Past Simple Questions

Part A. Complete each question.

1. Did you go to the bank? No, I didn’t. I went to the post office.

2. __________________________ a car? No, he didn’t. He bought a bicycle.

3. ____________________ to their uncle? No, they didn’t. They wrote to their sister.

4. ___________________ a stomachache? No, she didn’t. She had a cold.

5. __________________________ at 9:00? No, I didn’t. I got up at 11:00.

6. _________________ today’s newspaper? No, I didn’t. I read yesterday’s newspaper.

7. __________________________ bowling? No, we didn’t. We went fishing.

8. ______________________ Peruvian food? No, we did. We ate Greek food.

9. _______________________ a good time? No, they didn’t. They had a terrible time.

10. _______________________ pop songs? No, she didn’t. She sang romantic songs.

11. __________________________ coffee? No, he didn’t. He drank tea.

12. _________________ her math homework? No, she didn’t. She did her English homework.

Part B. Complete each question using a question word (who, what, when, where, why).

1. Where did Henry go last night? Henry went to the cinema last night.

2. _____________________________________ there? He saw Diane and Karen there.

3. __________________________________________? He ate popcorn and a hotdog.

4. __________________________________________? The movie started at 7:25.

5. __________________________________________? It ended at 9:55.

6. __________________________________________? Henry went to a bar after the movie.

7. __________________________________________? He drank a few beers.

8. __________________________________________? He went home because he was tired.

Past Simple Sentences

Complete each sentence with the positive and negative form of each sentence.

1. David usually takes the bus. He didn’t take the bus yesterday. He took the subway.

2. Julie usually buys chocolate. She _____________ chocolate yesterday.

She ________ cookies.

3. Mr. and Mrs. Smith usually go jogging.

They _____________ jogging yesterday.

They ________ swimming.

4. Sara usually writes to her cousin.

She ______________ to her cousin yesterday.

She _________ to her uncle.

5. Peter usually gets up at 7:15. He _______________ at 7:15 yesterday.

He __________ at 8:35.

6. I usually have dinner at 6:00. I ________________ dinner at 6:00 yesterday.

I __________ dinner at 7:30.

7. Paulina usually reads novels. She _______________ a novelyesterday.

She _______ poetry.

8. Diego usually does his homework at 5:30.

He _______________ his homework at 5:30 yesterday.

He ________ his homework at 8:30.

9. Charlie usually eats at home. He _______________ at homeyesterday.

He _______ at Papa John’s Pizza.

10. Jessica usually drinks tea. She _____________ tea yesterday. She ________ lemonade.

11. Walter usually sits next to Nicolas.

He ______________ next to Nicolas yesterday.

He _________ next to Karen.

12. Carol usually sings pop songs.

She ______________ pop songs yesterday.

She _________ opera.

13. Jane usually takes a shower.

She ______________ a shower yesterday.

She __________ a bath.

14. We usually go to the movies on Saturday.

We ______________ to the movies on Saturday.

We ___________ to a concert.

15. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson usually buy Colombian coffee.

They _______________ Colombian coffee yesterday.

They __________ French coffee.