Past Simple Practice

Write the past simple form of the verbs b) Now complete the sentences with
b e low. The n put them Into the correct
category In the table.
1 paint - d 8 ...............
finish -
2 watch - .............. 9 cook - ................
3 open - ............... 10 need - ................
4 arrive - ............... drop - ................
5 "
dance - .............. 12 laugh - ...............
6 visit - ................. 13 play - .. ...............
7 climb - ............... 14 race - .. .............. .
mle J wakhed opened
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a) Complete the tables with the past
simple of the following verbs.
verbs from Ex . la In the post simple.
1 in the sea every day last summer.
2 Sarah ................................... dinner for her
family last Sunday.
:3 Mark's room was a mess, so he .................. ..
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it last night.
NeU usually takes the bus to school, but she
.............................. .... there yesterday.
S Sue .................................. to her best friend
on the phone an hour ago.
6 David .................................. a picture of his
house at school today.
7 The girls ................................ their bicycles
around the park yesterday morning .
S His parents .............................. to Rome last
Friday even ing. The flight lasted one hour.
9 Alex ............................. his homework and
.. .......................... for a walk .
10 I ............................... a very good comedy
at the cinema.
11 lane ...................... at the party at 8 o'clock.
12 Mary ............................... a funny costume
at yesterday's street parade.

• swim • dance • ride • fly • cook

• draw • do • wa lk • see • wear
4 Write what you did ...

• arrive • tidy • celebrate • leave • yesterday afternoon • three days ago

• come • break • talk • lie • go • last week • last year • in 2007
• last summer

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 Look at what Sandra did/ didn 't do last b) Write questions about Amelia
Sunday and make sentences. Earhart. The n write short answers.

• get up early X 1 Amelia Earhart/buy/ her own plane/in 1921?

• eat breakfast ./ rr, t ly 921
• go to school X she
• do her homework ./ 2 she/cross/the Atlantic/in 1932?
• meet her friends ./
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• check her emails X
3 she/decide/to/fly/around the world?
last Sunday ...
1 JT'/dra didn't gl t .Jp e;r/y. ..................•...............................................
2 ................................................................. . 4 she/set off/in March 1937?
3 .................................................................. .. ................................................................
4 .................................................................•
S 5 she/reach/her destination?
6 .............................................................. . ................................................................. .

a) Put the verbs In brackets Into the 6 rescue teams/find/her?

past simple. ........•.........................................................

Put the verbs Into the past simple. Then

match the questions to the answers.

IJIIl What film did you wotch (you/wat ch)

-..,.lIa Earhart. Ihe legendary woman pllol, 1) (be) yesterday evening?
tn Kansas. USA in 1897. After her fltst plane [ID Whaltime .......................................... ..
~ in 1920 she 2) .. . (lake) flYing .................. (yo u/go) to bed last night?
ssoos and Ihen In 1921 she 3) [I[J Whallime .......................................... ..
~ her own plane. Her big momenl 4) .............. (you/ wake up) this morning?
wne) in 1932 when she was the first woman pilot to [!D What ....................................................
:::ss the AtlantiC Ocean In a single flight But Amelia (you/ eat) for breakfast?
(noVstop) Ihere Next. she [ID Who ................................................... ..
(decide) 10 fly around Ihe world I
(yo u/ meet) this afternoon?
"'7) (set) off In March t 937 bul
~ Where ................................................. .
>er 8) .. . (reach) her destination. Her
(you/go) la si weekend?
. ane myslenously 9) (disappear)
~ the Pacific Ocean. Rescue teams 10)
>peod) weeks searching bul 11) a 8:00 am. d To the cinema.
od) nothing. Wha1 12) . .. (happen) b fred. e At midnight.
-melia on her last flight? Nobody knows for sure. c Spiderman 3. f An egg on toast.

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 Put the verbs In brackets into the post 10 Put the verbs In brackets into the past
simple. simple.

1 A: What did you ( J( (you/ cook) for dinner? A: Wha t 1) did YOv do (you/ do) last summer?
B: I mode (make) a pizza. B: I 2) .................... (go) to an island and I
2 A: (yo u/see) 3) .................... (work) in a restaurant.
any films last weekend? A: What kind of work 4) .............................. ..
B: No, but I ................................ (read) a (you/do)?
nice book. B: I 5) ...................... (be) a wa iter.
A: 6) ........................ .... ..... ......... (you / work)
3 A: (they/ go)
long hours?
to the gym last night?
B: Yes, but I 7) .... .. ............ (sleep) a lot, too.
B: No, they ............................... ... .. (stay)
I also 8) .................... (save) so me money.
at home and
A: How long 9) ............................ (you/ stay)
(surf) the Net.
there?
4 A: B: 1 10) .......................... (a rrive) in June and
(Matt/meet) his cousin yesterday? 11 ) ............. (leave) in August. I 12) ........ .
B: Yes, they .................................. (go) to (be) there for two months.
the footba ll match together. A: 13) ..................... (you/ have) a nice time?
5 A: How ............................ (be) the party? B: Yes, 114) .................... (en joy) it a lot!
B: Fantastic! Everyone .............................. .
(da nce) to the music and ................... . Speaking
(si ng) along to their favourite songs.
6 A: When ....................... .......... ..... ... ....... .. .
11 a)as InIn the
pairs, ask and answer questions,
example. Use the phrases
(you/fly) to the Bahamas? below and your own Ideas.
B: Last summer. We ................................. .
• eat breakfast this morning
(have) a wonde rful t im e!
• do your homework la st night
• hang out with friends la st weekend
Put the words In the correct order to
9 make sentences.
• go swimming la st Friday
• buy new clothes la st week
1 didn't/to/ Emma/ go/school/ today
A. Did y:w .at t. eakfast rnis morning?
Emma ~idn' fJ0')j t.Jaoy.
B: Yi -I NI I Jidn ete
2 james/ did/ dishes/ the/wash/yesterday?
b) Now tell the clan what your
3 play/last/ the boys/didn't/ night/football partner did/ didn 't do.

Mark ate takfaH 01

4 Caroline/a/pair/wore/of/ boots/red/last Sunday

5 hol iday/Iast/went/we/on/yea r/S pa in/to

Writing
12 Write a short paragraph about things
6 you/the/d id /news/ listen/the/to/rad i%n? you did / didn't do yesterday morning.
Use the Speaking activity to help you.
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