Exercises

Exercise 1. Give the past form of the verbs as in the example.

to paint – painted

to get - got

a) to paint, to skate, to dress, to translate, to listen, to pass, to wash, to work, to ask, to answer, to hurry, to walk, to add, to enjoy, to learn, to start, to invite, to cook, to help, to watch, to turn on, to switch off, to wish, to look, to hope, to hate, to desire, to enter, to study, to remove;

b) to get, to see, o find, to forget, to put, to give, to keep, to make, to read, to meet, to be, to break, to spend, to write, to speak, to take, to teach, to think, to buy, to leave, to show, to build, to know, to hear;

Exercise 2. Give the correct form of the verbs in the Past Simple.

0) We always listen to the latest news. (last night) – Last night we listened to the latest news.

1) I often buy new records. (yesterday)

2) Father takes my younger brother for a walk every Sunday. (last Sunday)

3) She often gets presents from her parents. (two days ago)

4) Ann wakes up late on Sunday. (last Sunday)

5) In summer he usually rests at his grandparents. (two years ago)

6) They always translate such texts in writing. (the day before yesterday)

Exercise 3. Make sentences negative.

0) I visited my friends in Scotland. – I didn’t visit my friends in Scotland.

1) I learned French at school.

2) He got a new job.

3) We moved to a new flat last month.

4) She needed money.

5) We liked this new car.

6) The conference finished at 5.

Exercise 4. Put in was, were or wasn’t, weren’t.

0) We weren’t happy with the hotel. Our room …was… very small and it …wasn’t… very clean.

1) George … at work last week because he … ill. He’s better now.

2) Yesterday … a public holiday so the shops … closed. They’re open today.

3) “… Sue and Bill at the party?” “Sue … there but Bill … .”

4) “Where are my keys?” “I don’t know. They … on the table but they’re not there now.”

5) You … at home last night. Where … you?

Exercise 5. Make up the sentences in the Past Simple from the given words. Use the words: yesterday, 3 days ago, last week, etc.

0) Mike/listen to the radio. - Mike listened to the radio yesterday.

1) Sam/watch TV.

2) Pam and Ben/ meet their friends.

3) Jane/ feed the dog.

4) My sister/go shopping.

5) The children/ drink milk/ for breakfast .

6) Marc/ talk on the phone.

Exercise 6. Ask questions in the Past Simple.

0) It rained heavily yesterday. - When did it rain heavily?

1) Ann spent her winter vocations in Kiev. - Where …?

2) We had supper at 8 o'clock yesterday. - What time … at?

3) Helen drunk two cups of coffee for breakfast. - How much …?

4) Andrew wrote three letters last night. - How many …?

5) My sister read an interesting book last week. - What …?

6) Nick used Kate's dictionary in class. - Whose …?

Exercise 7. Give the correct form of the verbs in the Past Simple.

Bryan Adams comes from Canada. He 0) …left… (leave) school at sixteen and 1) ………………….. (work) as a gardener. He 2) ………………….. (start) his career as a singer at the age of eighteen. He 3) ………………….. (work) hard then. He only 4) ………………….. (become) famous in 1987 when he 5) ………………….. (make) his first album which he 6) ………………….. (call) “Reckless”. After “Reckless” no one 7) ………………….. (hear) about him for a while, until 1991 when he 8) ………………….. (sing) “Everything I Do, I Do It for You” which 9) ………………….. (be) a great success. After that he 10) ………………….. (go) on a world tour. Today, Bryan Adams is back in Canada enjoying his success.

Exercise 8. Complete the sentences with the verb in the negative.

0) I saw Barbara but I ………..I didn’t see… Jane.

1) They worked on Monday but they …... on Tuesday.

2) We went to the post office but we … to the bank.

3) She had a pen but she …….. any paper.

4) Jack did French at school but he … German.

Exercise 9. Write questions with Did…?

0) I watched TV last night. And you? …..Did you watch TV last night? ..

1) I enjoyed the party. And you?

2) I had a good holiday. And you?

3) I finished work early. And you?

4) I slept well last night. And you?

5) I traveled a lot around the world. And you?

Exercise 10. Tell the story of your grandfather’s friend, use expressions given below.

To be born in 1923, to go to school at the age of 7, to study well, to finish school successfully, the war to begin, to go to the front, to study at the Law Institute after the war, to graduate from the Institute in 1950, to begin working as a judge of a district peoples court, to marry in 1952, to bring up two children, to be pensioned off at 60, to devote much time to reading fiction, to help his wife about the house, to do some shopping, to work in the garden, to take his grandchildren for a walk, to enjoy life.