Past Simple Worksheet

A. Complete the sentences using the verb in brackets in the Past Simple.
1.I _______________________ (move) here nine years ago.
2.I _______________________ (start) skating four years ago.
3.He _______________________ (meet) her in June.
4.You _______________________ (not buy) the present yesterday.
5.Mr Jones _______________________ (live) here six months ago.
6.I _______________________ (leave) that school four years ago.
7.He _______________________ (begin) working in Ireland in 1999.
8.Last year he _______________________ (teach) children how to play the guitar.
9._______________________ (they / see) Riverdance when they were in Ireland?
10.He _______________________ (change) his job in February and is now a policeman.

B. Choose the correct verb and change it into the Past Simple.
1. ____________you ___________ to a party last night?
2. My mother ______________________ to me about Harry Potters new adventure.
3. My parents _______________________ me a new T-shirt yesterday.
4. I _______________________ a great film last night.
5. Our school party _______________________ last Friday. (neg.)
6. Yesterday, I _______________________ for my English test.
7. Last Sunday I _______________________ lunch with my girlfriend.
8. I _______________________ too much chocolate last night.
9. They _______________________ their homework this morning. (neg.)
10. My mother _______________________ a cake yesterday morning.

C. Ask the questions.

1. _________________________________________________________?
He bought that bike last weekend.
2. _________________________________________________________?
The tourists had dinner in a famous American restaurant.
3. _________________________________________________________?
No, he didnt. He didnt like Italian food.

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4. _________________________________________________________?
They played computer games in the library.
5. _________________________________________________________?
Yes, it was. The hotel was very good.

D. Use the Past Simple

a) Yesterday, we (walk) to school.
b) He (not pass) .his English exam.
c) You (practise) with the piano last week.
d) (she/visit) the piano last weekend?
e) Rita (not clean) her room yesterday.
f) What (he/play) yesterday?
g) He (help) ..with my English homework.
h) We (not cook) .dinner last night.
i) Where (you/study) Medicine?
j) She (cry) all day because she (not play)
the guitar very well.
k) (they/stay) ..at home yesterday?
4. Write the verb in brackets into the Past Simple. There are affirmative, negative and
interrogative sentences.
a) My parents (buy) a new car a year ago.
b) (she/make).a cake yesterday?
c) Where (you/go) .last weekend?
d) They (not swim) in the sea last month.
e) She (wake) .very late last Monday.
f) I (forget) .to buy the paper.
g) (you/study) ..Music in the school?
h) I (not see) ..my friends yesterday.
i) He (get) ..on the bus in the centre of the city.
j) What (he/buy) . in the street market?
k) She (drink) .so much at the party.
l) He (save) money to buy a new car.
m) (she/ phone) Mary last night?
n) Why (you/spend).all the money?
o) She (teach) English at Oxford University.
p) We (not understand) ..the Maths problem.
q) Where (he/find) the keys?
r) They (dance) ..at the party.
s) I (not finish).my work on time.
t) (they/write) ..the report?
u) How much money (he/earn) with his best seller?