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Past Tense Worksheet

The document provides examples of using past tense verbs in English. It includes conjugating common verbs in the past simple tense, filling in passages with the appropriate past tense verbs, translating sentences to and from English in the past tense, and transforming sentences between positive, negative, and interrogative forms in the past tense. A variety of exercises are presented to practice using past tense verbs in different contexts.

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Past Tense Worksheet

The document provides examples of using past tense verbs in English. It includes conjugating common verbs in the past simple tense, filling in passages with the appropriate past tense verbs, translating sentences to and from English in the past tense, and transforming sentences between positive, negative, and interrogative forms in the past tense. A variety of exercises are presented to practice using past tense verbs in different contexts.

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PAST SIMPLE

1. Write the past simple forms of the verbs.


- walk: - stay: - use:
- arrive: - rain: - ask:
- hate: - study: - try:
- live: - pray: - enjoy:
- change: - cry: - climb:
- pass: - annoy: - appear:
- clean: - carry: - walk:
- cook: - jump: - wait:
- shave: - call: - organize:
- watch: - work: - play:

2. Write in the table the past simple forms of the verbs from the text.
Last night Mr. and Mrs. Rojas stayed home. It was cold and rainy and they didn’t want to go out in
the bad weather. Mrs. Rojas made some popcorn and ice tea. At 8:00, Mr. and Mrs. Rojas went into the
living room, sat on the sofa and began the movie and ate and drank. Mr. and Mrs. Rojas realized they
already watched the movie last year and they didn’t want to watch it again.
“Now what?” asked Mr. Rojas. “Let’s play cards!” answered Mrs. Rojas. Mr. and Mrs. Rojas started
to play cards. They were playing for about 10 minutes when Mr. Rojas looked out the window. The rain
changed to snow and the trees were covered in beautiful white snowflakes. “I’m happy we stayed home
tonight. It looks beautiful outside but this weather is very dangerous to drive in.” said Mr. Rojas. “You’re
right,” said Mrs. Rojas, “but I’m bored. Let’s play some music and dance.”
Mr. Rojas was surprised. “Dance? But I really don’t ….”
stayed,

3. Fill in the gaps with the past simple forms of the verbs in brackets.
a. I ............................. (wait) ten minutes for the bus.
b. He usually walks to work, but he ........................................... (not walk) to work yesterday.
c. I was really ............................ (surprise) when my friend ................................ (cook) dinner.
d. ................. you ..................... (order) your food?
e. My friends ......................................... (not play) tennis because it was too hot outside.
f. Troy ............................. (want) to study for the final exam.
g. First, we ............................ (boil) the water, and the we ....................... (pour) it into a cup.
h. .................. they ........................ (laugh) at your joke?
i. What time .................... you ............................ (arrive) at school this morning?
j. What ............. you ........... (do) last week?
k. When I was a baby, I ......................... (cry) a lot.
l. ............. you ....................... (fix) your bicycle?
m. The bag was very heavy so I ................................................ (not carry) it to the truck.
n. How many times ................... you ............................. (text) your friends yesterday?

4. Translate into English the next sentences.


a. El nu a fost la școală săptămâna trecută. ..................................................................................................................
b. Nu am citit un ziar. ........................................................................................................................
c. A plouat lunea trecută. .................................................................................................................
d. Mi-a plăcut filmul. .................................................................................................................
e. Fratele meu nu a jucat fotbal cu mine. .................................................................................................................
f. Ai mers la doctor? ..........................................................................................................................
g. Tatăl ei a spălat mașina. .........................................................................................................................
h. Ai citit romanul? ....................................................................................................................................
5. Fill in the correct past tense verb. kick
a. The boy painted a picture yesterday. laugh
b. The pigs at the joke. comb
c. The girl the teacher’s question. answer
d. My dad his hair this morning. add
e. It last winter. press
f. My mom the house yesterday. listen
g. Last week at school I lots of sums. paint
h. Last night we to music. clean
i. My brother the ball. snow
j. I the button on the TV.

6. Transform the positive sentences into negative sentences.


Steward lived in Lisabona. Steward didn`t live in Lisabona.
a. I liked onions when I was a child. ………………………………………………………………………………
b. They drived last Monday. ………………………………………………………………………………….
c. I enjoyed the food from the restaurant. ……………………………………………………………………
d. We loved Fridays when we were at school. …………………………………………………………………
e. I tried to drive a bicycle. ………………………………………………………………………………
f. The clouds appeared on the sky. ………………………………………………………………………………
g. Jack cried at the doctor. ………………………………………………………………………………
h. The teacher explained the exercise. …………………………………………………………………………
i. It started to rain. ………………………………………………………………………………
j. The kids played in the garden. ………………………………………………………………………………
k. Pam washed her clothes. ………………………………………………………………………………

7. Make interrogative sentences.


go / did / they / to / the cinema?
Did they go to the cinema?
a. did / you / drink / last / night / alcohol?
….…………………….………………………………………………………………………………
b. drive / they / your / car/ did?
….…………………….………………………………………………………………………………
c. pray / did / she / for / our health?
….…………………….………………………………………………………………………………
d. I / did / eat / fried potatoes / last week?
….…………………….………………………………………………………………………………
e. laugh / did / they / at / my jokes?
….…………………….………………………………………………………………………………
f. sleep / did / Jessica / in the class?
….…………………….………………………………………………………………………………
g. see / you / a / ghost / did?
….…………………….………………………………………………………………………………

8. Complete the text using one of the verbs from the box:
arrive – call – decide – notice – cross

Last weekend was very funny: first, I called my friend to go to the shopping and then we went to the bus stop to
take the bus, but when we ___________ there the bus had just gone and so we took a taxi. In the middle of the way
the taxi broke down and we __________ to go walking. After about twenty minutes, we saw the shopping and
when we _________ the street we __________ it had closed !! The only thing to do : laugh and laugh a lot!!!

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