Past Simple exercises

1. Yesterday I _______ to the cinema to watch a movie. It _______ very good. (go /
be)
2. I _______ my dad on the bus. He _______ a newspaper in his left hand and he
_______ at me with his right hand. (see / have / wave)
3. Last week I _______ to school every day. (walk)
4. I _______ my homework. _______ you _______ your homework? (not do / do)
5. When the police _______ at the scene, the burglar _______ that he _______
innocent. (arrive / say / be)
6. Michael _______ that he _______ the burglar break into his house. (say / see)
7. The manager _______ in a very clear voice. (speak)
8. My mum _______ to my brother for about an hour. (talk)
9. Do you know what _______? (happen)
10. I _______ some cake for Anna’s birthday. (buy)
11. The two men _______ with each other until there _______ a winner. (fight / be)
12. She _______ to the other side of the lake. (swim)
13. He _______ to the office and _______ that it _______ closed. (go / discover / be)
14. When I _______ little, I _______ a favourite toy: a stuffed bear. (be / have)
15. David _______ me if I _______ married, and I _______ that I _______. (ask /
be / reply / not be)
16. She _______ a letter to her sister, where she _______ that she _______ to France.
(write / say / move)
17. “I’m just so happy”, he _______. “I _______ that I would never pass this exam.
And in the end I _______!” (say / think / do)
18. I _______ to run for two hours, but I _______. (try / not manage)
19. “What _______ she _______?” “I don’t know. I _______.” (say / not hear)
20. Yesterday, my dad _______ home a puppy. I _______ so happy, but my mum
_______ a little worried. (bring / be / seem)
21. He _______ at her and _______: “How do you do?” (look / say)
22. They _______ an eagle flying outside their window. It _______ huge! (see / be)
23. The baby _______ for the whole night. I _______ sleep! (cry / can not)
24. They _______ in 1995. Now they have 2 children. (get married)
25. “How old are you?” “I _______ in 1988, so I’m 35 years old.”