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SIMPLE
PAST TENSE
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Past Simple with ‘be’

Exercise 1: Make the past simple (use positive / negative or question)

1. (I / be / at the cinema last night.) I was at the cinema last night.
2. (they not / be / in love.) They were not in love.
3. (we / be / in a cafe when you called.) We were in a café when you called.
4. (I / be / late?) Was I late?
5. (she / be / a teacher when she was young.) She was a teacher when she was young.
6. (it / not / be / cold.) It was not cold.
7. (he / be / hungry.) He was hungry.
8. (we / not / be / in China.) We were not in China.

Exercise 2: Write the Simple Past Tense of these regular and irregular verbs.
1 cry cried 8 chat chatted
2 travel traveled 9 happen happened
3 send sent 10 say said
4 enjoy enjoyed 11 know knew
5 stop stopped 12 try tried
6 break broke 13 cut cut
7 fall fell 14 turn turned

Exercise 3: Complete the sentences with the Simple Past form of the verbs in Exercise 2.

1. Last summer, my friend and I _ traveled_____ around the south of France. We

really__enjoyed______ourselves.

2. ___Did______you ___cry______ at the end of the film? I thought it was really sad.

3. Sarah is very angry. What__did_____ you ___say____ to her? You____said_______ to her

yesterday.

4. I sent my grandmother an email yesterday with a photo but she __didn’t knew______(not)
how to open the attachment!
5. My mobile phone fell on the floor but the screen didn’t break (not). That was lucky!
6. I didn’t see the accident. It all happened very quickly.
7. My PC was making a strange noise so I stopped using it and turned it off.
8. We tried to open the box with a knife but my dad cut himself. There was blood everywhere!
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Exercise 4: Write questions with the Simple Past.

1 When / you / buy / that tablet / ? When did you buy that tablet?

2 How much / your new computer / cost / ? How much did your new computer cost?

3 What / you / do / after school yesterday / ? What did you do after school yesterday?

4 Why / you / not / call me last night / ? Why did you not call me last night?

5 Where / Dad / save / the photos / on the computer / ? Where did Dad save the photos on the computer?

PAST CONTINUOUS
Exercise 1: Complete the sentences with the Past Continuous Tense of the verbs in parentheses.
1 I was making (make) my dinner at 8 o’clock last night.
2 Joe and Sam were using (use) the wrong program in IT yesterday.
3 Who was that guy you were dancing (dance) with at the party?
4 Paula was coming (come) home from school when she saw an accident.
5 In 1999 my father was living (live) in Dublin. That’s where he met my mother.
6 He was opening (open) the box when he cut his finger.

Past Simple or Past Continuous

Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with a correct form, the PAST SIMPLE or the PAST CONTINUOUS:

1. We were playing (play) volleyball with Mary, when you called (call) me.

2. When the teacher ______came_____________________(come) in, they _________were

studying__________________ (study) English.

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3. The baby ___was sleeping___________________ (sleep) when the telephone _______

rung____________________(ring).

4. As I _____was walking______________________ (walk) in the streets of Holland, I

_______met____________________ (meet) an old friend of mine.

5. I ________lost___________________ (lose) my car keys.

Exercise 2: Read carefully the following sentences and choose the correct options by using Simple Past or
Past Continuous. The first one has been done for you.

1. I listened / was listening to the radio when I heard / was hearing this fantastic song.

2. When the teacher said / was saying ‘Stop!’, I still tried / was still trying to finish the last question.

3. I feel really silly! While I danced / was dancing, I fell / was falling and broke / was breaking my
elbow.

4. Tim played / was playing a computer game when his mum called / was calling him for lunch.

5. I looked / was looking for a file on my memory stick when I noticed / was noticing there was a
virus.

Exercise 3. Write a 10 lines paragraph where you describe “What did you do yesterday/ last year/ last
month or three weeks ago? Remember to use Simple Past Tense affirmative, negative, and time
expressions.

Yesterday in the morning I woke up early in my bed and ate my breakfast just like every other day, but I
didn’t take a shower because I was to focused on finishing my homework this week. I did take a few breaks
here and there on social media since I felt bored, while browsing I heard about a free online game from online
friends that is called Genshin Impact. Apparently, it’s a very popular game that had been released last month
and it did catch my interest, but I wanted to finish my schoolwork in the afternoon before I checked it out. As
soon as the sun went down and the moon rose from the night sky, I downloaded the game and started to play it.
This game actually made me fall in love with it that I lost track of time with its story, fun characters and a huge
world to explore and fighting enemies. I haven’t had this much fun since years ago with another game that I
had lost interest in, yet I had played for hours up until like one or two in the morning. I knew I had to stop
because I needed sleep and I did not want this game to consume me to the point that I lose track on my studies.