Past Simple Questions

Find your sentence:

_________ ____________________________ ________________ ___________

Who? What?

Janet

Chris

Mary

Paul

Liz

John

Susan

Victor

wrote a letter

read a book

ate an apple

drank some milk

drew a house

made a model plane

took some photos

found a toy

Where? When?

in the garden

at school

in the park

under a tree

on a bridge

near the lake

on the beach

by the river

last week

yesterday morning

last Sunday

this morning

three days ago

last night

yesterday afternoon

two weeks ago

Past simple | Regular verbs exercises

Exercise 1

Put the regular verbs in the correct category:

cry like stop wait stay fail

enjoy label agree marry explain hop

care bury use jog clap prefer

- d only - ed only - ied double consonant + - ed

lived cleaned studied shopped

Exercise 2

Complete the story with the correct forms the verbs in brackets.

A young man aged 13 .............................. the Simpson Bank in Motown yesterday night. (rob)

He ........................... his toy gun and ............................. by his father's red BMW. (use | travel)

He ........................... the money in his sister's school bag. (carry) The young man .....................

to his grandma's garden to hide the money there. (hurry) When he .......................... the garden,

he could see a policeman. (enter) The policeman ..................... to chase him. (start) The young

man ....................... the bag with the money. (drop) - Suddenly, he could hear his telephone.

"Bob, are you still asleep?"

"Oh, mum. I had a terrible dream!"

NAME: ________________________ DATE: ________________________

GRAMMAR WORKSHEET

PAST SIMPLE Positives, Negatives and Questions Write the sentences below in the past simple.

1. He goes to bed early. __________________________________________________

2. We don’t like onions. __________________________________________________

3. Stewart lives in Vancouver. _____________________________________________

4. Does she exercise? ___________________________________________________

5. I hate cooking. _______________________________________________________

6. They play video games. ________________________________________________

7. He knows the answer. _________________________________________________

8. I forget his name. _____________________________________________________

9. They don’t study history. _______________________________________________

10. Do they drive? _______________________________________________________

11. Jenny works at a hotel. _________________________________________________

12. Do you swim? ________________________________________________________

13. We don’t like the movie. ________________________________________________

14. Where do you live? ____________________________________________________

15. He doesn’t drink tea. __________________________________________________

16. They start class at 8:00. ________________________________________________

17. Does he eat breakfast? ________________________________________________

18. I don’t run fast. _______________________________________________________

19. He has a car. ________________________________________________________

20. Do you enjoy sports? __________________________________________________

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Grammar Focus Past Simple

Level Intermediate

ANSWER KEY

1. He went to bed early.

2. We didn’t like onions.

3. Stewart lived in Vancouver.

4. Did she exercise?

5. I hated cooking.

6. They played video games.

7. He knew the answer.

8. I forgot his name.

9. They didn’t study history.

10. Did they drive?

11. Jenny worked at a hotel.

12. Did you swim?

13. We didn’t like the movie.

14. Where did you live?

15. He didn’t drink tea.

16. They started class at 8:00.

17. Did he eat breakfast?

18. I didn’t run fast.

19. He had a car.

20. Did you enjoy sports?

Past Simple: Irregular Verbs Many Past Simple verbs are irregular. Study the grammar reference chart below.

Below are 64 commonly used Past Simple irregular verbs in English. For example:

“My friend buys a newspaper every day.” “My friend bought a newspaper yesterday.”

be was / were hit hit become became hold held begin bite blow break bring build buy can catch choose come cost cut do draw drink drive eat fall feed feel find fly forget freeze get give go have hear

began bit blew broke brought built bought could caught chose came cost cut did drew drank drove ate fell fed felt found flew forgot froze got gave went had heard

hurt keep know leave lose make meet pay put read ride run say see sell sing sit spend stand steal swim take teach tell think throw understand wear win write

hurt kept knew left lost made met paid put read rode ran said saw sold sang sat spent stood stole swam took taught told thought threw understood wore won wrote

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Go --- went Tell --- told Sing --- sang Eat --- ate Buy --- bought Throw – threw steal --- stole Take --- took Find --- found hear --- heard Keep --- kept Catch --- caught Draw – drew Give --- gave Begin --- began Lose --- lost Drink --- drank Sell --- sold Get --- got Write --- wrote Ask --- asked See --- saw Open --- opened Play --- played Drive --- drove Have --- had Bake --- baked Freeze --- froze Fly --- flew Sent --- sent Put --- put Reply --- replied Pat --- patted Say --- said

PRACTICE EXERCISE FOR THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE

1) Yesterday, I …………… shopping and I ……………. a lovely gift for myMum because it was her birthday. 2) My teacher ……………. me that my test results were excellent.3) For breakfast, I ………… a piece of toast and I …………. a cup of tea.4) Last week, a supply teacher …………… the class. She ……………. us alesson about photosynthesis. 5) Last Monday my friend and I …………. To the park to play. My friend………… the ball to me and I …………it. 6) In Art class, I like to use fine pencils. In last week’s lesson, I………….. a great picture and my teacher …………….. me a grade A. 7) My friend ………….. her watch and had to use her phone to tell thetime. Luckily, someone …………. it and now she has got it back. 8) When I was a bit short of money, I …………. to the jewellery shop andI ………….. my gold ring. The jeweller ………………. me £25 for it. 9) I ………….. to the cinema yesterday and I ………….. a great film.10) The policeman arrested the criminal because he …………. my friend’scar. 11) I ………… the teacher tell me to be quiet, but I ………… on talking!Then, she …………… me a detention! 12) We ……………. my friend out to dinner for his birthday and we………………. ‘Happy Birthday’ to him. 13) Yesterday, I …………… a birthday party. My friends ……………. mesome lovely presents and later, we ……………. to a disco. 14) In music class we ………………. guitar and …………….. some Beatles songs.15) My dad …………….. me into town in his car and I …………….my friends.We …………….. a pizza and …………. a film. 16) I ……………. a book and I ……………….. it to a publisher’s but theydidn’t publish it. 17) Last year, we ……………. to Greece for our holidays, but the journeywas stressful. This year, we are taking the train! 18) The tragedy of the Titanic makes me very sad. Many peopledrowned, but most of them ……………….. to death because of the icy temperature of the Atlantic Ocean. 19) I ……………….. my bag and ……………. my books out, then I ………….. themon my desk, ………………. Up my pen and ……………… to write. 20) This morning, I ……………… up really early and I ……………. a cakebecause it was my husband’s birthday. We …………… a lovely party. 21) The nurse …………….. the patient’s hand and ……………….. ‘There, there,you will be all right.’ 22) The teacher ………………. Jack if he was tired and he ……………… thathe was. She ……………. him to go to bed earlier!