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Grammar Exercises - Simple Past Tense
26.04.2017
Grammar Exercises - Simple
Past Tense.
Do the exercises below on the
simple past tense and click on the button to check your answers.
(Before doing the exercises you may want to read the lesson on the simple past tense)
Put the verbs into the simple
past:
1. Last year I (go) to England on holiday.
2. It (be) fantastic.
3. I (visit) lots of interesting places. I (be) with two
friends of mine .
4. In the mornings we (walk) in the streets of London.
5. In the evenings we (go) to pubs.
6. The weather (be) strangely fine.
7. It (not / rain) a lot.
8. But we (see) some beautiful rainbows.
9. Where (spend / you) your last holiday?
Write the past forms of the
irregular verbs.
|
Infinitive |
Simple Past | |
|
1. |
meet |
. |
|
2. |
drive |
. |
|
3. |
speak |
. |
|
4. |
put |
. |
|
5. |
write |
. |
|
6. |
sing |
. |
|
7. |
do |
. |
|
8. |
sit |
. |
|
9. |
stand |
. |
|
10. |
run |
. |
Complete the table in simple
past.
|
Affirmative |
Negative |
Interrogative |
|
He wrote a book. |
|
|
|
|
He did not sing |
|
|
|
|
Was she pretty? |
Put the sentences into simple
past.
1. We move to a new house. →
2. They bring a
sandwich. →
3. He doesn't do the homework. →
4. They sell
cars. →
5. Does he visit his friends? →
Write sentences in simple
past.
1. Janet / miss
/ the bus →
2. she / tidy /
her room →
3. Nancy /
watch / not / television→
4. she / read /
a book →
Choose
"Was“ or "Were“:
1. The teacher
was
were
nice.
2. The students
was
were
very clever.
3. But one student
was
were
in trouble.
4. We
was
were
sorry for
him.
5. He
was
were
nice though.
Key answers.
Do the exercises below on the
simple past tense and click on the button to check your answers.
(Before doing the exercises you may want to read the lesson on the simple past
tense)
Put the verbs into the simple
past:
1.
Last year I (go) went to England on holiday.
2.
It (be) was fantastic.
3.
I (visit) visited lots of interesting places. I (be) was with two friends of mine .
4.
In the mornings we
(walk) walked in the streets of London.
5.
In the evenings we (go) went to pubs.
6.
The weather (be) was strangely fine.
7.
It (not / rain) did
not rain a lot.
8.
But we (see) saw some beautiful rainbows.
9.
Where (spend / you) did
you spend your last holiday?
Write the past forms of the
irregular verbs.
|
Infinitive |
Simple Past | |
|
1. |
meet |
met |
|
2. |
drive |
drove |
|
3. |
speak |
spoke |
|
4. |
put |
put |
|
5. |
write |
wrote |
|
6. |
sing |
sang |
|
7. |
do |
did |
|
8. |
sit |
sat |
|
9. |
stand |
stood |
|
10. |
run |
ran |
Complete the table in simple
past.
|
Affirmative |
Negative |
Interrogative |
|
He wrote a book. |
He did not write a book. |
Did he write a book? |
|
He sang. |
He did not sing |
Did he sing? |
|
She was pretty. |
She was not pretty. |
Was she pretty? |
Put the sentences into simple
past.
1.
We move to a new house.
→ We moved to a new house.
2.
They bring a sandwich. → They
brought a sandwich.
3.
He doesn't do the homework.
→ He did not do the homework.
4.
They sell cars. → They
sold cars.
5.
Does he visit his friends?
→ Did he visit his friends?
Write sentences in simple
past.
1.
Janet / the bus / miss →Janet
missed the bus.
2.
she / her room / tidy → She
tidied her room.
3.
Nancy / watch / not /
television → Nancy did not watch television.
4.
she / read / book → She
read a book.
Choose "Was“ or "Were“:
1.
The teacher was nice.
2.
The students were very clever.
3.
But one student was in trouble.
4.
We were sorry for him.
5.
He was nice
though.
The Simple Past
The simple
past tense
This page will present the
simple past tense:
·
its form
·
and its use.
Before you continue the lesson
read the following passage and try to see how the verbs are formed and used.
|
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian musician and composer. He lived from 1756 to 1791. He started composing at the age of five years old and wrote more than 600 pieces of music. Hewas only 35 years old when he died. The verbs "was, lived,started, wrote, died" are in the simple past tense. Notice that:
|
Regular
verbs:
The verbs "lived, started, died" are regular past forms. The rule is the
following:
|
Verb + ed |
Examples:
|
The infinitive |
The simple past |
|
live |
lived |
|
start |
started |
|
die |
died |
|
visit |
visited |
|
play |
played |
|
watch |
watched |
|
phone |
phoned |
|
marry |
married |
For the spelling of the -ed
forms click here.
Irregular
verbs:
The verbs "was, wrote" are irregular past forms. "Was" is the simple past of "to be";
"wrote" is the simple past of "write".
More on the simple past of "to be" here.
There is no rule for these
verbs. You should learn them by heart.
|
The infinitive |
The simple past |
|
be |
was/were |
|
write |
wrote |
|
come |
came |
|
do |
did |
|
meet |
met |
|
speak |
spoke |
As you can see we can not
predict the simple past forms of these verbs. They are irregular. You should
learn them by heart. Here is a list of irregular verbs.
The forms of
the simple past:
The
Affirmative form of the simple past:
|
I, you, he, she, it, we, they |
played. |
|
wrote | |
|
did. |
Examples:
·
I played tennis with my friends
yesterday.
·
I finished lunch and I did my homework.
The
interrogative form of the simple past:
|
Did |
I, you, he, she, it, we, they |
play? |
|
write | ||
|
do? |
Examples:
·
Did you play basketball yesterday?
·
Did you watch television?
·
Did you do the homework?
The negative
form of the simple past:
|
I, you, he, she, it, we, they |
did not/didn't |
play |
|
write | ||
|
do |
·
I didn't like the food in the wedding last
Saturday.
·
I didn't eat it.
The use of
the simple past
The simple past is used
principally to describe events in the past, but it also has some other uses.
Here are the main uses of the simple past.
Finished
events in the past
·
William Shakespeare wrote Hamlet.
·
Christoph Columbus discovered America in 1492.
·
He kissed her and left.
Past habitual action
·
I visited them every day for a year.
·
I drove to work every day when I
worked with that company.
Events that
were true for some time in the past
·
He lived in Paris for 20 years.
·
They talked on the phone for ten minutes.
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