Write the questions in the correct order.
to/ you/ come / many / did / ask / how / people / _________________________________________________
did / weekend / your/ the / what / do / parents / at / _______________________________________________
she / DVD / where / did / this/ buy /recorder ____________________________________________________
party / on / your/ sister/ go / Saturday / did / to / _________________________________________________
did / yesterday´s / who / you / see /morning ____________________________________________________
Correct the sentences.
Did he went to school yesterday? X
Why did you to go home early? X
Where you did learn English? X
Did she was work today? X
What do you do yesterday? X
Did they last night phone you? X
Complete the sentences with the past simple.
be – meet – have – go – run – drink – sleep – swim – eat
Yesterday I got up early, at about seven o´clock.
I ________ a shower and some fruit for breakfast.
Then I ________ to the sports centre.
I ________ 500 meters in the swimming pool and then
I ________ 5 kilometers.
At lunchtime I ________ my friends in a café.
We ________ some pasta and ________ some juice.
After lunch I ________ for a few hours, I ________ tired!
Complete with past simple.
1. I opened the door and ___________ (look) inside.
2. Who ___________ (close) all the windows?
3. I ___________ (lose) my watch in the park.
4. I ___________ (carry) my mom´s shopping bag.
5. My new shoes ___________ (not cost) a lot of money.
6. I ___________ (not climb) over the fence.
7. I ___________ (buy) a new camera last week.
8. We ___________ (drive) to a safari park yesterday.
9. The plane ___________ (land) ten minutes ago.
10. I ___________ (put) sugar in my coffee.
11. He ___________ (not hit) the ball over the net.
Complete the following text using the past tense of the verbs in brackets.
Anna's holiday ____________ (be) great last summer. She _______________ (stay) in a college in
England for two weeks. She _______________ (have) classes in the mornings and in the afternoons she
________________ (do) some sports like swimming or tennis. In the evenings she often
__________________ (go) dancing or ________________ (watch) films with her new friends. At
weekends they __________________ (drive) to some interesting places. Once they __________________
(visit) Zoo where they ______________ (see) some beautiful animals. Anna ____________________
(not like) the food in the college but that _____________________ (not be) a problem. She
____________________ (meet) a lot of people and ____________________ (learn) some English. All
the students in her class ________________ (be) sorry to go home. They all _________________
(promise) to come back next summer.
Create the questions.
did / you / last / what / do / night / Saturday? ________________________________ ? I was at home.
university / did / at / your / study / what / brother? __________________________ ? Modern Languages.
about/ you / did / night/ film/ Boston/ see / a / last?
_____________________________ ? Yes, I did.
did / what / have / you / for / yesterday / breakfast? __________________________ ? Milk and cereals.
buy / the / what / you / at / did / shop? _______________________________ ? A pair of jeans.
work / did / you / hours / yesterday/ for/ eight? _____________________ ? No, I didn't. I worked for six hours.
John / did / his / visit/ last / parents / week? _____________________________ ? Yes, he did.
time / did / his/ what / and/ Tom / arrive/ girlfriend? _____________________________ ? At nine o'clock.
you /your/ did / homework / finish / writing/ yesterday? ______________________________ ? Yes, I did.
you / did / what / get up / this / time / morning? ____________________________ ? At seven o'clock.
Complete the exercise with the verbs inside the box.
Buy
Catch
Cost
Drink
Fall
Hurt
Sell
Spend
Teach
Throw
Win
Write
1. Mozart ___________ more than 600 pieces of music.
2. 'How did you learn to drive?' 'My father ___________ me.'
3. We couldn't afford to keep our car, so we ___________ it.
4. I was very thirsty. I ___________ the water very quickly.
5. Paul and I played tennis yesterday. He's much better than me, so he ___________ easily.
6. Dan ___________ down the stairs this morning and ___________ his leg.
7. Jim ___________ the ball to Sue, who ___________ it.
8. Ann ___________ a lot of money yesterday. She ___________a dress. It ___________100.
Fill in the gaps with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.
1. When _______ she _________ (stretnúť) my mother?
2.They ___________ (vidieť) the accident from their terrace.
3.They___________ (rozbiť) the vase! It ___________ (byť) mine!
4.They___________ (potrebovať) two new lamps, so they ___________ (ísť) to the shop in the
corner to buy them.
5.When I___________ (prísť), they ___________ (nie/ byť) at home.
6. ________ you ________ (dostať) my letter from France?
7.They ________ (nie/ hovoriť) the truth because they ______________ (báť sa) of your reaction.
8.She ___________ (ísť von) at six with her new boyfriend.
9.They ___________ (mať) a lot of exams last week and they ___________ time to play computer
games. (nie/ mať)
10. She ___________ (zabudnúť) the password and they ___________ (nie/môcť) open the safe.
12.___________ (byť) you at home last night?
13.We ___________ (vidieť) the cat when we ___________ (prísť) home.
14. ______you ________ (zatvoriť) the window when you ___________ (odísť) the classroom?
15.Ray ___________ (neurobiť) the exam, so he ___________ (nie/byť) very happy.
Give „not“ when possible.
27. It was warm, so I ___________ off my coat. (take)
28. The film wasn't very good. I ___________ it very much. (enjoy)
29. I knew Sarah was very busy, so I___________ her. (disturb)
30. I was very tired, so I ___________ to bed early. (go)
31. The bed was very uncomfortable. I ___________ very well. (sleep)
32. Sue was hungry, so she ___________ everything. (eat)
33. We went to Kate's house but she ___________ at home. (be)
34. It was a funny situation but nobody ___________ . (laugh)
35. The window was open and a bird ___________ into the room. (fly)
36. The hotel wasn't very expensive. It ___________ very much. (cost)
37. I was in a hurry, so I ___________ time to phone you. (have)
38. It was hard work carrying the bags. They ___________ very heavy. (be)
Tick the correct sentences.
1.- She didn’t bought the bread yesterday.
2.- I hadn’t enough money to pay the concert tickets.
3.- Did you know that Sally was my sister?
4.- We heard a noise in the middle of the night.
5.- My parents wasn’t very happy with my exam results.
6.- The teacher told the students to sit down.
7.- They never didn’t receive the money that they needed.
8.- She didn’t ate her breakfast this morning.
Make past simple ‘wh’ questions:
1. (where / you / go to school?) _________________________________________________________________
2. (when / she / arrive?) ________________________________________________________________________
3. (why / he / eat so much?) ____________________________________________________________________
4. (what / they / do yesterday?)__________________________________________________________________
5. (who / you / meet at the party?) _______________________________________________________________
6. (how / she / come to work this morning?) __________________________________________________________
7. (where / I / leave my glasses?) ___________________________________________________________________
8. (when / he / get home last night?) _______________________________________________________________
9. (what / you / do at the weekend?) _______________________________________________________________
10. (why / she / get angry?) ________________________________________________________________________
11. (who / they / talk to earlier?) __________________________________________________________________
12. (what / we / do last Christmas?) _______________________________________________________________
13. (why / it / rain on my birthday?) _______________________________________________________________
14. (how / she / finish so quickly?) __________________________________________________________________
15. (where / he / go after the class last week?) ________________________________________________________
16. (what / I / do last Tuesday?) __________________________________________________________________
17. (when / you / start your job?) _______________________________________________________________
18. (how / she / get here?) _____________________________________________________________________
19. (why / you / arrive so late?) _________________________________________________________________
20. (what / he / do last summer?) _______________________________________________________________