0.

The cave people ___lived___ (live) in

the Palaeolithic Age. (The Palaeolithic
1.
Age ____________ (begin) more than two
2.
million years ago.) They ___________ (like)
living in large groups and they
3.
_____________ (share) the fish or animals
4.
they ______________ (hunt) with their
5.
friends and family. They also __________
(eat) fruit and berries from trees and
other plants.
6.
Cave people ___________ (be) nomads. Complete the text with the verbs in brackets.
7.
They never ______________ (stay) in one Use the Past Simple. Follow the example.
place for a very long time – they
8.
__________ (move) to new places to find
food. Read the text and tick T (true) or F (false).

These people 9.
___________ (learn) how Then correct the false sentences.
10.
to make fire, and they _____________
(start) to cook their food and to keep T F
their caves and shelters warm. They also 1. Cave people lived in small groups.  
11
. _____________ (burn) fires to protect
themselves from wild animals.
2. They always lived in the same place.  
12.
The cave people also _______________ 3. They used fire to cook their food.  
(discover) how to make simple tools from
stones and wood, and they 13.
___________ 4. They made their clothes from plastic material.  
(use) animal skins to make their clothes.
In some parts of the world, we can see
5. Cave paintings show the life of the cave people.  
14.
the pictures they ______________ (paint)
on the walls of their caves. These
pictures tell us how their lives
15.
___________ (be).

Look at the picture below.

Write sentences about what
the people are doing.

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The cave people ___lived___ (live) in
the Palaeolithic Age. (The Palaeolithic
1.
Age ___began___ (begin) more than two
2.
million years ago.) They ___liked___ (like)
living in large groups and they
3.
___shared___ (share) the fish or animals
4.
they ___hunted___ (hunt) with their
5.
friends and family. They also ____ate___
(eat) fruit and berries from trees and
other plants.
6.
Cave people ___were___ (be) nomads.
7.
They never ___stayed__ (stay) in one Complete the text with the verbs in brackets.
place for a very long time – they Use the Past Simple. Follow the example.
8.
__moved__ (move) to new places to find
food.
9. Read the text and tick T (true) or F (false).
These people __learnt__ (learn) how
10. Then correct the false sentences.
to make fire, and they ___started__
(start) to cook their food and to keep
their caves and shelters warm. They also T F
11
. ___burnt___ (burn) fires to protect 1. Cave people lived in small groups.  
themselves from wild animals.
Cave people also 12.
__discovered__
2. They always lived in the same place.  
(discover) how to make simple tools from 3. They used fire to cook their food.  
13.
stones and wood, and they ____used___
(use) animal skins to make their clothes. 4. They made their clothes from plastic material.  
In some parts of the world, we can see
the pictures they 14.
___painted___ (paint)
5. Cave paintings show the life of the cave people.  
on the walls of their caves. These
pictures tell us how their lives
15.
___were___ (be).

Look at the picture below.

Write sentences about what
the people are doing.

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Name:------------------------ Grade Eight( )

Simple Past

A) Highlight all the simple past verbs in this passage:

Meera was a student in grade eight at Umm Ayman School. She was a

hardworking student. She was always the first in her class. All of her classmates

liked her a lot. She was also excellent in sports. She played tennis, basketball

and volleyball. On her birthday party, she invited all her friends to come and

enjoy with her. She bought a beautiful dress and her mother made for her a big

cake decorated with chocolate chips. All of her friends were happy and they had

a great time at the party.

B) Classify the verbs into regular verbs (visited) and irregular verbs (went):

Regular verbs Irregular verbs

C) Put the verbs into the correct form (simple past):

1. Last year, she (spend)-------------------------------her holiday in Qatar.

2. We (see)----------------------beautiful flowers in the garden yesterday.

3. Mariam(play)------------------------with her friends last week.

4. In 2010, my sister(buy)---------------------a beautiful present for me.

5. Three days ago, I (write) ----------------a poem for my teacher.

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Complete the verbs in brackets in Past Simple:

Hello, my name is Roxana. I …………. (join) the Arm

Forces two years ago. My parents …..…… (not like)
my decision but I ………... (want) to be a soldier.

My boyfriend, George, is a soldier too. I …………

(meet) him at the Academy three years ago.

Last year we ………... (be) sent to Afghanistan.

George ……..….. (get) injured and …….…….. (stay) at
hospital for a few weeks. I ……….. (visit) him every
single day.

We wear green uniforms as you can see in the

pictures.

Marilyn ….…….. The pig ……….. The alien ………. Piggy ……… The sailor ……
(bring) some good (play) with the (listen) to the (catch) some (wave) her
books. mud. ipod butterflies. hand.

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WRITE SENTENCES IN PAST SIMPLE TENSE.

1.- The woman ………….. (introduce) herself to him.

2.- Our dog …………….. (bite) the little cat.

3.- Mariam …………. (stay)at her friend’s house for the

night.

4.-Julian ………… (sing) some romantic songs for me.

5.-Alice and Anne ………… (become) good friends.

6.-We ………………. (book) a table for our parents.

7.-Jennifer …………. (receive) many presents for her

birthday.

8.-My mother ………… (serve) good food on Sunday.

9.-Erika ………….. (pack) her suitcases at the hotel.

10.-Lawrence ……………….. ( work) as a journalist.

11.-The kid ……………… (cry) during the night.

12.-Robert …………… (win) the championship.

13.- I ………………. (forgive) his mistakes.

14.- Marcus …………….. (not/answer) the teacher’s question.

15.-His father ……………. (not/come) for lunch.

16.-Laura ……………….. (not/repair) the computer.

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 ENGLISH ACTIVITY

NAME: _______________________ TEACHER______________________

YEAR GBE: _____________________ DATE: _________________________

1. Fill in the blanks with Simple Past Tense in the affirmative form.

1) My uncle visited (visit) us last weekend.

2) She -----------(celebrate) her birthday last week.
3) We ---------- ( study ) hard for the exam.
4) They -------- ( go ) to London on Monday.
5) He ---------------- (buy) a new cellphone.

2. Fill in the blanks with Simple Past Tense in the Negative form.

1) We didn´t live ( not-live ) in Miami.

2) John ---------- (not- watch) tv during the day.
3) The children -----------( not-play) last Sunday.
4) Helen ----------- ( not-do ) the homework yesterday.
5) Megan ---------- ( not- eat ) a hamburger in the afternoon.

3. Unscramble and give short answers to the questions.

1) celebrate /her/ She / birthday /Did /last week/?

Did she celebrate her birthday last week__. Yes, she did.__
2) London/ last week /Did /go /they /to/?
_______________________________. ___________________
3) a new/ he /Did /cellphone/ buy/?
_________________
4) Did John watch tv during the day/?
________________________________. __________________
5) yesterday/ Did/ Helen / do /the homework /?
________________________________ . _________________

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