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Past Simple Tense Exercises

1) Complete the sentences with the PAST SIMPLE of the verbs :

a) They _________________ (watch) TV last night.

b) Priscila _________________ (talk) to her friends all day.

c) I ________________ (have) a terrible headache yesterday.

d) Bob __________________ (come) home from school late.

e) They__________________ (arrive) late and ________________ (miss) the bus.

f) She _________________ (study) hard and ________________(pass) the exam.

g) He _________________ (call) the office to tell them he was sick.

h) I ________________ (speak) to the director as he was leaving the room.

i) Dr. Johnson _________________ (get up) early this morning.

j) Mary ________________ (do) her homework and ________________ (go) to school.

k) Chris _________________ (find) a ten-dollar bill.

l) The dog ___________________ (follow) us down the road.

m) Those students __________________ (work) hard last semester.

n) Moshe _____________ (stop) at the corner and _______________ (call) us.

o) I ________________ (try) to talk to Helen last night.

p) I ________________ (pay) the phone bill yesterday.

q) My dad _________________ (catch) a cold when he ________________ (be) in Canada.

r) She __________________ (leave) home early yesterday.

s) They _________________ (know) each other very well when they ___________ (be) kids.

t) The teacher __________________ (bring) the exams corrected.

u) She was cleaning the vase when she _________________ (drop) it.

v) We ________________ (jog) in the park yesterday.

w) The fire _________________ (occur) while we ________________ (be) out.

x) I _______________ (meet) some nice people at the party last weekend.

y) Carol __________________ (sleep) until late on the weekend. Then, she_______ (go) out to lunch.

z) We ___________________ (fly) to the USA on a great airplane.

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2) Write questions or negatives sentences:

a) She visited her parents last weekend.
Question: .________________________________________________
b) He cleaned his room before school.
Question: .________________________________________________
c) The teacher found the missing exams.
Negative: .________________________________________________
d) Tom wanted to go to the movies alone.
Question:. ________________________________________________
e) Helena offered Henrique a piece of cake.
Negative: . ________________________________________________
f) I knew what to do.
Negative: . ________________________________________________
g) Alexandre helped Anita with her homework.
Question: ________________________________________________ .
h) You ate cookies after dinner.
Negative: ________________________________________________.
i) You talked to her earlier.
Question: ________________________________________________ .
j) We turned off the TV after the news.
Negative: ________________________________________________.
k) He drank only a coke at the party.
Question: ________________________________________________ .
l) Mom made breakfast early.
Negative: ________________________________________________.