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Past Simple Tense Exercises Camilo Andres Pardo Sanchez

Joel and Sara travelled to England for two weeks last summer. They stayed in a college in Brighton where they met students from other countries. In the afternoons, they visited places or played sports, and in the evenings they relaxed by watching videos or playing games. On weekends, they travelled to London and visited landmarks like Big Ben and Buckingham Palace, though they did not see the Queen. They especially enjoyed the museums, particularly Madame Tussauds. At the end of their trip, they were sad to return home but promised to keep in touch with their new friends.

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Past Simple Tense Exercises Camilo Andres Pardo Sanchez

Joel and Sara travelled to England for two weeks last summer. They stayed in a college in Brighton where they met students from other countries. In the afternoons, they visited places or played sports, and in the evenings they relaxed by watching videos or playing games. On weekends, they travelled to London and visited landmarks like Big Ben and Buckingham Palace, though they did not see the Queen. They especially enjoyed the museums, particularly Madame Tussauds. At the end of their trip, they were sad to return home but promised to keep in touch with their new friends.

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Past Simple Tense Exercises

CAMILO ANDRES PARDO


SANCHEZ

1) Complete the sentences with the SIMPLE PAST of the verbs in parentheses:

a) They watched (watch) TV last night.


b) Priscila talked (talk) to her friends all day.
c) I had (have) a terrible headache yesterday.
d) Bob came (come) home from school late.
e) They arrived (arrive) late and missed (miss) the bus.
f) She stayed (study) hard and passed (pass) the exam.
g) He called (call) the office to tell them he was sick.
h) I spoke (speak) to the director as he was leaving the room.
i) Dr. Johnson got up (get up) early this morning.
j) Mary did (do) her homework and went (go) to school.
k) Chris found (find) a ten-dollar bill.
l) The dog followed (follow) us down the road.
m) Those students worked (work) hard last semester.
n) Lúcio stopped (stop) at the corner and called (call) us.
o) I tried (try) to talk to Helen last night.
p) I paid (pay) the phone bill yesterday.
q) My dad caught (catch) a cold when he was (be) in Canada.
r) She left (leave) home early yesterday.
s) They knew (know) each other very well when they
Were (be) kids.
t) The teacher brought (bring) the exams corrected.
u) She was cleaning the vase when she dropped (drop) it.
v) We jogged (jog) in the park yesterday.
w) The fire occurred (occur) while we was (be) out.
x) I met (meet) some nice people at the party last weekend.
y) Carol slept (sleep) until late on the weekend. Then, she
Went (go) out to lunch.
z) We flew (fly) to the USA on a great airplane.

2) Write questions or negatives sentences:

a) She visited her parents last weekend.


Question: did she visit her parents last weekend?

b) He cleaned his room before school.


Question: did he clean his room before school?

c) The teacher found the missing exams.


Negative: the teacher didn’t find the missing exams

d) Tom wanted to go to the movies alone.


Question: did tom want to go to the movies alone?

e) Helena offered Henrique a piece of cake.


Negative: Helena didn’t offer

f) I knew what to do.


Negative:I didn’t know what to do

g) Alexandre helped Anita with her homework.


Question: did Alexandre help Anita with her homework?

h) You ate cookies after dinner.


Negative: you didn’t eat

i) You talked to her earlier.


Question: did you talk to her earlier?

j) We turned off the TV after the news.


Negative: we didn’t turn off the tv after the news

k) He drank only a coke at the party.


Question: did he drink only a coke in the party?

l) Mom made breakfast early.


Negative: mom didn’t make breakfast early
Read the following text: CAMILO ANDRES PARDO
Last summer, Joel and Sara travelled to England for two weeks. They
travelled in August and stayed in a college with other students in Brighton,
the South of England. It was really fantastic because they talked to a lot of
students of different nationalities and learned a lot about other cultures and
customs. Of course, they learned a lot of English too because they practiced
it every day. In the morning they studied a little, they asked the teacher to
speak slowly when necessary and answered her questions. In the afternoon
they visited different places or played different sports at the college. It was
so much fun. They often walked down to the beach with their new friends
and played or chatted. In the evening they were tired so they sometimes
Write the past simple of these verbs. Pay
watched videos or played board games.
attention to the spelling rules:
The best days were Saturday and Sunday because they travelled to London.
Travel – TRAVELED
The city is very big and they visited all the monuments like Big Ben, The
Copy- COPIED
London Eye and Buckingham Palace. They wanted to see the Queen but they
Count-.COUNTED
didn’t see her, only her guards!
Play-.PLAYED
They liked everything in the city but their favourite thing was the museums,
Close-. CLOSED
especially Madam Tussards. There were lots of realistic figures of famous
Open-. OPENED
people there.
Dance-. DANCED
At the end of the two weeks, they were sad to return home. The holidays
Drop-. DROPPED
were fun and different from usual. They cried a little when they waved
Cook-. COOKED
goodbye to their new friends and promised to write or send emails when
Live-. LIVED
they arrived home.
Look-. LOOKED
Cry-

True or false? Correct the false ones. Answer the following questions.
What did Joel and Sara do in the afternoon?
Joel and Sara travelled to England for three weeks.
THEY VISITED DIFFERENT PLACES OR PLAYED
FALSE THEY TRAVELLED FOR TWO WEEKS.
DIFFERENT SPORTS AT THE COLLEGE.
They stayed in a college.
Did they learn a lot of new things?
TRUE.
YES, THEY DID.
Brighton is in the North of England.
What did they like the best?
FALSE IS THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND.
THEY LIKED THE MUSEUMS SPECIALLY MADAME
They asked the teacher to speak fast.
TUSSARDS.
.FALSE THEY ASKED THE TEACHER TO SPEAK TO SLOWLY
What did they visit in the capital?
They sometimes walked to the beach.
THEY VISITED ALL THE MONUMENTS LIKE BIG BEN,
.TRUE
THE LONDON EYE AND BUCKINGHAM PALACE.
Did they like the museums?
YES, THEY DID.
What museum did they like the best?
Write the following in the negative and THEY LIKED MADAME TUSSARD.
Interrogative. Did they see the Queen?
There were many people on the beach. NO, THEY DIDN´T.
Neg: THEY WEREN´T MANY PEOPLE ON THE BEACH. Were they happy at the end of the holidays? Explain.
Int: WERE THEY MANY PEOPLE ON THE BEACH?. THEY WERE UNHAPPY TO GO BACK TO HOME.
He enjoyed the trip. What did they promise to do when they arrived
Neg: HE DIDN´T ENJOY THE TRIP. home?
Int: DID HE ENJOY THE TRIP?. THEY PROMISED TO WRITE E-MAILS
She was in London. .
Neg: SHE WASN´T IN LONDON.
Int: WAS SHE IN LONDON?.
They stayed in a college.
Neg: THEY DIDN´T STAY IN THE COLLEGE.
Int: DID THEY STAY IN THE COLLEGE?.

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