INGLÉS III – HANDOUT

PAST SIMPLE – AFFIRMATIVE FORM

1. PUT the correct forms of the verbs into the gaps.

1. Jane _______________ a film. (watch)
2. He _______________ a box. (carry)
3. They _______________ their father. (help)
4. John and Amy ______________ things. (swap)
5. I _______________ to Andrew. (talk)
6. Susan ________________ with Peter. (dance)
7. The boys _________________ basketball. (try)
8. We ________________ a trip. (plan)
9. She ________________ her hair. (wash)
10. The car _______________ at the traffic lights. (stop)

2. CHANGE these verbs into their past forms.

1. Children ____________ (dress) quickly.
2. I ________________ (help) my mother in the kitchen.
3. We ________________(walk) in the park.
4. They _________________ (wash) their clothes in the bathroom.
5. We ________________ (watch) an interesting film.
6. Students _______________(work) in the garden.
7. Gina _____________ (play) basketball.
8. The girl _____________ (skip) very fast.
9. It _______________ (rain) a lot.
10. Henry _____________(ski) down the hill.

3. COMPLETE the sentences using past simple.

1. It _______________ (snow) last winter.

2. We _______________ (open) the door.
 3. Children ______________ (smile) happily.
4. Martin ________________ (listen) to music.
5. She _______________ (want) a new dress.
6. Ervin _______________ (count) the documents.
7. A lot of people ______________ (skate) on the lake.
8. Nick _______________ (rest) last summer.
9. We _______________ (paint) the walls.
10. The teacher _______________ (plant) a tree.

4. PUT the verbs into the correct form.

1. Last year I (spend) ________________ my holiday in Ireland.
2. It (be) _________________ great.
3. I (travel) _____________ around by car with two friends and we (visit)
_______________ lots of interesting places.
4. In the evenings we usually (go) ________________ to a pub.
5. One night we even (learn) ________________ some Irish dances.
6. We (be) _______________ very lucky with the weather.
7. It (not /rain) _____________________ a lot.
8. But we (see) ________________ some beautiful rainbows.
9. Where (spend / you) ____________________ last holiday?