Simple Past Exercises

1) Complete the sentences with the verbs in the simple past form.
a) Yesterday my friend Sally and I_________ (go) to the supermarket to buy food. We _________
(find) everything we_________ (want), except my favorite cookies.
b) John usually goes to school by bus, but yesterday he _________ (walk) because it _________ (be)
a beautiful day.
c) When Mary and Jake _________ (arrive) at the party, they _________ (look) for Mike but couldn't
find him.
d) We _________ (see) Star Wars last week. I _________ (like) it a lot, but my friends didn't.
e) My TV _________ (be) broken last week, so I _________ (read) all my magazines in my free time.
f) Janet _________ (make) three delicious dishes for lunch last Saturday. We _________ (eat) all the
food - there was nothing left.
g) Tony and Tim _________ (play) basketball as children. Tim also_________ (study) French and
piano.
h) I_________ (lose) my wallet yesterday, but thankfully a girl from my school (find) it and (give) me
a call.
i) Where Monica and Sandra_________ (be) children, they (have) three dogs and a bird.
They_________ (live) in a farm, so the dogs (have) a lot of space to play.
j) Last year I _____________ (go) to England on holiday.
k) It _________ (be) fantastic.
l) I (visit) ___________ lots of interesting places. I (be) _________ with two friends of mine .
m) In the mornings we (walk) _________ in the streets of London.
n) In the evenings we (go) _________ to pubs.
o) The weather (be) _________ strangely fine.
p) It (not / rain) _________________ a lot.
q) But we (see) _________ some beautiful rainbows.
r) Where (spend / you) __________________ your last holiday?
2) Write the past forms of the irregular verbs and the table.
Infinitive

Simple Past

1.

meet

2.

drive

3.

speak

4.

put

5.

write

6.

sing

7.

do

8.

sit

9.

stand

10.

run
Affirmative

Negative

Interrogative

He wrote a book.
He did not sing
Was she pretty?

3) Put the sentences into simple past.

a) We move to a new house.
b) They bring a sandwich.

c) He doesn't do the homework.

d) They sell cars.
e) Does he visit his friends?
4) Write sentences in simple past.
a)
b)
c)
d)

Janet / miss / the bus

she / tidy / her room
Nancy / watch / not / television
she / read / a book

5) Choose "Was or "Were:

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

The teacher _________ nice.

The students _________ very clever.
But one student _________ in trouble.
We _________ sorry for him.
He _________ very cool.

6) We..........the information on the magazine's website. (Find)

a. Finded
b. Found
c. Founded
7) She didn't...............the man from going into the store. (Stop)
a. Stopped
b. Stop
c. Stoped
8) Did you..............calling him this week? (Feel like)
a. Felt like
b. Feel like
c. Feel liked
9) She.................a few mistakes but, even so, she won the game. (Make)
a. Makes
b. Maked
c. Made
10) Serra was.................by Fernando Henrique and Dilma was....................by Lula. (Appoint)
a. Appointed
b. Appoint
c. Appointied