PAST SIMPLE: MIXED REGULAR & IRREGULAR

1. Write the missing forms: 2. Complete the sentences with the

correct past form. Use the verbs from
INFINITIVE PAST INFINITIVE PAST exercise 1.
FELL SPEAK
DRAW KNITTED 1. Adam __________ a new iPad last week.
SAW KEEP (+)
COME GIVE 2. “ _________ you __________ Tim at
BEGAN NEEDED school (?)” “Yes, I ________. He ________
BE SEND with Sue” (+)
STUDIE SWAM 3. Carol __________ the exercises
D
yesterday (-)
WRITE SLEEP
4. My father ___________ moving to
LIVE THOUGH
T London was a mistake! (+)
WENT WAKE 5. “_________ Pam ________ her flat last
BRING CATCH month?” No, she ________.”
FLEW MADE 6. Grandma __________ a nice sweater to
RIDE STAY me for my birthday (+)
COULD PAID 7. The film ___________ at 7:30, but at
SOLD DO 7:40 (-)
8. We ___________ in the pool on Friday
(+)
9. Where __________ you ________ in
London, in a hotel or with friends?
3. Choose the right option:

1. Alan didn’t see/ didn’t watch Paula t

school.
2. Did you be/ Were you at the cinema
yesterday?
3. Carol brought/ bought her new laptop
to school.
4. The baby cried/cryed all night long.
5. My brother could swim/could swam
when he was four.
6. Charles repaired/prepared a nice
dinner.
7. The children ate/eatted a cheese
sandwich.
8. Did you sit/ Did you sat next to Mary?
9. There was/were a lot of people at the
match.
10. Some of my friends missed/ mised
the party.
11. Peter forgot/forgotted my birthday.
12. The children plaied/ played football
after school.
13. Did you studied/ Did you study a lot
 PAST SIMPLE: IRREGULAR VERBS
KEY
INFINITI PAST INFINITIVE PAST 1. Adam GOT/BROUGHT/ BOUGHT a
VE new iPad last week. (+)
FALL FELL SPEAK SPOKE 2. “ DID you SEE Tim at school (?)” “Yes,
DRAW DREW KNIT KNITTED I DID. He WAS with Sue” (+)
SEE SAW KEEP KEPT 3. Carol DIDN’T DO the exercises
COME CAME GIVE GAVE yesterday
BEGIN BEGAN NEED NEEDED (-)
BE WAS SEND SENT
4. My father THOUGHT moving to
WERE
London was a mistake! (+)
STUDY STUDIED SWIM SWAM
WRITE WROTE SLEEP SLEPT 5. “DID Pam SELL her flat last month?”
LIVE LIVED THINK THOUGH No, she DIDN’T.”
T 6. Grandma KNITTED a nice sweater to
GO WENT WAKE WOKE me for my birthday (+)
BRING BROUGH CATCH CAUGHT 7. The film DIND’T BEGIN at 7:30, but at
T 7:40 (-)
FLY FLEW MAKE MADE 8. We SWAM in the pool on Friday (+)
RIDE RODE STAY STAYED 9. Where DID you STAY in London, in a
CAN COULD PAY PAID hotel or with friends?
SELL SOLD DO DID 10. He WROTE a fantastic book last
GET GOT RUN RAN year (+). I BOUGHT it as soon as it was
published (+)
11. Unfortunately we DIDN’T CATCH the

1. Alan didn’t see Paula t school. Yesterday, Dave WOKE up at 7:15, but
2. Were you at the cinema yesterday? he DIDN’T GET up until 7:25. His mother
3. Carol brought her new laptop to MADE/PREPARED breakfast for him.
school. Dave DRANK/ HAD some orange juice
4. The baby cried all night long. and ATE/HAD some eggs & bacon. After
5. My brother could swim when he was breakfast, he GOT dressed,
four. BRUSHED/CLEANED his teeth and
6. Charles prepared a nice dinner. COMBED/BRUSHED his hair. He KISSED
7. The children ate a cheese sandwich. mum before leaving home.
8. Did you sit next to Mary?
9. There were a lot of people at the Dave MET his friends at the bus stop.
match. They WAITED for 10 minutes, but it
10. Some of my friends missed the party. DIDN’T COME, so they WALKED to
11. Peter forgot my birthday. school, but unfortunately they WERE
3.
12. The children played football after late, so the teacher WAS angry.
1. I rode my bike on Friday afternoon.
school.
2. My father’s car broke down yesterday.
13. Did you study a lot for the exam? Dave and his friends ATE/HAD lunch at
3. We didn’t run for the bus, so we were
14. Who helped you with the homework? the canteen. Yesterday’s menu WAS
late for school.
4.horrible. They DIDN’T LIKE/EAT it. There
5. Peter didn’t read the book I told him.
1.WERE
Sam’svegetables and sell
parents didn’t fish.him
Everybody
a new
6. They had an enormous dinner!
THOUGHT it WAS a healthy menu, but
laptop.
7. Did Susan wear shorts or a tracksuit
2.they DIDN’T
Did you seeEAT/
PeterLIKE
twoit.days ago?
yesterday?
3. My brother thought our sister was
8. Some children didn’t go to school
After school Dave WENT back home on
stupid!
yesterday.
4.foot.
The It TOOK him
children 40 minutes.
fought When he
in the school
9. Carol came home after lunch.
GOT home, his mother WAS worried
yard.
10. My sister didn’t feel very well last
5.because DavetoDIND’T
Mary forgot PHONE
bring the her to say
dictionary.
week.
6.heWho
would be late.
chose Tim’sWhat a day!
present?
11. They sang lots of Christmas carols.
7. The baby fell down.
12. Did Sue buy apples?