The document provides examples of verbs used in the past simple tense, both regular and irregular. It lists 30 sentences with verbs in brackets to be changed to the past simple form. The sentences describe a variety of everyday past activities like inviting friends, going shopping, spending time somewhere, eating, cutting oneself, celebrating an event, reading, raining, forgetting something, writing an essay, doing housework, playing a game, listening to music, buying and giving tickets, building something, writing books, abolishing something, watching videos, booking a hotel, invading and becoming king somewhere, speaking a language, taking part in a competition and winning, traveling and visiting places when young, teaching knitting, destroying a wall, planting trees
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Past Simple Regular and Irregular Grammar Drills
The document provides examples of verbs used in the past simple tense, both regular and irregular. It lists 30 sentences with verbs in brackets to be changed to the past simple form. The sentences describe a variety of everyday past activities like inviting friends, going shopping, spending time somewhere, eating, cutting oneself, celebrating an event, reading, raining, forgetting something, writing an essay, doing housework, playing a game, listening to music, buying and giving tickets, building something, writing books, abolishing something, watching videos, booking a hotel, invading and becoming king somewhere, speaking a language, taking part in a competition and winning, traveling and visiting places when young, teaching knitting, destroying a wall, planting trees
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Past simple : regular and irregular
PUT THE VERBS BETWEEN BRACKETS IN THE PAST SIMPLE
invited 1 . My sister ----------------------------(invite) some friends for her birthday. went 2. They ---------------------- (go) to the supermarket to do some Christmas shopping. spent 3. We ---------------------------- (spend) some time in the Alps last summer. ate 4. My friends---------------------(eat) in a very good restaurant yesterday evening. cut 5. He ----------------------(cut) himself while he was peeling potatoes. celebrated 6. American people --------------------------------(celebrate) Thanksgiving not long ago. read 7. They ----------------------------(read) a very interesting article in the newspaper. rained was 8. It ------------------------------(rain) a lot this past last months, so there ---------------------- (be) many floods in some parts of the world. forgot had 9. My mother ------------------------------(forget) to buy some toilet paper, so we ------- (have) to use tissues yesterday !!!! Quite embarrassing indeed !! wrote 10. We ---------------------------(write) an essay in French about freedom of speech. did was not 11. I ---------------(do ) the housework last weekend because Mum -------------------- wanted (not/be) home , so I --------------------------(want) to help Dad. played 12. My neighbours ----------------------------(play) basketball with us in the square. listened was 13. Sally--------------------------(listen) to Cold Play ‘s latest album when she -------------- (be) at her friend’s last weekend. bought gave 14. Bob ----------------------(buy) tickets for Sting’s concert and -----------------------(give) one to me three days ago . built 15. The Chinese -----------------------(build) the Wall many centuries ago. writed 16. Charles Dickens -------------------(write) « Oliver Twist » and many other books. abolished 17. Abraham Lincoln-----------------------------(abolish) slavery in 1863. watched 18. My friends -------------------------(watch ) plenty of new videos last weekend. booked 19. Steve---------------------------(book) a hotel for his summer holidays last week ! invaded became 20. William the Conqueror---------------------------(invade) England and he ------------------ had (become) king there, he --------------------(have) the Tower of London built, and spoke people -------------------------(speak) French at the royal court at that time. took 21. Sandy -------------------(take) part in « America’s got Talent » and she ------(win). traveled was 22. My grandparents -------------------------(travel) a lot when they ------------------(be) visited young, and ------------------------(visit) many foreign countries. teached 23. My aunt ----------------------------(teach) me how to knit last winter holidays . destroyed separated 24. The inhabitants of Berlin ---------------------------(destroy) the wall that ---------------- was were ( separate) the town in 1989. I -------------(be ) there, and it --------------(be ) a moving cried got experience , because many people --------------(cry) as they --------------(get) reunited! planted 26. Jenny ---------------------------(plant ) some trees in her garden last weekend. missed ran 27. Dave -------------(miss) his bus this morning so he ------(run) all the way to work. song 28. Sue -----------------------(sing) very well at the school show in June. broke was 29. Some kids ------------------------(break) our wondows as they ------------(be) Playing football in the street two hours ago. lost 30. Sam -------------------(lose) his wallet yesterday.