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Simple Past Tense worksheet Name: Bebby Rino Pambudi (2186039)

Prodi: PGSD

The dog who came to stay

Last summer, Matthew and Fiona went on holiday to Spain. They stayed in a small cottage.
One day, Matthew went for a long walk. He found a dog! It was lost! It was a stray dog. It
wagged its tail. It followed Matthew home. Fiona liked the dog and she gave it some food. It
ate the very quickly. It sat down outside their front door. At 10 p.m, it was cold. Fiona let the
dog inside. It sat beside her on the sofa. If was a girl dog. They gave her name - Hilda. Hilda
stayed in the cottage with them. Six days later, it was time to go home. Back to England!. Fiona
took Hilda to a dog rescue centre. Sadly, they had no place for Hilda. But, they offered to help!
They transported Hilda to England, to Fiona and Matthew’s house. Fiona and Matthew paid the
dog rescue people a fee. The fee was £500.
Now, Hilda lives with Matthew and Fiona! She sleeps on the bed and eats Pedigree Chum and
nice dog biscuits. Matthew takes her for a long walk every day and she sits on Fiona’s knee in
the evenings. Matthew and Fiona love Hilda and Hilda loves them.

Are these sentences TRUE or FALSE? Correct the FALSE ones:

1. Two years ago, Matthew and Fiona went on holiday to Greece (FALSE)
2. They stayed in a big hotel (FALSE)
3. One day, Matthew went for a walk (TRUE)
4. On his walk, Matthew found a mountain goat (FALSE)
5. The stray dog wagged its tail (TRUE)
6. The dog went back to its owners (FALSE)
7. Fiona liked the dog and she gave it something to eat (TRUE)
8. The dog didn’t eat the food (FALSE)
9. It sat outside their front door (TRUE)
10. At 9.30, it started raining and so Fiona let the dog indoors (FALSE)
11. When the dog came indoors, it sat beside Fiona on the sofa (TRUE)
12. They called the dog Hilda (TRUE)
13. Hilda stayed outside in the garden (FALSE)
14. Matthew and Fiona took Hilda to a dog rescue centre (TRUE)
15. The rescue centre had a place for Hilda (FALSE)
16. They transported Hilda to Spain (FALSE)
17. Matthew and Fiona paid a fee of £200 (FALSE)
18. Now, Hilda lives with Matthew and Fiona (TRUE)
19. They treat the dog very well (TRUE)
20. They love their dog (TRUE)

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Find the past simple of these verbs in the text. Write them in the brackets.

1. Find ( Found )
2. Transport ( Transported)
3. Pay ( Paid )
4. Take ( Took )
5. Go ( Went )
6. Sit ( Sat )
7. Stay ( Stayed )
8. Wag ( Waged )
9. Give ( Gave )
10. Offer ( Offerd )
11. Follow ( Followed )
12. Have ( Had )
13. Eat ( Ate )
14. Like ( Liked )

Watch the video and complete the sentences:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmCCvSCRlQ0

1. First, Betty Checked her emails

2. Then, she Phoned her friend Allison
3. She Wanted to go for a walk in the park
4. She Waited at the bus stop for 1 hour
5. Then, she Decided to walk, so she Walked and Walked
6. Suddenly it started to rain and it Rained for 1 hour!
7. The rain Stopped after she went home
8. Did Betty enjoy her walk in the park? She Doesnt

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A. Put the verbs in the correct column!

paint listen watch send clean see

go write play be study

break do smile visit eat have like

Regular verbs Irregular verbs

paint - painted eat - ate

listen - listened go - went

watch - watched send - sent

clean - cleaned see - saw

play - played write - wrote

study - stadied be - was

smile - smiled break - broke

visit - visited do - did

like - liked have - had

B. Complete the sentences with past form of the verbs in A

1. (+) Yesterday I played football in the park

2. (+) My mother wrote a book last year. It’s very interesting
3. (-) Peter didn’t liked this colour when he was younger
4. (?) Do you write a letter to your grandma?
5. (-) We didn’t watched TV last weekend
6. (+) I had a pet rabbit when I was a child
7. (?) Did she clean her room? It was very dirty yesterday!
8. (+) Sarah ate two sandwiches yesterday
9. (-) The children didn’t break the window - it was a the dog
10. (+) I studied for the test last night. I’m not nervous

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