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PAST SIMPLE TENSE brackets.
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1. Read the sentences and choose the correct option. - The exam _____ (be) last Sunday. We _____ (study)
a lot during the week, and we _____ (feel) nervous
- The past simple is used to describe actions that before it started. After the exam, we _____ (check)
were completed at a specific time in the past. our answers, and yesterday, we _____ (receive) our
- Regular verbs form the past simple by adding "-ed" scores.
to the base form.
- Irregular verbs follow consistent rules for their past A. was / studied / felt / checked / received
forms. B. is / study / feel / check / receive
- Negative sentences in the past simple are formed C. was / study / feel / checked / received
with "did not" + base verb. D. were / studying / feel / checked / received
E. was / studied / feeling / check / receiving
A. T/T/F/T
B. T/F/T/F 5. Match the following questions with the correct
C. T/F/F/T answers. Choose the correct option.
D. F/T/F/T
E. T/T/T/F I. What did you do on Saturday?
II. How was the concert?
2. Complete the sentences with the correct past forms III. Who did you go with?
of the verbs. IV. Where did you see the concert?

- The children ____________ to the zoo last a. At the stadium.

Saturday. (go) b. It was amazing! I really enjoyed it.
- Mia ____________ her homework on time c. I went with my friends.
yesterday. (finish) d. I went shopping and then I had dinner
- My parents ____________ in London for five years.
(live)
A. I-d / II-b / III-c / IV-a
- Sam ____________ breakfast this morning. (not
B. I-d / II-a / III-c / IV-b
eat)
C. I-a / II-b / III-d / IV-c
- We ____________ to the park because it was
raining. (not go) D. I-c / II-e / III-b / IV-a
E. I-b / II-d / III-a / IV-c
A. went / finished / lived / didn’t eat / didn’t go 6. Are the following sentences correct (C) or incorrect (I)?
B. goes / finish / lived / not ate / didn’t went
C. went / finishes / live / didn’t eat / didn’t go - Yesterday, Fabiola didn’t wakes up early.
D. went / finished / live / not eat / didn’t go - Peter’s phone breaked last night.
E. went / finish / lived / didn’t eat / not go - My mom didn’t made a chocolate cake for my sister’s
birthday.
3. Identify the correct sentence. - Paula lose her cellphone this morning.
- We were late, so we missed the beginning of the
meeting.
A. They doesn’t visited the museum last weekend.
B. She didn’t wrote a letter yesterday.
A. C/C/C/C/C
C. I watched a great movie last night.
B. I/I/I/I/C
D. We was late for the meeting.
C. C/I/C/I/C
E. You didn’t speaks to him at the party.
D. C/C/C/I/I
E. I/C/I/C/I
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7. Read the Yes/No questions and their answers, then - buy - watch - listen – marry - admit
choose the correct one. - 7
let - shut - forecast - hate - put
- spend – choose - carry – blow - pay
A. Did you watched the movie last night? - Yes, I do. - be – do- watch - see - go
B. Did he visit his grandparents? - Yes, he did.
C. Did they builds a sandcastle? - No, they doesn’t. A. show / hate / pay / watch
D. Did Mary cleaned her room? - No, she doesn’t. B. show / hate / carry / see
E. Did we goes to the museum? - Yes, we do. C. show / forecast / carry / watch
D. buy / hate / carry / watch
8. Put the words in order to make a sentence. Select the E. marry / hate / carry / watched
right option.
12. What’s the simple past form of each verb?
- at / did / what / ? / time / they / arrive
- do
A. What time did they arrive at? - teach
B. Did they arrive at what time? - break
C. At what time did they arrive? - hit
D. What did they arrive at time? - steal
E. All of them are incorrect.
A. did / taught / breaked / hit / stole
9. Complete the conversation with the best option. B. did / taught / broke / hot / stole
C. did / taught / broke / hit / stolen
Mark: Hi, Lisa! What ______ you ______ (do) last night? D. did / teached / broken / hit / stole
Lisa: Hi, Mark! I ______ (watch) a movie with my family. E. did / taught / broke / hit / stole
Mark: ______ you ______ (like) the movie?
Lisa: Yes, it ______ (be) fantastic! 13. Put the letters in order.

A. did / do / watched / did / liked / was

- B–E-R–O–K
B. did / do / watched / do / like / is
- T–N–R–A–E-L
C. did / did / watch / did / like / was
- T-O–R–G–O-F
D. did / do / watched / did / like / was
E. does / do / watches / did / liked / were - R–O–W–S–E
- G–H–O-T–H–U–T
10. Choose the odd one out in each group.
A. break / learn / forgot / swore / thought
- read - drink - eat - play B. broke / learnt / forget / swore / thought
- read - do - cut - cost C. broke / learnt / forgot / swore / thought
- open - clean - drive - watch D. broke / learnt / forgot / sware / thaught
- feed - bleed - see - breed E. broke / learned / forgot / swore / thouhgt

A. read / do / drive / speed 14. Complete the paragraph with the following verbs in
B. play / do / drive / see past simple.
C. drink / cut / clean / feed
D. read / read / choose / see take visit buy be go
E. eat / cost / watch / bleed
11. Choose the odd one out in each group.

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- Three months ago, we _____on a trip to Cusco. E. bought / found / went / don’t get / forgot
We _____ Machu Picchu. The journey was short, 7
but we ___ very excited. Then we ____ a bus to visit 17. Choose the words that are not correct time
the different places around Cusco as Coricancha, expressions for the past.
Saqsayhuaman, Moray, Pisac and Ollantaytambo.
We took many pictures and _____ a lot of - Last night - tomorrow - last year - 2 minutes ago
souvenirs. - yesterday night - in 2000 – two weeks ago – every
day
A. go / visit / are / take / buy - last week - last 2024 – at the moment - an hour ago
B. went / visited / were / took / bought
C. went / visited / were / took / carry A. last night / every day / at the moment
D. went / visited / was / took / bought B. tomorrow / yesterday / at the moment
E. went / traveled / was / took / bought C. tomorrow / every day / at the moment
D. tomorrow / every day / last 2024
15. Complete the conversation with the next verbs in E. tomorrow / every day / an hour ago
past.
18. Which of the following sentences is incorrect?
didn´t study - didn´t have - were - study - worked
A. We weren’t at school yesterday.
Ana: Hey, Anthony. Where did you _____? B. I weren’t at home yesterday.
Anthony: Well, I studied at San Agustin University. C. Were you at the police station?
Ana: Oh! Are you an English teacher? D. Did you go to the concert?
Anthony: Yes, I am. What about you Ana? E. Did you clean the window?
Ana: Well, I _____ because I_____ the opportunity.
I ______ as a merchant. Now I'm a businesswoman 19. Decide if the sentences in past simple tense are
from a big company. correct (C) or incorrect (I).
Anthony: That sounds really exciting. We _____ good
friends. - Josue didn’t read a newspaper.
- Mary spend time watching TV
A. studied / didn’t study / didn’t have / worked / was - Did you found my cellphone?
B. studied / studided / didn’t have / worked / were - I didn’t taught this lesson.
C. studied / didn’t study / didn’t have / work / were - We never didn’t study Quechua.
D. study / didn’t study / didn’t have / worked / were
E. studied / didn’t study / have / worked / were A. C/I/C/C/I
B. I/C/I/C/C
16. Complete the sentences with verbs in past. C. C/I/I/I/I
D. I/C/C/C/I
- My father never _____ (buy) me a doll. E. I/I/I/I/C
- I _____ (find) a passport in the airport.
- The boy _____ (go) to the party after school. 20. Choose the odd one out in each group.
- Carla and Luis _____ (not get) married.
- They _____ (forget) their English classes. - three times a week - once a week – last year - twice
a month
A. buys / find / goes / didn’t get / forget - right now - at the moment – a month ago - these days
B. bought / find / went / didn’t get / forgot - tomorrow – yesterday evening - one day – next week
C. bought / foundt / gone / didn’t get / forgot
D. bought / found / went / didn’t get / forgot A. last year / these days / yesterday evening

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B. last year / a month ago / yesterday evening something in your nose (Estornudar).
C. last year / a month ago / tomorrow 7
D. twice a month / a month ago / yesterday evening 21. When did the coronavirus first appear?
E. last year / a month ago / one day
A. November 2018
TEXT 1 B. December 2019
C. January 2020
The Impact of Coronavirus on Society D. March 2020
E. July 2021
By Joan Kang Shin.
22. Why did many countries close schools, shops, and
The coronavirus appeared in December 2019 in Wuhan, offices during the coronavirus pandemic?
China. It spread quickly around the world and caused a
global pandemic. The virus affected people’s health, A. To protect the economy.
jobs, and daily lives. Many countries closed schools, B. In order to prevent the virus from spreading.
shops, and offices to stop the spread. C. Because people refused to go to work.
D. To reduce air pollution.
Coronavirus spread through the air when people E. To help the vaccine distribution.
coughed, sneezed, or talked. It caused fever, cough, and
breathing problems. Some people felt fine, but others 23. What role did scientists play in fighting the
became very sick. Doctors and scientists worked hard to coronavirus?
learn more about the virus.
A. They created the virus.
In 2020, scientists made vaccines to protect people B. They worked to understand the virus better.
from the coronavirus. Many countries started C. They worked to find a cure.
vaccinating their citizens to control the pandemic. This D. They started businesses to help people.
helped reduce the number of sick people. E. They shut down all schools.

One surprising fact was that animals, like bats and 24. What does the text suggest about the connection
pangolins, might have carried the virus before it spread between animals and the virus?
to humans. Nobody knew at first how easily it could
travel between people. This virus taught the world the A. Animals did not play any role in the spread of the
importance of hygiene, wearing masks, and working virus.
together to fight a global problem. B. The virus started in humans and spread to animals.
C. Animals, such as bats and pangolins, could have
Glossary transmitted the virus to humans.
• Pandemic: A disease that spreads across many D. The virus was created by animals.
countries and affects a large part of the population E. Animals are immune to the virus.
(pandemia).
• Vaccine: A substance used to stimulate immunity to 25. What did the coronavirus pandemic teach the
a particular infectious disease or pathogen. world?
(vacuna).
• Pangolins: Animals with hard scales that eat ants A. The importance of social distancing only.
and termites. (Pangolines). B. The importance of hygiene, wearing masks, and
• Spread: To open or move something over a big area teamwork.
(propagar). C. The importance of staying home forever.
• Sneeze: o blow air from your nose and mouth D. The importance of using more technology.
quickly, usually because you are sick or feel E. The importance of stopping travel.

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TEXT 2 D. Bolivia
The Atahualpa: The Fall of the Inca Empire E. Chile 7
27. What does “them” refer to in the second
paragraph?

A. Gold
B. Incas
C. Spanish explorers
D. Francisco Pizarro
By Christopher Minster, Updated on June 04, 2019. E. Inca Empires

Atahualpa was the last emperor of the Inca Empire. He was 28. What did Atahualpa give the Spanish in exchange
born in 1502 in what is now Peru. He became emperor for his release?
when his father, Huayna Capac, died. Atahualpa ruled over
a large and powerful empire, but his life was very short. A. His empire
B. Gold
In 1532, the Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro came to the C. Land
Inca Empire. Atahualpa met Pizarro in a town called D. Food
Cajamarca. The Spanish captured Atahualpa, even though E. Weapons
he gave them a lot of gold. They asked for more gold in
exchange for his freedom, but in the end, they killed him. 29. What was surprising about Atahualpa's death?

Atahualpa was known for his strength and intelligence. He A. He was very old.
spoke several languages, including Quechua and Aymara. B. He died before returning to his people.
Many people admired him as a strong leader. However, C. He escaped from the Spanish.
something surprising is that Atahualpa never saw the Inca D. He was never captured.
Empire after his capture. He died before he could return to E. He died in battle.
his people.
30. How did Atahualpa's death affect the Inca Empire?
Atahualpa’s death marked the end of the Inca Empire, and
it changed the history of South America forever. A. It led to the expansion of the empire.
B. It ended the empire.
Glossary C. It resulted in peace with the Spanish.
• Leader: A person who guides or commands a D. It started a new empire.
group (lider). E. It changed the geography of South America.
• Treasure: A collection of valuable things like gold
or jewels (tesoro).
• Empire: A large group of lands ruled by one leader
(imperio).
• Warrior: A person who fights in battles (guerrero).
• Freedom: The right to live, act, or speak without
being controlled (libertad).

26. Where was Atahualpa born?

A. Mexico
B. Ecuador
C. Peru

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