Simple Past - Inglês

Prof. Carlos

SIMPLE PAST
01. Mark the option in which all the verbs are written in the Simple Past.
a) put – drunk – ate – heard – taken
b) knew – brought – wanted – made – was
c) wrote – come – felt – had – flew
d) told – were – begun – gave – read
e) left – spent – slept – swum – traveled

Read the text below to answer the question 02.

My name is Patrick. I __________ on vacation to Brazil last Summer, and I __________ in a five-star hotel front of
the beach in Rio de Janeiro.
I went to Rio by plane and I __________ a month there. I __________ a lot of people and we __________ a great
time! I want to go back to Brazil as soon as possible.

02. Choose the option which completes the gaps in the text respectively.
a) traveled / stayed / spend / knew / had
b) traveled / were / spent / knew / did
c) went / stayed / spent / met / had
d) went / were / spend / met / did
e) were / went / stayed / knew / have

Read the text below to answer the question 03.

The story of a blind girl
There was a blind girl who hated herself just because she was blind. She hated everyone, except her loving
boyfriend. He was always there for her. She said that if she could only see the world, she would marry her boyfriend.
One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her and then she could see everything, including her boyfriend. Her
boyfriend asked her, “Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?”
The girl was shocked when she saw that her boyfriend was blind too, and refused to marry him. Her boyfriend
walked away in tears, and later wrote a letter to her saying: “Just take care of my eyes dear.”
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03. The underlined verbs, in the text, are in the

a) Simple Past
b) Simple Present
c) Present Perfect
d) Present Continuous

04. Which one from the underlined verbs in the text conveys a verb tense that is different from the others?
[A] says (paragraph 1)
[B] made (paragraph 1)
[C] think (paragraph 2)
[D] runs (paragraph 3)
[E] needs (paragraph 4)

Read the text below to answer the question 05.

A long time ago, people ______________ a way to create a nice smell. They put nice-smelling wood or leaves into
a fire. A nice smell __________ through the smoke. That is how we got the word perfume. In Latin “per” means
“through”, and “fumus” means “smoke”.

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05. The correct verbs to fill in the blanks are, respectively
a) find / comes
b) found / came
c) has found / came
d) had found / comes

HOMEWORK
1. Qual a pergunta a anteceder a resposta "yes, I did"?
a) Did you buy a car?
b) Will you buy a car?
c) Didn't you have a nice car?
d) Have you bought it?
e) You didn't.

2. Assinale a alternativa que preenche corretamente a lacuna:

She did not tell me the truth. She....... to me.

a) lie
b) lain
c) laid
d) lay
e) lied

3. Assinale a alternativa correta:

______ he do the work last night?

a) Do
b) Does
c) Have
d) Has
e) Did

4. Assinale a alternativa que preenche corretamente a lacuna da frase a seguir:

Can you tell me where.........my bike yesterday?

a) did you leave
b) you left
c) you have left
d) you leaved
e) did you left

5. Assinale a alternativa que preenche corretamente a lacuna.

He__________to return to his home.

a) not wanted.

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b) wanted.
c) did wanted.
d) does wanted.
e) to want.

6. Assinale a letra correspondente à alternativa que preenche corretamente as lacunas da frase apresentada.

"Hi, Jane!"
"Hi, Susan. How have you been?"
"Oh, just fine. What have you done? You look so different!"
"Me? Different? I don't know."
"Maybe it's your hair."
"Oh, that maybe............. ."
"It looks quite nice."
"Thank you. Well, I've got to go. See you around."
"See you. Bye."
a) I'm cutting my hair
b) I just cut your hair
c) I'm going to have a haircut
d) You had a haircut
e) I just had my hair cut

TEXTO PARA A PRÓXIMA QUESTÃO:

The idea that executives need to fly on business class where they can work is bogus, according to a survey of
European business travelers conducted bythe Official Airline Guides. It ...(3)... that passengers pounding laptops
were most likely to be sitting in economy class. "The more senior the more executive, likely you are to find them
relaxing in business class watching a movie," the OAG says.

7. Assinale a alternativa que preenche corretamente a lacuna 3 do texto.

a) found
b) find
c) finds
d) are finding
e) is finding

8. Assinale a alternativa que preenche a lacuna da frase a seguir corretamente

The mayor ________it difficult to refuse.

a) find
b) finding
c) founded
d) found
e) to find

9. When I asked Jim if he liked his job he replied that he......

a) did

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b) does
c) do
d) doing
e) has done

10. Assinale a alternativa que preenche corretamente a lacuna da frase a seguir:

We went to the cinema but I ___________ the movie.

a) didn't enjoy
b) didn't enjoyed
c) did to enjoy
d) did enjoy not
e) wasn't enjoy

Gabarito:
Resposta da questão 1:
[A]
Resposta da questão 2:
[E]
Resposta da questão 3:
[E]
Resposta da questão 4:
[B]
Resposta da questão 5:
[B]
Resposta da questão 6:
[E]
Resposta da questão 7:
[A]
Resposta da questão 8:
[D]
Resposta da questão 9:
[A]
Resposta da questão 10:
[A]

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