Exercises - Past Simple

A. Fill in the correct form of "was" or "were"

A class trip to Jerusalem

Yesterday our class 1. ________ on a trip. It 2. ________ a trip to Jerusalem.

At seven oclock we ________ still at home. Our things 3. ________ ready.
At half past seven we 4. ________ at school. All the pupils 5.________ there.
Our teachers 6. ________ there and the buses 7.________ there, too. At eight
oclock we 8.________ on the buses on the way to Jerusalem.
We 9.________ in Jerusalem all day. The weather 10. ________ very pleasant.
It 11. ________ a long day but it 12. ________ very interesting.
At six oclock in the evening we 13.________ back at our school. It
14.________ a nice class trip.

B. Write Yes/No questions to the following answers

1. Yes, we were in the park on Saturday.

2. No, I wasnt angry about what she said.
3. No, he wasnt late this morning.
4. No, the weather was nice yesterday.
5. Yes, I was in the kitchen a minute ago.
6. No, Karen wasnt sick yesterday.
7. Yes, I was at home last night.
8. Yes, Peter was in my class last year.
9. No, Gal was in Italy last year.
10. Yes, Ben was in Greece a week ago.

C. Write WH- questions about the underlined words

1. ___________________________________________________
The race was here last month.
2. ___________________________________________________
I was at the zoo on Sunday.
3. ___________________________________________________
Many students were late for school this morning because of the traffic.
4. ___________________________________________________
We were in Scotland last summer.
5. ___________________________________________________
Some apples were in the basket.
6. ___________________________________________________
Tom was at the library yesterday afternoon.
7. ___________________________________________________
Mr. and Mrs. Segev were at home two hours ago.
8. ___________________________________________________
The dog was in the garden.
9. ___________________________________________________
|Tessa was at home yesterday because she was sick.
10. ___________________________________________________
The weather was very pleasant yesterday.
D. Add d, +ed or +ied to the following verbs
1. call ___________
2. clean ___________
3. play ___________
4. close ___________
5. cry ___________
6. drop ___________
7. wait ___________
8. practice ___________
9. notice ___________
10. jog ___________

E. Fill in the passages with the verbs in brackets. Use the past simple

A minute before we 1. ________ (leave) Casablanca, a woman 2. ________

(get) on the plane. She 5. ________ (not have) much luggage for an
international flight. From the moment I 6.________ (see) her I 7. ________
(think) she was an interesting person. The only empty seat 8. ________ (be)
next to me. She 9. ________ (ask) me if she 10. ________ (can) sit there. She
11. ________ (speak) English but she 12. ________ (have) a foreign accent.
Later, I 13. ________ (hear) her speak French and Italian. I 14. ________
(want) to talk to her but she 15. ________ (not say) much the whole flight. I 16.
________ (become) more and more curious as the trip 17. ________ (continue).
I 18. ________ (watch) her carefully and 19. ________ (notice) that she 20.
________ (have) two passports. From time to time she 21. ________ (read) her
book, but most of the time she 22. ________ (seem) to be thinking about
something else. When we finally 23. ________ (arrive) in New York she 24.
________ (go) to the customs officer. He 25. ________ (look) quickly inside
her luggage. Then he 26. ________ (tell) her to go on. Later I 27. ________
(meet) her at the airport. She suddenly 28. ________ (wave) to someone and 29.
________ (smile) I 30. ________ (turn) around for a minute and she 31.
________ (disappear).

F. Write WH- questions about the underlined words

1. The wind made the noise.
___________________________________________________________
2. The opera singer sang loudly.
___________________________________________________________
3. Yoni wrote about his grandparents.
___________________________________________________________
4. They thought about the problem all day.
___________________________________________________________
5. Mark knew all the answers.
___________________________________________________________
6. We left because it was boring.
___________________________________________________________
7. They sold their books at the end of the year.
___________________________________________________________
8. The company built a new factory in China.
___________________________________________________________
9. David had a party last week.
___________________________________________________________
10. My father paid for the computer.
 ___________________________________________________________

11. They heard a strange noise in the middle of the night.

___________________________________________________________
12. Dan found the little puppy in the park.
___________________________________________________________
13. Pedro bought two English books.
___________________________________________________________
14. Mr. Smith drove carefully.
___________________________________________________________
15. We spent a lot of money yesterday.

G. A car hit Gils bicycle. Write the policemans questions.

Policeman : (1) ____________________________________________
Gil : The accident happened 10 minutes ago.
Policeman : (2) ____________________________________________
Gil : A car hit my bicycle.
Policeman : (3) ____________________________________________
Gil : Yes, the driver tried to stop, but he didnt succeed.
Policeman : (4) ____________________________________________
Gil : Yes, I wrote down his name.
Policeman : (5) ____________________________________________
Gil : No, he didnt hurt me.
Policeman : You were very lucky. Try to be more careful next time !