1.

Write these verbs in the past simple:

- Love: loved
- Come: came
- Visit: visited
- Cry: cry
- Enjoy: enjoyed
- Make: made
- Give: gave
- Write: WRITTEN
- Fly: flew
- Travel: TRAVELLED
- Regret: REGRETTED
- Swim: swam
- Drive: DRIVEN
- Happen: happened
- Plan: PLANNED
- Run: RAN
- Play: played
- Work: worked
- Catch: caught
- Decide: decided

2. Write these sentences in the negative and interrogative form:

1. She made her bed yesterday.

- She didnt make her bed yesterday.

Did she make her bed yesterday?

2. They had dinner at 9 oclock.

They werent have dinner at 9 oclock. THEY DIDNT HAVE DINNER AT 9
OCLOCK.

were they have dinner at 9 oclock? DID THEY HAVE DINNER AT 9 OCLOCK?

3. We did exercise last weekend.

- We didnt do exercise last weekend.

Did we do exercise last weekend?

4. She had a pet when she was 8

- She didnt have a pet when she was 8.

Did she have a pet when she was 8?

 5. They went shopping once a week.
- They werent shopping once a week.

were they shopping once a week? DID THEY GO SHOPPING ONE A WEEK?

6. I liked playing the guitar.

- I didnt like playing the guitar.

Did you like playing the guitar?

7. You got up early two days ago.

- You werent got up early two days ago. YOU DIDNT GET UP EARLY TWO DAYS
AGO?

were you got up early two days ago? DID YOU GET UP EARLY TWO DAYS AGO?

3. Ask questions for the underlined words:

1. She gave me a present.

What did she give you?

2. I had two cars when I worked for Audi.

How many cars DID YOU had you HAVE when you worked for audi?

3. She used to live in Liverpool.

Where did she used USE to live?

4. He was born on 3rd May 1995

When was he born?

5. They hardly ever went to the theatre.

HOW OFTEN DID THEY GO TO THE CINEMA?

6. Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.

Who did Paint PAINTED the Mona Lisa?

7. They were playing the guitar at 9 yesterday.

What were they doing at 9 yesterday?

8. Mark worked in a bank for 20 years.

How much was mark work in a bank? HOW MANY YEARS DID MARK WORK IN A
BANK?

9. We paid $10 for these shoes.

 How much were DID we pay for these shoes?

10. I was going home when I ran into him.

Where were you going?

4. Write the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple

A) Lesley 1) ...bought... (buy) her house two months ago. It is a beautiful cottage in the
countryside. However, when Lesley 2) ........decided................... (decide) to buy it, it 3)
.......needed.............. (need) a lot of work. First, she 4) ...........decorated......................
(decorate) all the rooms. Then, she 5) ........planted.......................... (plant) lots of flowers in
the garden. After that, she 6) ........made................. (make) new curtains for all the windows.
When it was ready she 7) ..........moved....................... (move) in. That was last week. Now,
Lesley is very happy

B) Claude Monet 1) .....was............. (be) a famous artist. He 2) ........painted.................. (paint)

lots of beautiful pictures in his lifetime. He often 3) ....took....................... (take) his paints and
a canvas into the countryside. He 4) .......loved..................... (love) to paint trees and rivers
during the different seasons of the year. Monet 5) .....created........................... (create) a new
kind of art called Impressionism. He 6) ...........died........................ (die) in 1926, but many
people still visit museums and galleries to look at his pictures

5. Write the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or Past Continuous

A) Steve 1) ...had... (have) an accident yesterday. He 2) .....drove........WAS DRIVING...........

(drive) his car when a bird 3) .........flew......................... (fly) into the windscreen. He 4)
.........tried.................. (try) to stop quickly but he 5) ............crashed......................... (crash)
into a wall. Luckily, he 6) ........didnt be...WASNT...................... (not/be) hurt.

B) Last week. I 1) ......went.......................... (go) to a talk by a famous writer. He 2) .......was

talking............. (talk) about his new book when I 3) .........arrived....................... (arrive). It
4) .....was........................ (be) so interesting that I 5) ........was...................... (be)
disappointed when it 6) ...........ending.....ENDED................. (end).

C) Julie 1) ......was tidying..........TIDIED............... (tidy) her bedroom last weekend. While

she 2) ......tidied......WAS TIDYING........ (tidy) it she 3) ........found........................... (find)
some of the toys she 4) .............had......................... (have) when she was a child. She 5)
.........wasnt want....DIDNT WANT.................. (not/want) to throw them away, so she 6)
........put........................... (put) them in a box and 7) ........stored..................... (store) them
in the attic.

6. Write the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple or Past Continuous

1. We ....were going....USED TO GO... (go) swimming every week when we were young.

2. Simon .........danced.....WAS DANCING............ (dance) when he fell and hurt his leg.
3. Why ..did you laught.........WERE YOU LAUGHING.......................... (you/laugh) all through
your history lesson yesterday?

4. I ......was drinking......USED TO DRINK.......................... (drink) a glass of milk every day

when I was a child.

5. Todd often ........rode....................... (ride) horses when he was a boy. (TAMBIN: USED
TO RIDE)

6. Bill ......was wrItting........................... (write) a letter when his mother came home.

7. It ......was raining............................. (rain) while I was waiting for the bus.

8. I ......played...USED TO PLAY...................... (play) the guitar when I was young. but I don't
any more.

9. Debbie ......song......................... (sing) in the school choir many years ago. (TAMBIN
USED TO SING)

10. Liz ......was cleaning............................ (clean) the windows when I saw her.