1) Write the past simple of the following verbs.

1 watch – watched 2 clean …………………..

3 return………………………… 4 stop..............................

5 stay ..................................... 6 walk …………………………..

7 shop…………………………. 8 look……………………………..

9 tidy........ …………………… 10 smile ………………………..

11 cry ………………………… 12 water…………………………

13 call.............................. 14 stay……………….
2) Write these sentences in past simple.

1) Simon is at home...Simon was at home

2) Rick plays the guitar..........................
3) Margaret reads the newspaper..........................
4) Marcos and Helen have sandwiches for lunch........
5) He plays tennis..
6) Tommy and I go to the cinema...
7) I watch TV with Sally.......

3) Write the sentences in Exercise 2 in negative form and question form.

1. Simon wasn’t at home –Was Simon at home?

4) Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of the past simple.

1 My grandfather_________ (teach) me how to paint.

2 Where you __________(grow up)?

3 We_________ (meet) in Ireland last year.

4 At first we_________ (not get on) very well.

5 I__________ (leave) college and ________ (get) a job in an office.

6 I________ (live) in the USA, so we_______ (not see) each other for six months.

7________ you_________ (enjoy) the concert last night?

8 They __________(not have) children.

9 My sister _________(finish) her degree last year.

10 She____________ (study) Russian.