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This document provides exercises to practice using the simple past tense in English. It includes filling in blanks with correct past tense verbs, answering comprehension questions about a short story, rewriting sentences in different tenses/forms, and completing sentences with given past tense verbs. The exercises focus on conjugating regular and irregular verbs into the simple past tense.

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Exercises 6 Mod

This document provides exercises to practice using the simple past tense in English. It includes filling in blanks with correct past tense verbs, answering comprehension questions about a short story, rewriting sentences in different tenses/forms, and completing sentences with given past tense verbs. The exercises focus on conjugating regular and irregular verbs into the simple past tense.

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CYBER EDUCATION

CURSO ESPECIALIZADO EN INGLES BÁSICO


MÓDULO VI
EXERCISES VI

Exercises VI:
The Simple Past Tense
1. Fill in the spaces with the correct words to complete the simple past sentences.

1. I ______played______(play) video games last night.


2. Michael ____jumped________ (jump) on the sofa.
3. We _____went_______ (go) to school yesterday.
4. Dana ______watched______ (watch) a movie yesterday.
5. Last night, it ____rained________ (rain) very hard.
6. He _____wrote_______ (write) his name on the book.
7. The computer ____broke________ (break) 2 weeks ago.
8. The girls ____made________ (make) a sandcastle at the beach last weekend.
9. I ____opened________ (open) the door 3 minutes ago.
10. He _____forgotten_______ (forget) his jacket at his house.

2. Reading Comprehension

The Christmas Tree


On Saturday, the Jenson family shopped for a Christmas tree. They got in the car. They drove to
the tree farm. Mr. and Mrs. Jenson walked around the tree farm with their kids.
The Jenson family looked at all the trees. They looked at tall trees and short trees. They looked
at fat trees and skinny trees. They looked at every tree on the farm. They wanted the perfect
tree. The Jenson kids finally found the perfect tree. It wasn't too tall or too short. It wasn't too
fat or too skinny. The tree was exactly what they wanted. It was the perfect Christmas tree!

A. Answer the following questions. Use the Simple Past tense.


1. What did the Jenson family do on Saturday? Where did they go?
The Jenson family shopped for a Christmas tree, they went to the farm
2. What kind of trees did the Jenson family look at? What kind of tree did they want?
They looked at tall trees and short trees. They looked at fat trees and skinny trees. They
looked at every tree on the farm. They wanted the perfect tree.
3. What did the Jenson kids finally find? Why was it the right tree?
The Jenson kids finally found the perfect tree. It wasn't too tall or too short. It wasn't too fat or
too skinny.
B. Rewrite the following sentences as negative sentences, yes/no questions,
WHquestions (using the underlined word or phrase) and tag questions.

Examples for the sentence


“Amanda washed the dishes.”
Negative: Amanda did not wash the dishes.
Yes/No Question: Did Amanda wash the dishes? WH-Question:
Who washed the dishes?

1. They drove to the tree farm.


Negative: _______They did not drive to the tree farm
Yes/No Question: _____Did they drove to the tree farm?
WH-Question: _____When did they drove to the tree farm?

2. They wanted the perfect tree.


Negative: ______They did not want the perfect tree
Yes/No Question: ____ Did they wanted the perfect tree?
WH-Question: _____ why did they wanted the perfect tree?

3. The tree was exactly what they wanted.


Negative: ____ They did not tree were exactly what they wanted
Yes/No Question: _____ Did they tree was exactly what the wanted?
WH-Question: _____ why did they tree was exactly what the wanted?

3. Complete the exercise with the verbs inside the box. (simple past tense)
a) Mozart WROTE more than 600 pieces of music.
b) 'How did you learn to drive?' 'My father ___taught_______ me.'
c) We couldn't afford to keep our car, so we ____sold______ it.
d) I was very thirsty. I _____drank_____ the water very quickly.
e) Paul and I played tennis yesterday. He's much better than me, so he ___wined_______
easily.
f) Don down the stairs this morning and ____hurt______ his leg.
g) Jim the ball to Sue, who ____throwed______ it.
h) Ann__________ a lot of money yesterday. She ____spent______a dress. It ___
bought______ 100.

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