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Exercise On Simple Past

The document provides exercises to practice verb tenses and questions in simple past tense. It includes exercises with prompts to write sentences using was/were, positive sentences, negative sentences, questions, and questions using interrogative words. The exercises are about topics like James' diary activities from last week, what someone did on holiday last year, and learning Irish dances.

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Exercise On Simple Past

The document provides exercises to practice verb tenses and questions in simple past tense. It includes exercises with prompts to write sentences using was/were, positive sentences, negative sentences, questions, and questions using interrogative words. The exercises are about topics like James' diary activities from last week, what someone did on holiday last year, and learning Irish dances.

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Exercise on Simple Past Name : María josé Sánchez Deulofeuth

Exercise Was or Were?

Complete the sentences with was or were.

1. i was happy.

2. You were angry.

3. She was in London last week.

4. He was on holiday.

5. It was cold.

6. We were at school.

7. You were at the cinema.

8. They were at home.

9. The cat was on the roof.

10. The children were in the garden.

Exercise on positive sentences


Write positive sentences in simple past.

1. he / the question / answer he answered the question


2. you / a question / ask you asked a question
3. the dog / bark the dog barked
4. they / us / call they called us
5. we / a mountain / climb we climbed a mountain
6. John / stamps / collect john collected stamps
7. we / in London / live we lived in London
8. I / hungry / be I was hungry
9. they / a hamster / have they had a hamster
10. he / to school / go he went to school

Have a look at James's last week's diary and answer the questions in complete
sentences. Put the time expression at the end of the sentence.

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

football shopping meeting ring Jane buy flowers concert sailing

cinema tennis English Italian restaurant

1. When was his English course? → ) The English course was last thursday
2. When did he go shopping? → he went shopping last Tuesday
3. When did he buy flowers? → he bought flowers last friday
4. When was his meeting? → The meeting was last wednesday
5. When did he play football? → He played football last monday
When did he go to the Italian restaurant? _ he went to the Italian restaurant last friday
6. When did he ring Jane? → ) he ringed jane last thursday
7. When did he go to the cinema? → he went to the cinema last Tuesday
8. When did he play tennis? → he played tennis last wednesday
9. When was the concert? → the concert was last saturday
10. When did he go sailing? → he went sailing last sunday

Exercise on negative sentences

Rewrite the sentences in the negative.

1. They collected postcards. → they didn’t collect postcards


2. You jumped high. → you didn’t jump high
3. Albert played squash. → Albert didn’t play squash
4. The teacher tested our English. → the teacher didn’t test our english
5. Fiona visited her grandma. → Fiona didn’t visit her grandma
6. He washed the car. → he didn’t wash the car
7. You were thirsty. → you weren’t thirsty
8. He had a computer. → he didn´t has a computer
9. I bought bread. → I didn’t buy bread
10. You saw the house. → you didn’t see the house

Exercise on questions

Write questions in simple past.

1. Anna / the window / open Did anna open the window?


2. she / home / walk Did she walk home?
3. you / in the garden / work Did you work in the garden?
4. you / a song / sing Did you sing a song?
5. she / on a chair / sit Did she sit on a chair?
6. you / the castle / visit Did you visit the castle?
7. Jenny / the door / lock Did jenny lock the door?
8. she / happy / be Did she be happy?
9. Greg / the ball / kick Did Greg kick the ball?
10. the car / at the corner / stop Did the car stop at the corner?

Exercise on questions with interrogative: WHAT, WHERE, WHO,


WHEN…
Ask for the bold part of the sentence.

1. She pushed her bike. → What did she push?


2. She carried a bag. → What did she carry?
3. We waited in the park. → Where did you wait?
4. The policeman arrested the thief. → Who did the policeman arrest?
5. We ate fish. → Who did eat fish?
6. She watched the match last night. → When did she watch the match?
7. She asked her friend because she did not know what to do. Why did she ask her friend?
8. I opened the door. → Who did open the door?
9. The teacher checked our homework. → What did the teacher check?
10. Cindy had a dog. → Who did have a dog?
Put the verbs into the correct form (simple past).

1. Last year I (spend) spent my holiday in Ireland.


2. It (be) Was great.

3. I (travel) Traveled around by car with two friends and we(visit)


visited lots of interesting places.

4. In the evenings we usually (go) Went to a pub.


5. One night we even (learn) Learned some
Irish dances.
6. We (be)were very lucky with the weather.
7. It (not / rain) Didn’t rain a lot.
8. But we (see) Saw some beautiful rainbows.

9. Where (spend / you) Did you spent your last holiday?

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