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PAST SIMPLE TENSE

A.
Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple:
1.
2.

Stephen ____________ (be) a great friend of mine.
He _____________ (become) one of my friends when we ___________ (be) at

3.

school.
Patrick ______________ (begin) playing football when he

4.

____________ (be) eight years old.
He _______________ (break) a leg last year when he

______________ (fall).
5. His mother _________________ (bring) him a present. She _____________ (buy)
him a computer game.
6. He ________________ (can / not) believe it! It ______________ (cost) his mother a

fortune!
7. Linda ________________ (catch) a bus for school last Tuesday, but she
____________ (arrive) late anyway.
8. William and Betty ________________ (go) shopping and _________________ (cut)
some expenses when they __________________ (decide) to go to a low cost
shop.

9. They ___________________ (come) home at 8 o’clock yesterday, but they

___________ (have) dinner two hours later. They __________ (eat) and
____________ (drink) before leaving again for the concert.
10. When I _____________ (swim) in the river last night, I almost _______________
(freeze)!
11. We _____________ (hear) some strange noises when we _____________ (get)
there.
12. Susan _____________ (do) her homework after having tea. She _____________

(know) all the answers and she ___________________ (understand) all the
exercises.


13. Last year I _____________ (go) to Paris on holiday. I ________________ (think) it

__________ (be) the best holiday I’ve ever had! I ______________ (take) some
photos and _______________ (send) them home by e-mail.
B.
Rewrite the following sentences in the negative and interrogative forms:
1. Peter hid his marks from his dad.

Neg:_________________________________________________________________
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Int:___________________________________________________________________
2. Tom drew a beautiful drawing.
Neg:_________________________________________________________________
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Int:___________________________________________________________________
3. Yesterday she dreamt with her cat.

Neg:_________________________________________________________________
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Int:___________________________________________________________________
4. Chris felt sick last morning.
Neg:_________________________________________________________________
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Int:___________________________________________________________________
5. We found your keys two days ago.
Neg:_________________________________________________________________
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Int:___________________________________________________________________
6. She flew to London last weekend.
Neg:_________________________________________________________________
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Int:___________________________________________________________________
7. My parents forbade me to go camping.

Neg:_________________________________________________________________
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Int:___________________________________________________________________
8. They forgot to clean the mess.
Neg:_________________________________________________________________
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Int:___________________________________________________________________
9. Charles did a great job.


Neg:_________________________________________________________________
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Int:___________________________________________________________________

10. Rose was very late for school.
Neg:_________________________________________________________________
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Int:___________________________________________________________________
11. Mary walked to school.
Neg:_________________________________________________________________
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Int:___________________________________________________________________
12. The Smiths sold their house last year.
Neg:_______________________________________
___________________________________________
Int:________________________________________
___________________________________________
C.
Complete the table:

INFINITIVE
Fight
Get
Learn
Leave
Lose
Make
Pay
Put
Read
Ride
Ring
Run
Say

See

PAST

PAST PARTICIPLE

TRANSLATION


Send
Show
Sing
Sit
Sleep
Speak
Spend
Teach
Tell
Wake
Write