreds of people what they (1) (plan) to do on 16 August next year, or

    the year after, and there (2) (be) only one reply. Provided of course that the

    people you (3) (ask) (4) (belong) to the Elvis Presley Fan

    Club. Although the King of Rock and Roll (5) (die) three decades ago, his fans

    (6) (meet) every year outside his home in Memphis, Tennessee, to show

    respect for the singer they (7) (love) so much. Fans like Jean Thomas, from

    Catford in South East London. Jean (8) (visit) Graceland, the house where Elvis

    (9) (suffer) his fatal heart attack, twice between 2006 and 2008.

    ‘The first time I (10) (borrow) the money from my Mum, as I (11)

    (not/ have) a job then. But two years ago I (12) (get) married and now

    (13) (work) in my husband Chris’s garage. Chris and I (14)

    (go) together last year, and we (15) (think) of spending two or three months in the

    USA next year. I (16) (always/ want) to visit some of the places where Elvis (17)

    (perform). Like Las Vegas for example.’ Jean (18) (say) that

    Elvis (19) (be) her obsession at the age of ten - and still is - and she (20)

    (own) every single one of his records - good and bad.


    Exercise Past Simple Solutions
    1 Put the verbs into the past simple:

    10. went
    11. was
    12. visited / was
    13. walked
    14. went
    15. was
    16. did not rain
    17. saw
    18. did you spend

    2 Write the past forms of the irregular verbs. 3 Put the sentences into simple past.

    Infinitive Past Simple 1. We moved to a new house.


    1. meet met 2. They brought a sandwich.
    3. He did not do the homework.
    2. drive drove
    4. They sold cars.
    3. speak spoke 5. Did he visit his friends?
    4. put put
    5. write wrote
    6. sing sang
    4 Write sentences in past simple.
    7. do did
    8. sit sat 1. Janet missed the bus.
    9. stand stood 2. She tidied her room.
    10. run ran 3. Nancy did not watch television.
    4. She read a book.

    5 Complete the table in simple past.

    Affirmative Negative Interrogative (Question)


    He wrote a book. He did not write a book. Did he write a book?
    He sang. He did not sing Did he sing?
    She was pretty. She was not pretty. Was she pretty?
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