Simple Past - English grammar exercises

Name: …………………................. Class: …………… date: ……………................

1. Fill in the Simple Past.

Example: John married Emily last year. (to marry)

1. She ___________________ her suitcase to the bus. (to carry)

2. They __________________ in the park to play football. (to stop)

3. The children _________________________ to the playground. (to hurry)

4. John _______________________ to win a medal. (to try)

5. Peter ______________________ his trip to France. (to plan)

6. The thieves ________________________ the old lady. (to rob)

7. Grandma _______________________ the cup. (to drop)

8. The family _________________________ to Spain. (to travel)

9. The baby _________________________ because he was hungry. (to cry)

10. She ______________________ a bag. (to carry)

11. The pupil _________________________ to find the answer. (to try)

12. Sarah ________________________ enjoyed the new film. (to enjoy)

13. The team _______________________ yesterday in London. (to play)

14. My uncle __________________ stayed in America. (to stay)

15. The car _______________________ in front of the traffic lights. (to stop)

E - Negate the sentences.

1) It rained yesterday. ___________________________

2) We climbed to the tree house. ___________________________
3) The parents were in the restaurant. ___________________________
4) Andrew invited his friends. ___________________________
5) Lee painted a picture. ___________________________
6) Phil talked to his parrot. ___________________________
7) My brother cooked a lot food. ___________________________
8) The boys swapped comics. ___________________________
9) They lived in that old house. ___________________________
10) She was late this morning. ___________________________
3. Copy and complete these sentences with the “past simple” of the verbs in brackets.
I (listen) …........................... to the radio this morning.

My sister (pass) …........................... her exam.

My mother (study)........................... biology at university.
I (watch) …............................ TV last night.
We (play) ….............................. football yesterday.
Simona (stop) …...................... for petrol on the way here.

4.Now, write the sentences in the “interrogative form”

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5. Write these sentences into Present simple, present continuous and past simple.

My mother (WATCH) tv (now-everyday-yesterday)

They (NOT/SPEAK) English very well.(today-sometimes-last year)

What (He/EAT) for lunch? ( 3 days ago- on Mondays- at the moment)