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    The document provides examples and exercises for practicing verbs in the past simple tense. It includes regular and irregular verbs used in sentences that must be completed or transformed into the past tense. Some key aspects covered include writing sentences in the affirmative and negative past tense, forming questions in the past tense, and using forms of the verbs "to be" like "was" and "were" in the past tense.

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    Past Simple Tense

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    The document provides examples and exercises for practicing verbs in the past simple tense. It includes regular and irregular verbs used in sentences that must be completed or transformed into the past tense. Some key aspects covered include writing sentences in the affirmative and negative past tense, forming questions in the past tense, and using forms of the verbs "to be" like "was" and "were" in the past tense.

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    The document provides examples and exercises for practicing verbs in the past simple tense. It includes regular and irregular verbs used in sentences that must be completed or transformed into the past tense. Some key aspects covered include writing sentences in the affirmative and negative past tense, forming questions in the past tense, and using forms of the verbs "to be" like "was" and "were" in the past tense.

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    Past Simple Tense

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    The document provides examples and exercises for practicing verbs in the past simple tense. It includes regular and irregular verbs used in sentences that must be completed or transformed into the past tense. Some key aspects covered include writing sentences in the affirmative and negative past tense, forming questions in the past tense, and using forms of the verbs "to be" like "was" and "were" in the past tense.

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    PAST SIMPLE TENSE.

    Regular & Irregular verbs

    1. Write these sentences in the past form of the verbs given. Then make the negative form.

    A He goes to the swimming pool because he likes swimming.

    B They have dinner at nine oclock.

    C Adam runs 500 m

    D Helen eats too many sweets.

    E I buy the newspaper in the shop.

    F We get up at eight oclock and go to school.

    2. Write about what Jim did and didnt do yesterday, as in the examples.

    Go to the bank (yes) 1. He went to the bank

    Buy some shoes (no) 2. He didnt buy any shoes.

    A Write to Sally (yes) ..

    B Buy a shirt (yes) ..

    C Have lunch with Adam (no) ..

    D Write to Peter (yes) ..

    E Go to the hospital (no) ..

    F Have dinner with Susie (yes) ..

    G Play football (no) ..

    H Make dinner (yes) ..

    4. Write the past form of these verbs.

    A to get F to go
    B to play G to watch
    C to buy H to pay
    D to come I to begin
    E to study J to walk
    5. Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets.

    A On Saturday I ____________ (play) computer games with my cousins.


    B My mum ____________ (not cook) dinner last night.
    C I ____________ (walk) to school because there werent any buses.
    D They ____________ (not dance) at the party.
    E My brother ____________ (travel) to Ireland last summer.

    6. Write the questions in the correct order.

    A film? / like / you / Did / the /

    B you / many / did / ask? / How / people /

    C a / have / time? / they / Did / good /

    D did / weekend? / the / What / do / we / at /

    E she / DVD? / Where / that / did / buy /

    F party / on / your / go / Saturday? / he / Did / to /

    G did / yesterday? / Who / you / see /

    7. Correct the sentences.

    A Did he went to school yesterday?


    B Why did you to go home early?
    C Where you did learn English?
    D Did she works today?
    E What do you this yesterday?
    F Did they last night phone you?

    8. Complete the sentences with the past simple.

    be got up meet have go run drink sleep swim eat

    A I ________ a shower and some fruit for breakfast.


    B Then I ________ to the sports centre.
    C I ________ 500 meters in the swimming pool and then
    D I ________ 5 kilometers.
    E At lunchtime I ________ my friends in a caf.
    F We ________ some pasta and ________ some juice.
    G After lunch I ________ for a few hours, I ________ tired!
    9. Complete with past simple tense form of the verbs given (regular verbs).

    I opened the door and ___________ (look) inside. Dad ___________ (not help) me with my homework.

    Who ___________ (close) all the windows? Helen ___________ (whisper) me a secret.

    I ___________ (carry) my moms shopping bag. Luis Miguel ___________ (hurry) to catch a bus.

    I ___________ (not climb) over the fence. We ___________ (return) our books to the library.

    I ___________ (rip) my shirt. She ___________ (not kiss) the frog.

    The plane ___________ (land) ten minutes ago. The frog ___________ (change) into a prince.

    We ___________ (live) in that house when I was a baby. Two doctors ___________ (rush) into the room.

    My brother ___________ (not cry) when he fell of his bike. I ___________ (not kick) the ball very hard.

    We ___________ (walk) to school yesterday. Who ___________ (invent) the computer?

    She ___________ (smile) when she saw me. Dinosaurs ___________ (live) many years ago.

    We ___________ (hurry) to the station to catch the train. They ___________ (not work) until twelve last night.

    She ___________ (laugh) when I told her the joke.

    10. Complete with past simple tense form of the verbs given (irregular verbs).

    My new shoes ___________ (not cost) a lot of money. The man ___________ (not kneel) down.

    I ___________ (get) this book from the library. Our cat ___________ (run) onto the road.

    We had a garage where we ___________ (keep) our car. Jane ___________ (not write) a letter.

    Ali ___________ (cut) his knee. I ___________ (buy) a new camera last week.

    The glass ___________ (fall) off the table. We ___________ (drive) to a safari park yesterday.

    The glass ___________ (not break). Yesterday Dad ___________ (not take) me to the carnival.

    We ___________ (sell) our old car. Elizabeth ___________ (give) Eva a chocolate.

    We ___________ (buy) a new car. Jack and Jill ___________ (not go) up the hill.

    The bell ___________ (not ring). Her ring ___________ (cost) ten Euros.

    We all ___________ (go) into school. I ___________ (put) sugar in my coffee.

    The dog ___________ (catch) the ball. He ___________ (not hit) the ball over the net.

    11. Write questions which fit the answer given.

    I played tennis. ________________________________________________________________?

    He went to Zaragoza. ___________________________________________________________?

    We ate an ice cream. ___________________________________________________________?

    He liked Michael Jackson. ________________________________________________________?


    12. Write questions according to the statement given.

    S. You watched the birds yesterday.

    Q.

    S. He learned to cook last year.

    Q.

    S. I practiced football when I was young.

    Q.

    S. Mrs Cossio taught me math last year.

    Q.

    S. Cristobal Coln arrived to America in 1492.

    Q.

    S. I liked apples when I was a kid.

    Q.

    13. Fill in the blanks with the suitable form of the verb (was/were)

    1. Mara_________________at the party.


    2. She____________________in the classroom.
    3. The boys__________________(not) in the park.
    4. I_____________________taller than Mark.
    5. It____________________ her birthday last month.
    6. Mum and dad ___________________ happy about the present.
    7. The books ______________________ (not) in the library.
    8. The weather _______________________(not) very nice.
    9. I _______________________(not) at school last Monday.
    10. We ______________________ at grandmas house in the summer holidays.
    11. They ________________________ interesting people.
    12. The cat ______________________(not) sleeping the whole afternoon.

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