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    This document provides examples and exercises for conjugating verbs into the simple past tense in English. It includes putting verbs in sentences into the simple past, choosing between "was" and "were", writing original sentences in the simple past tense, and changing verbs into the correct simple past form.

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    This document provides examples and exercises for conjugating verbs into the simple past tense in English. It includes putting verbs in sentences into the simple past, choosing between "was" and "were", writing original sentences in the simple past tense, and changing verbs into the correct simple past form.

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    This document provides examples and exercises for conjugating verbs into the simple past tense in English. It includes putting verbs in sentences into the simple past, choosing between "was" and "were", writing original sentences in the simple past tense, and changing verbs into the correct simple past form.

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    Simple Past Tense

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    This document provides examples and exercises for conjugating verbs into the simple past tense in English. It includes putting verbs in sentences into the simple past, choosing between "was" and "were", writing original sentences in the simple past tense, and changing verbs into the correct simple past form.

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    Simple Past Tense

    1.Put the verbs into the simple past:


    1. Last year I (go)
    2. It (be)

    to England on holiday.
    fantastic.

    3. I (visit)
    mine .

    lots of interesting places. I (be)

    4. In the mornings we (walk)

    in the streets of London.

    5. In the evenings we (go)

    to pubs.

    6. The weather (be)

    strangely fine.

    7. It (not / rain)
    8. But we (see)

    with two friends of

    a lot.
    some beautiful rainbows.

    9. Where (spend / you)

    your last holiday?

    2.Put the sentences into simple past.


    1. We move to a new house.
    2. They bring a sandwich.
    3. He doesn't do the homework.
    4. They sell cars.
    5. Does he visit his friends?
    3.Write sentences in simple past.
    1. Janet / miss / the bus
    2. she / tidy / her room
    3. Nancy / watch / not / television
    4. she / read / a book
    4.Choose "Was or "Were:
    1. The teacher
    2. The students

    nice.
    w ere

    very clever.

    3. But one student

    in trouble.

    4. We

    sorry for him.

    5. He

    nice though.

    5.Put the verbs into the Simple Past:


    1) I
    2) She
    3) What time
    4) Where
    5) I
    6) We
    7) What
    8) I
    9) We
    10)
    11) They
    12) She
    13) I
    14) He

    (not/drink) any beer last night.


    (get on) the bus in the centre of the city.
    (he/get up) yesterday?.
    (you/get off) the train?
    (not/change) trains at Victoria..
    (wake up) very late.
    (he/give) his mother for Christmas?
    (receive) 300 when my uncle died.
    (not/use) the computer last night.
    (she/make) good coffee?
    (live) in Paris..
    (read) the newspaper yesterday.
    (not/watch) TV.
    (not/study) for the exam.

    15)

    (he/call) you?

    16)

    (I/forget) something?

    17) What time


    18) He
    19) Why
    20)

    (the film/start)?
    (have) a shower.
    (you/come)?
    (he/go) to the party?

    6.Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Use Simple Past. Watch the punctuation
    and form sentences or questions.
    1) I

    my Maths homework yesterday. (to do)


    2

    2)

    Susan

    3) They

    to England by plane? (to go)

    a farm two weeks ago. (to visit)

    4) Jenny and Peggy

    their brother. (not/to help)

    5) The children

    at home last weekend. (not/to be)

    6) When

    you

    7) My mother

    into the van. (not/to crash)

    8) The boys
    9)

    this wonderful skirt? (to design)

    the mudguards of their bicycles. (to take off)


    you

    your aunt last week? (to phone)

    10) He

    milk at school. (not/to drink)

    7.Change the verb into the correct form:


    1. Dan

    (leave) very early today.

    2. Sam and Sue


    3. I

    (buy) a new house last month.

    (visit) Germany the previous week.

    4. You

    (play) very well.

    5. They

    (find) this book on their trip to Italy.

    6. I
    7. We

    (bake) this cake by myself.


    (open) the store in 1987.

    8. The rain finally

    (stop), and we

    9. She

    (plan) to come, but she

    10. Kate

    (have) a big house, but she

    11. Rose

    (be) very thin.

    12. You
    13. We
    14. They
    15. She always

    (go) home.
    (have) some problems.
    (sell) it.

    (be) at work yesterday morning.


    (think) New York was in England!
    (bring) this from their trip.
    (dance) in the summer.

    8. Change the verb into the correct form:


    1. Barbara
    2. I

    (eat) the whole cake last night.


    (save) some money last year.

    3. You
    5. I

    (give) me all the books yesterday.


    (come), I

    6. They
    7. We
    8. The cat

    (be) very happy together.


    (jump) on the tree, and the bird

    (arrive) in 1978.
    (meet) in Paris.

    (change) his name many years ago.

    13. Julie

    (move) from Canada last month.

    14. They

    (sing) a few songs together.

    15. We

    (fly) away.

    (cook) together.

    11. Emily and Edward


    12. Peter

    (leave).

    (drink) too much.

    9. We always
    10. She

    (see), I

    (have) a lot of friends there.

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