PAST SIMPLE TENSE

w as liked w as
1) When he (be) a boy he (like) his job, it (be) fun.

lived
2) They (live) in a small flat 10 years ago.

studied
3) She (study) history last year.

ate
4) I (eat) breakfast at 6.00 am this morning.

cycled
5) I (cycle) home from work.

w ent
6) We (go) to the cinema last night.

w ere did
7) They (be) very good students, they always (do) their homework.

w as w alked drove
8) When he (be) the boss he never (walk) to work, he always (drive).

began taught
9) When I (begin) teaching I (teach) for a language school.

spoke
10) When they started this course the students only (speak) a little English.

Test
Write the past forms of the irregular verbs.

w ent

1. go →
came

2. come →
bought

3. buy →
had

4. have →
 did

5. do →

Complete the table in simple past.

positive negative question

Jane was tired. Jane w as not Was Jane tired

Sean w orked. Sean did not work. Did Sean w ork

I had a cat. I did not have Did I have a cat?

Mary sang. Mary did not sing. Did mary song

She saw us. She did not se Did she see us?

Put the sentences into simple past.

We opened th

1. We open the door. →

You w rote po

2. You write poems. →

Richard played

3. Richard plays in the garden. →

Kerry did not s

4. Kerry does not speak English. →

Did you see th

5. Do you see the bird? →

Write sentences in simple past.

1. you / cards / play

2. I / a car / want

3. we / the game / lose

4. not / I / early / get up

 5. not / Jeff and Linda / home / cycle

„Was“ or „Were“?

1. I was hungry.
2. You were in Australia last year.
3. She was not there.
4. Charly Chaplin was a famous actor.
5. Lisa and James were at home.

Ask for the bold part of the sentence.

What did Billy

1. Billy ate an apple.

Where did the

2. The children played in the garden.

When did Laur

3. Laura came home at six o'clock.

Who read a bo

4. The boy read a book.

How manu lett

5. The girl wrote five letters.

Circle the correct verb in the PAST SIMPLE TENSE.

1) Last year I ______________ in Paris.

                        a) were

                        b) am

                        c) was

2) Two days ago he ____________ a new car.

                        a) see

                        b) saw

                        c) seen
3) _______________   you homework yesterday?

                        a) Did you do

                        b) Did you does

                        c) Did you done

4) I _________________ all her questions yesterday.

                        a) don’t answer

                        b) didn’t answered

                        c) didn’t answer

5) All my friends _____________ after seeing my movie.

                  a) cryed

                  b) cried

                  c) cry                                                                                                             

Rewrite the text from PRESENT SIMPLE into the SIMPLE PAST TENSE.

John lives in a small house. He isn’t very tall. He works in a restaurant. He cooks there. He
doesn’t have lots of friends at work, but he has them at his acting class. He goes to the acting
classes because he wants to be a famous actor. After the class he meets his girlfriend. She is very
nice and smart.

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Infinitive Past Meaning

buy  Bought  
do  Did  
run  Ran  
take  Took  
 come  Came  

1) Last year I ______________ an old friend from Japan.

                        a) meet

                        b) meeted

                        c) met

2) Two days ago he ____________ a new car.

                        a) buyed

                        b) bought

                        c) buys

3) _______________ my book yesterday?

                        a) Did you took

                        b) Did you take

                        c) Did you taken

4) I _________________ my grandparents last month.

                        a) don’t visit

                        b) didn’t visited

                        c) didn’t visit

5) My friends _____________ very tired last night after the part.

                        a) was

                        b) were

                        c) been
 

6) Last night we ______________ a spider in our room.

                        a) see

                        c) seen

                        d) saw

7) They _________________ by the road to see a beautiful house.

                        a) stoped

                        b) stop

                        c) stopped

8) I _______________ not to look so sad yesterday.

                        a) tryed

                        b) tried

                        c) tryd

Rewrite the text from PRESENT SIMPLE into the SIMPLE PAST TENSE.

Mary lives in a big house. She is very tall and pretty. She works in a bank. She travels from
Oxford to London every day. She doesn’t have breakfast in the morning. She takes the bus to
work and she buys a ticket on the bus. After work she goes home. Then she reads for the rest of
the afternoon. Does she like her daily routine?

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Infinitive Past Meaning

come  Came  
 get  Got  
catch  Caught  
give  Gave  
eat  Ate  
write  Wrote