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The Simple Past - Revision Exercises

The patient tells the therapist that he keeps leaving jobs after the second day. The therapist assumes it must be related to the patient's unhappy childhood, but the patient says he had a happy childhood. The only thing he can remember is that he was always a very lazy child.

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The Simple Past - Revision Exercises

The patient tells the therapist that he keeps leaving jobs after the second day. The therapist assumes it must be related to the patient's unhappy childhood, but the patient says he had a happy childhood. The only thing he can remember is that he was always a very lazy child.

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THE SIMPLE PAST - LANGUAGE REVISION Fill in ther blanks with was /wasnt or were/werent" "The answer is in your

past" Man Dr. Freudso n Man Dr. Freudso n Man Dr. Freudso n Man Dr. Freudso n Man I have a problem, Doctor Freudson. When I get a job, I always leave it on the second day Ah... the answer is in your past. Im sure you ............ a very unhappy child. No, I.......... . I.......... a happy child. Ah! You dont remember now. ...........your father bossy? ............your mother overprotective? ...........they too strict? Too permissive? No, they....... . They ........ good nice parents. ...........you poor? Hungry? Thirsty? . ............you involved in a war? A revolution? A Hurricane? No, but theres one thing that I can remember now... At last! What .......... it? I........ always a very lazy child.
simple past tense:

Change the verb into the correct form of the 1. Dan

(leave) very early today.

2. Sam and Sue 3. I

(buy) a new house last month.

(visit) Germany the previous week.

4. You 5. They 6. I

(play) very well. (find) this book on their trip to Italy.

(bake) this cake by myself.

7. We

(open) the store in 1987.

8. The rain finally 9. She


(stop), and we

(go) home. (have) some problems.

(plan) to come, but she

10. Kate 11. Rose 12. You 13. We

(have) a big house, but she (be) very thin.

(sell) it.

(be) at work yesterday morning. (think) New York was in England!

14. They

(bring) this from their trip.

15. She always

(dance) in the summer.

Change the verb into the correct form: 1. Barbara 2. I


(eat) the whole cake last night.

(save) some money last year.

3. You 5. I

(give) me all the books yesterday.

(come), I

(see), I

(leave).

6. They 7. We

(drink) too much. (be) very happy together.


8. The cat

(jump) on the tree, and the bird (cook) together.

(fly) away.

9. We always 10. She

(arrive) in 1978.

11. Emily and Edward 12. Peter 13. Julie 14. They 15. We

(meet) in Paris.

(change) his name many years ago. (move) from Canada last month. (sing) a few songs together. (have) a lot of friends there.

Put the verbs into the correct form (simple past).


1. Last year I (spend) 2. It (be)

my holiday in Ireland.

great. around by car with two friends and we (visit)

3. I (travel)

lots of

interesting places.
4. In the evenings we usually (go) 5. One night we even (learn) 6. We (be)

to a pub. some Irish dances.

very lucky with the weather. a lot. some beautiful rainbows.

7. It (not / rain) 8. But we (see)

9. Where (spend / you)

your last holiday?

Yesterday I

to the movies. (go) a birthday cake for me last week. his bicycle to school yesterday.

(make) 2. My sister (ride) 3. Steve

(drive) 4. My friends (take) 5. Elizabeth (break) 6. Kevin


to Los Angeles two weeks ago. some flowers to her mother last Saturday. his leg while he was playing football.

(have) 7. Last week my aunt

a baby. a lot of work.

(do) 8. When we cleaned the yard, we (drink) 9. The child


some milk last night. some new books last month.

(buy) 10. My teacher

FILL IN THE GRID WITH THE PARADIGM OF THE IRREGULAR VERBS IN ENGLISH CHOOSE PUT ROSE TOOK RAN SELL BROKEN LET PAY LAY KNOWN BUILT GOT FIGHT SLEEP

CORRECT THE SENTENCES

We studyed the lesson yesterday Karin were a good student Where worked he?

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