Exercises
Read the verbs in the Past Simple observing the rule of reading –ed.
packed, translated, watched, clapped, divided, ruled, brushed, cleaned, worked, banned, fixed, decided, finished, worked, cried, shouted, changed, voted, smoked, danced, decided, cooked, completed, managed, enjoyed, listened, waited, baked, rented, dropped, visited, opened, planted, boxed, phoned, played, smiled, watered, prepaired, combed, explained, provided, talked, stayed, started, fried, washed, peeled
2. Open the brackets and put the verbs into the Past Simple.
A
.
1. Mr
Smith (to fix) his car on Saturday morning. 2.
His
wife (to water) the plants in the garden. 3. After lunch they
(to clean) the yard and then they (to watch) TV.
4. Their son Alex (to listen) to
loud music and (to play) computer games. 5. Their little daughter
Lucy (to
cry) a little and then (to smile). 6.
In the afternoon Mrs Smith (to work) in the kitchen.
7. She (to bake) a delicious apple pie. 8. She (to cook)
a good dinner. 9. After dinner she (to wash) the dishes. 11.
Her
husband
(to smoke) a cigarette and (to phone) their friends. 12. Then
he (to
talk) to his wife. 13. She
(to change) her clothes and (to comb) her hair.
14. They
(to wait) for a taxi. 16. The taxi (to arrive) at 8
pm. 17. They (to visit) their friends. 18. They (to
dance) a lot there. 18. Mr and Mrs Smith (to enjoy) themselves very
much.
B
.
1.
It (to rain) all day yesterday. 2. Tim (to stay) at home. 3. He (to
decide) to work at his English. 4. He (to start) doing his English
homework after breakfast. 5. He (to memorize) a long list of
irregular verbs, (to translate) an interesting story from English
into Russian and (to listen) to English grammar chants. 6. He (to
like) the chants very much. 7. Tim (to finish) his homework at 1
o’clock. 8. After lunch he (to play) computer games and (to serf)
the Internet. 9. Then he (to phone) his friend Dennis. 10. They (to
talk) about their studies and their classmates. 11. They (to
exchange) the latest news and (to discuss) some problems. 12. When
they (to finish) their telephone conversation Tim’s Mum (to ask)
him to help her cook dinner. 13. Tim (to peel) some potatoes and his
Mum (to fry) them. 14. She also (to prepare) fresh salmon. 15. Tim
and his parents (to enjoy) their dinner. 16. After dinner Tim and
his Dad (to watch) a football match.
3. Put the words in the right sequence and make the sentences negative.
/the dishes/she/after supper/washed/ .
/started /the train /at 9 pm/ .
/a lot /smoked /at the party /they/ .
/happened/at 3 o’clock in the morning/in the South China sea/the accident/ .
/gathered/in the street/yesterday/a big crowd of people / .
/jogged/last morning/in the park/Peter/ .
/to her sister/when/ Sue/talked/arrived/she/ .
/opened/the new text/they/translated/and/their textbooks/ .
/for a visa/she/to France/and/wanted/applied/to go/ .
/finished/his bicycle/repairing/yesterday/evening/Rob/ .
/accepted/and/I/with pleasure/my friend/the invitation/to the theatre/invited/ .