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PastSimple Exercises

1. A woman boards a plane just before it leaves Casablanca and sits next to the narrator. 2. The narrator becomes curious about the woman during the flight as she speaks multiple languages and has two passports but does not talk much. 3. When they arrive in New York, the woman passes through customs quickly and then disappears after waving to someone, leaving the narrator wondering about her identity.

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PastSimple Exercises

1. A woman boards a plane just before it leaves Casablanca and sits next to the narrator. 2. The narrator becomes curious about the woman during the flight as she speaks multiple languages and has two passports but does not talk much. 3. When they arrive in New York, the woman passes through customs quickly and then disappears after waving to someone, leaving the narrator wondering about her identity.

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Exercises - Past Simple

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

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

B. Write WH questions about the underlined words

1. The weather was awful yesterday.


_____________________________________________________

2. Many pupils were late for school this morning because of the traffic.
_____________________________________________________
3. Tony wrote about his grandparents.
__________________________________________________
4. They thought about the problem all day.
_____________________________________________________
5. Mary 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 Tel Aviv.
____________________________________________________
9. David had a party last week.
___________________________________________________
10. Dan found the little puppy in the park.
____________________________________________________
11. They heard a strange noise in the middle of the night.
_____________________________________________________
12. Dan found the little puppy in the park.
_____________________________________________________

C. A car hit Bill’s bicycle. Write the policeman’s questions.


Policeman: (1) ____________________________________________
Bill : The accident happened 10 minutes ago.
Policeman: (2) ____________________________________________
Bill : A car hit my bicycle.
Policeman: (3) ____________________________________________
Bill : Yes, the driver tried to stop, but he didn’t succeed.
Policeman: (4) ____________________________________________
Bill : Yes, I wrote down his name.
Policeman: (5) ____________________________________________
Bill : No, he didn’t hurt me.
Policeman: You were very lucky. Try to be more careful next time !

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