PAST SIMPLE Review Exercises

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PAST SIMPLE: TO BE

WORKSHEET 20
Name: ___________________________________________________ No. ______ Class _______

Date _____ / _____ / _____ Evaluation _____________________ Teacher ___________________

A. Fill in the gaps with was or were.

1. Neil Armstrong ____________ the first man on the Moon.

2. Leonardo da Vinci ____________ a great inventor.

3. Marilyn Monroe ____________ a famous actress.


Marilyn Monroe
4. Beethoven and Mozart ____________ composers.

5. Picasso and Dali ____________ Spanish painters.


Picasso

B. Rewrite the sentences in the negative and interrogative forms.

1. She was in Paris last month. 4. It was very hot yesterday.


She wasn’t in Paris last month.
___________________________________.
Was she in Paris last month?
___________________________________?

2. Jessica and Tom were at home yesterday. 5. We were on holiday.


____________________________________.
___________________________________. ____________________________________?
___________________________________?

3. The concert was fantastic. 6. The children were happy.

____________________________________.
___________________________________.
____________________________________? ___________________________________?

C. Order the sentences.

1. they / on / Spain / holiday / in / were / . _________________________________________


2. was / he / September / in / born / ? _________________________________________
3. it / yesterday / cloudy / was / . _________________________________________
4. at home / were / we / last / not / night / . _________________________________________

5. your mother / English / was / at / good / ?


_________________________________________
PAST SIMPLE: REGULAR VERBS

WORKSHEET 21
Name: ___________________________________________________ No. ______ Class _______

Date _____ / _____ / _____ Evaluation _____________________ Teacher ___________________

A. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple.

1. Yesterday Rachel ______________ (walk) to school.


2. She ______________ (receive) a postcard from Brazil.
3. I ______________ (phone) Ann in the evening.
4. We ______________ (study) English in the morning.
5. The pupils ______________ (paint) the classroom walls.
6. They ______________ (work) hard yesterday.
7. They ______________ (use) the school computers.
8. I ______________ (play) baseball in the afternoon.

B. Look at Peter’s diary. Write affirmative or negative sentences in the past simple.

1. Peter ______________________________________, Listen to music ✔


but he _____________________________________. Play the piano ✘

2. He ________________________________________ Visit his cousins ✔


___________________________________________ Phone his friends ✘

3. ___________________________________________ Watch TV ✔
Walk in the park ✘
___________________________________________
Tidy his room ✔
4. ___________________________________________
Cook dinner ✘
___________________________________________

C. Ask and answer in the past simple.

1. you / water / the plants ✔ __________________________________?


Yes, I _______; I __________ the plants.
2. Ann / bake / a cake ✘ __________________________________?
____________; _____________________.
3. they / travel / by train ✘ __________________________________?
____________; _____________________.
4. Jim / finish / his homework ✔ __________________________________?
____________; _____________________.
PAST SIMPLE: IRREGULAR VERBS

WORKSHEET 22
Name: ___________________________________________________ No. ______ Class _______

Date _____ / _____ / _____ Evaluation _____________________ Teacher ___________________

A. Complete the gaps with the correct past form of the verbs.

Nelly Kim Furtado (born on 2nd December, 1978) is a Canadian singer and record producer.

1. She ______________ (grow up) in a house full of music


with her Portuguese parents.

2. Her mother ______________ (sing) in a church choir.

3. Furtado ______________ (learn) to play the ukulele, the


trombone and the guitar.

4. At the age of 12, she ______________ (begin) writing


songs.

5. At 18, she ______________ (win) a talent competition.

6. I'm Like a Bird ______________ (be) a success.

7. Nelly ______________ (write) "Força", the official anthem of the 2004 European Football
Championship.

B. Complete the sentences with the verb in the negative.

1. We ________________ (see) Nelly Furtado on TV.

2. I ________________ (fly) to Canada.

3. Nelly ________________ (meet) her friends at a restaurant.

C. Ask and answer.

1. you / buy / a CD ✔ ______________________________?

Yes, _______; I ____________ a CD.

2. they / go / to the concert ✔ ______________________________?


______________________________.

3. Mark / lose / his ticket ✘ ______________________________?


______________________________.

4. Tom / take / some photos ✔ ______________________________?


______________________________.

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