Past simple

1. Open the brackets.

Fred and Helen ___________ (to stay) at a hotel last June. Bat ____________ (to water) the flowers an hour ago. We ____________ (to travel) by sea last summer.She __________ (to try) on a white dress at the shop yesterday. They ___________ (to watch) squirrels in the park last Sunday. We _____________ (to arrive) in Moscow yesterday evening.Colin ______________ (to celebrate) his birthday last Monday. Her younger sister ____________ (to collect) stamps last year. He _____________( to answer) my questions a minute ago. My mother ___________ (to cook) a cabbage soup for dinner yesterday.Dave ______________ (to act) on the stage yesterday evening.We ____________ (to discuss) this problem last Tuesday.The secretary ____________ (to type) a letter twenty minutes ago.Tim _____________ (to translate) a very difficult text from French into English two days ago.They _____________ (to visit) their friends last Friday.He ____________ (to look) through all magazines yesterday.His elder sister ____________ (to lock) the door with a key yesterday evening.They _____________ (to dance) in the disco club last Saturday.I __________ (to help) my friend with Maths last week.

2. Open the brackets.

Their family _________ (to go) to the seaside a month ago.Margaret ____________ (to do) the shopping yesterday evening.I ___________ (to give) my book to Helen a day before yesterday.Mother ___________ (to buy) black shoes three days ago.Carol ___________ (to catch) a cat yesterday morning.She ___________ (to make) coffee in the kitchen five minutes ago.I ________ (to meet) my elder brother at the bus-stop an hour ago.Jack __________ (to sit) on a bench under a tree a minute ago.We ____________ (toget) to the village by train last month.He __________ (to drive) Liz to work yesterday evening.We ___________ (to sleep) with the window open last night.I ________ (to leave) home for school twenty minutes ago.Jane __________ (to tell) funny stories last Friday. Sue ___________ (to learn) by heart a difficult text yesterday. They __________ (to have) two cups of coffee five minutes ago.His uncle ___________ (to come) home at one o’clock yesterday.They __________ (to drink) coffee for lunch yesterday.I ___________ (to do) my homework the day before yesterday.

3. Write the sentences in the negative (ex. 1).

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4. Write the sentences in the negative (ex. 2).

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5. First read the text, then answer the questions.

Liz and Alice

Liz was eleven. Alice was ten. They were good friends. The girls lived in Paris. They went to school. Liz and Alice were good pupils. Liz played the piano. Alice went in for swimming. After school they usually went for a walk to the park. There the girls played with a ball and ate ice-cream. Sometimes they watched the ducks and fed them. In the evening they always did their homework and read interesting books. But last month Liz left for London and Alice left for New York.

How old ________ Liz? (to be) _____________________________________________________

How old ________ Alice? (to be) ___________________________________________________

_______ they good friends? (to be) __________________________________________________

Where ______ the girls ________? (to live) ___________________________________________

______ they ____ to school? (to go) _________________________________________________

Who _________ the piano? (to play) _________________________________________________

Who _________ in for swimming? (to go) _____________________________________________

Where ____ they usually ___ for a walk? (to go) ________________________________________

What ____ Liz and Alice ____ in the park? (to do) _____________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

What ____ they always ___ in the evening? (to do) ______________________________________

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Where ____ the girls ____ last month? (to go) _________________________________________

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6. Make up sentences from the words

didn’t, to the bank, Dave, go, the other day. _____________________________________________

five minutes, he, came in, ago. _______________________________________________________

yesterday, my cat, I, looked for. ______________________________________________________

yesterday, Sally, her friend, phoned, four times. _________________________________________

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three times, took, she, for a walk, her dog, yesterday. _____________________________________

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didn’t, Jim and George, the tram, yesterday, catch, morning. _______________________________

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last summer, lived, we, in a little house. ________________________________________________

7. Make up sentences from the words

at a hotel, Mike, did, last summer, stay? _______________________________________________

you, understand, didn’t, the exercise, yesterday? ________________________________________

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did, buy, Alice, where, red, a dress? __________________________________________________

didn’t, play, why, yesterday, you, the piano? ___________________________________________

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went, yesterday, who, to the market, afternoon? ________________________________________

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His brother, why, take, yesterday evening, didn’t, his dog, for a walk? ______________________

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8. Fill in the blanks with “who”, “what”, “where”, “why”, “when”, “with whom”

__________ didn’t they discuss the problem all together yesterday? __________ did your Granny cook for dinner yesterday? ____________ did the children go to the park last Sunday? ____________ didn’t he come home at 7 o’clock yesterday evening? ____________ played basketball at the stadium last Saturday? ____________ didn’t she go to work last week? ___________ did they spend their last week? ___________ did you learn French Last year?