Complete these sentences. Use the verbs below.

clean - die - enjoy - end - happen - live - open - play - rain - repair - start - stay - want -

watch

1. Yesterday evening I   TV.

2. I only   my teeth four times last week.

3. Bruce   his mountain bike yesterday evening.

4. The concert last night   at 7.30 and   at 10 o'clock.

5. The accident   last Sunday afternoon.

6. When I was a child, I   to be a lawyer.

7. Mozart   from 1756 to 1791.

8. We   our holiday last week.

9. Today the weather is nice, but yesterday it  .

10. It was hot in the room, so I   the window.

11. The weather was good yesterday afternoon, so we   tennis.

12. William Shakespeare   in 1616.

Put the sentences from the present into the past simple.

1. He always goes to work by car. Yesterday he   to work by bus.

2. They always get up early. This morning they   up late.

3. Bill often loses his key. He   one last Saturday.

4. I write a letter to Jane every week. Last week I   two letters.

5. She meets her friends every evening. She   them yesterday evening, too.

6. I usually read two newspapers every day. I only   a newspaper yesterday.

7. They come to my house every Friday. Last Friday they  , too.

8. We usually go to the cinema on Sunday. We   to the cinema last Sunday, too.

9. Tom always has a shower in the morning. Tom   a shower this morning, too.
 Fill in the past form.

1. Mammoths   big animals, bigger than elephants. (be)

2. Mammoths   100 years ago. (not live)

3. Mammoths   a long time ago. (live)

4. Mammoths   meat. They   grass. (not eat / eat)

5. They   two large tusks about three metres long. (have)

6. I   by credit card. I   cash. (pay / not pay)

7. He   some milk. He   any water. (drink / not drink)

8. She only   a pound. She   3 pounds. (spend / not spend)

9. I   some elephants. I   any lions. (see / not see)

10. They   in the sea, but they   in the lake. (swim / not

swim)

Fill in the negation.

1. They went to work by train. They didn’t go to work by train.

2. We gave her an expensive necklace. We didn’t give her an expensive necklace.

3. They did their homework carefully. They didn’t do  their homework carefully.

4. He drove very fast. He didn’t drive very fast.

5. Daniel opened a new restaurant. Daniel didn’t open  a new restaurant.

6. We worked last Monday. We didn’t work last Monday.

7. We saw Bill yesterday evening. We didn’t see  Bill yesterday evening.

8. The boys liked their sports teacher. The boys didn’t like their sports teacher.

9. I ordered ham and eggs. I didn’t order ham and eggs.

10. Nicole found her ring. Nicole didn’t find  her ring.

11. The twins were at the party. The twins weren’t  at the party.
12. They watched TV. They didn’t watch  TV.

13. Nancy went to school. Nancy didn’t go  to school.

14. He was in town. He wasn’t  in town.

15. They lived in Glasgow. They didn’t live in Glasgow.

Complete the questions with the past simple.

Example: I asked Tim. - Who did you ask?

1. I met somebody. Who did you meet ?

2. Harry arrived. What time did he arrive ?

3. I saw Bob yesterday. Who did you see  yesterday?

4. They wanted something. What did they want  ?

5. The meeting ended. What time did the meeting end ?

6. Pat went home early. Why did Pat go  home early?

7. We had fish for dinner. What did you have  for dinner?

8. It cost a lot of money. How much did it cost ?

9. He bought a T - shirt. What did he buy ?

10. We ate ham and eggs. What did you eat ?

Grammar reference: Past simple 1

Complete the sentences with the past simple of the verbs in brackets ( ).

1.The young man took  (take) out his wallet and paid  (pay) the bill.

2. When Lucy went  (go) to the interview, she wore  (wear) her best suit.

3. We left  (leave) the motorway and drove (drive) for an hour on quiet country roads.
 4. I thought (think) I knew (know) my irregular verbs, but now I'm not so sure!

5. As soon as Imet (meet) Doris, I knew (know) she was (be) someone special.

6.Tolstoy wrote (write) some great novels, but he never won

 (win) a Nobel Prize.

7. The nurse put (put) the little boy to bed and spoke (speak) to him softly.

8. When they heard (hear) the fire alarm, everybody ran  (run) out of the building.

9. Last year, the companybuilt (build) a new factory, which cost  (cost) millions of dollars.

10. When Jose broke (break) his arm, the doctor gave  (give) him two weeks off work.
Grammar reference: Past simple negatives 1
Use the correct words to complete the sentences.

 didn't feel
 didn't buy
 didn't talk
 didn't pay
 didn't open
 didn't like
 didn't leave
 didn't hear

1. Dean called to the waiter, but the waiter didn’t hear  him.

2. When I was a young child, I really didn’t like  chocolate.

3. I saw Sonia in the supermarket but we didn’t talk ….. .

4. Chrissie went home because she didn’t feel well.

5. They cut off our telephone because we didn’t pay our bill.

6. We arrived at the airport at six, but our flight didn’t leave until twelve!
7. Alex spent all morning in the bookshop, but in the end he didn’t buy

 anything.

8. I didn’t open a bank account until I got my first full-time job.