University of Nariño

Language Center
English Exercises on SIMPLE PAST
NAME: DATE:
1. Choose the correct form of the verb in past.

1. Yesterday,I_to the restaurant with a client.

A. go
2. We_around the parking lot for 20 minutes in order to find a parking space.
A. drive
3. When we_at the restaurant, the place was full.
A. arrived B.arrive C. arriving
4. The waitress us if we had reservations.
A.ask B.asks C.asked
5.l "No,my secretary there."
A.say/weren't
6. The waitressus to come back in two hours.
B. telled B. told C. tells
7. My client and I slowly back to the car.
A. walked B.walks C.walk
8. Then we_a small grocery store.
A.see

9.We_in the grocery store and_some sandwiches.

A. stop/bought B.stoped/boughtC. stopped/bought
10. Thatbetter than waiting for two hours.
A. is B.were C.was

II. Circle the mistakes in the following sentences

1. Last night, Samantha have pizza for super.
2. My father arrives late this morning.
3. Yesterday, I spend two hours cleaning my living room.
4. This morning before coming to class, Jack eats two bowls of cereal.
5. What was happened to your leg?

LANGUAGE CENTER-UNIVERSITY OF NARIÑO