Past simple: regular and irregular verbs.
Exercises
A. Complete the sentences.
Example: I didnt watch TV last night.
1. On Saturday I ____________ (play) computer games with my cousins.
2. My mum ____________ (not cook) dinner last night.
3. I ____________ (walk) to school because there werent any buses.
4. They ____________ (not dance) at the party.
5. My brother ____________ (travel) to Ireland last summer.
B. Write the past simple of these verbs.
1. copy _________ 3. cycle _________ 5. practice _______ 7. like __________ 9. shout _________
2. revise ________ 4. listen _________ 6. play __________ 8. move _________ 10. start _________
C. Write the questions in the correct order.
Example: night? / meet / Did / you / them / last / Did you meet them last night?
1. film? / like / you / Did / the / _________________________________
2. you / many / did / ask? / How / people / _________________________________
3. a / have / time? / they / Did / good / _________________________________
4. did / weekend? / the / What / do / we / at / _________________________________
5. she / DVD? / Where / that / did / buy / _________________________________
6. party / on / your / go / Saturday? / he / Did / to / _________________________________
7. did / yesterday? / Who / you / see / _________________________________
D. Correct the sentences.
Who do you met on Saturday morning? X Who did you meet on Saturday morning?
1. Did he went to school yesterday? X
2. Why did you to go home early? X
3. Where you did learn English? X
4. Did she works today? X
5. What do you this yesterday? X
6. Did they last night phone you? X
E. Regular (R) or irregular (I) verbs?
play R
1. fly ___________
3. study ___________
2. use ___________
4. eat ___________
5. make ___________
6. travel ___________
F. Write the past simple of the verbs of exercise E.
1. ___________
3. ___________
5. ___________
2. ___________
4. ___________
6. ___________
7. see ___________
7. ___________
G. Complete the sentences with the past simple.
be got up meet have go run drink sleep swim eat
Yesterday I got up early, at about seven oclock.
1. I ________ a shower and some fruit for breakfast.
2. Then I ________ to the sports centre.
3. I ________ 500 meters in the swimming pool and then
4. I ________ 5 kilometers.
5. At lunchtime I ________ my friends in a caf.
6. We ________ some pasta and ________ some juice.
7. After lunch I ________ for a few hours, I ________ tired!
H. Complete with past simple (regular verbs).
1. I opened the door and _______ (look) inside.
2. Who ___________ (close) all the windows?
3. I _________ (carry) my moms shopping bag.
4. I ___________ (not climb) over the fence.
5. I ___________ (rip) my shirt.
6. The plane _________ (land) ten minutes ago.
7. We ___________ (live) in that house when I
was a baby.
8. My brother ___________ (not cry) when he
fell of his bike.
9. We ___________ (walk) to school yesterday.
10. She ___________ (smile) when she saw me.
11. We ___________ (hurry) to the station to
catch the train.
12. She ______ (laugh) when I told her the joke.
13. We ________ (race) each other on our bikes.
14. Dad ___________ (not help) me with my
homework.
15. Helen ___________ (whisper) me a secret.
16. Luis Miguel _______ (hurry) to catch a bus.
17. We ______ (return) our books to the library.
18. She ___________ (not kiss) the frog.
19. The frog __________ (change) into a prince.
20. Two doctors ________ (rush) into the room.
21. I ___________ (not kick) the ball very hard.
22. Who ___________ (invent) the computer?
23. Dinosaurs ________ (live) many years ago.
24. It ___________ (not snow) last night.
25. They ___________ (not work) until twelve
last night.
I. Past simple (irregular verbs).
1. I ___________ (loose) my watch in the park.
2. David ___________ (not hurt) his knee.
3. I kicked the ball and it ___________ (break)
a window.
4. My new shoes ___________ (not cost) a lot
of money.
5. I __________ (get) this book from the library.
6. We had a garage where we ___________
(keep) our car.
7. Ali ___________ (cut) his knee.
8. The glass ___________ (fall) off the table.
9. The glass ___________ (not break).
10. We ___________ (sell) our old car.
11. We ___________ (buy) a new car.
12. The bell ___________ (not ring).
13. We all ___________ (go) into school.
14. The dog ___________ (catch) the ball.
15. The man ___________ (not kneel) down.
16. Our cat ___________ (run) onto the road.
17. Jane ___________ (not write) a letter.
18. I _________ (buy) a new camera last week.
19. We ___________ (drive) to a safari park
yesterday.
20. Yesterday Dad ___________ (not take) me
to the carnival.
21. Elizabeth ________ (give) Eva a chocolate.
22. Jack and Jill _________ (not go) up the hill.
23. Her ring ___________ (cost) ten Euros.
24. I ___________ (put) sugar in my coffee.
25. He _________ (not hit) the ball over the net.
