Past Simple Tense Exercises

Past Simple Tense Exercises
1) Complete the sentences with the SIMPLE PAST of the verbs in parentheses:
a) watched
They ____________________ (watch) TV last night.
b) talked
Priscila ____________________ (talk) to her friends all day.
c) had
I ___________________ (have) a terrible headache yesterday.
d) comed
Bob _____________________ (come) home from school late.
e) arrived
They ____________________ missed
(arrive) late and ___________________ (miss) the bus.
f) studied passed
She ____________________ (study) hard and ___________________(pass) the exam.
g) called
He ____________________ (call) the office to tell them he was sick.
h) spoke
I ___________________ (speak) to the director as he was leaving the room.
i) got
Dr. Johnson ______________________ (get up) early this morning.
j) did
Mary _____________________ went
(do) her homework and ________________ (go) to
school.
k) finded
Chris ____________________ (find) a ten-dollar bill.
l) followed
The dog ______________________ (follow) us down the road.
m) worked
Those students _____________________ (work) hard last semester.
n) stoped
Lúcio ___________________ called
(stop) at the corner and __________________ (call) us.
o) tried
I ___________________ (try) to talk to Helen last night.
p) payed
I ___________________ (pay) the phone bill yesterday.
q) caught
My dad ____________________ (catch) a cold when he ________________ were (be) in
Canada.
r) leaved
She _____________________ (leave) home early yesterday.
s) knew
They ____________________ (know) each other very well when they
were
________________ (be) kids.
t) brought
The teacher _____________________ (bring) the exams corrected.
u) droped
She was cleaning the vase when she ____________________ (drop) it.
v) joged
We ___________________ (jog) in the park yesterday.
w) occured
The fire ____________________ were
(occur) while we ___________________ (be) out.
x) meet
I __________________ (meet) some nice people at the party last weekend.
y) sleeped
Carol _____________________ (sleep) until late on the weekend. Then, she
went
_______________ (go) out to lunch.
z) flew
We ______________________ (fly) to the USA on a great airplane.
2) Write questions or negatives sentences:
a) She visited her parents last weekend.

Did she visited her parents last weekend
Question: __________________________________________________________?
b) He cleaned his room before school.

Did he cleaned his room before school
Question: ___________________________________________________________?
c) The teacher found the missing exams.

Did teacher didn't found the missing exams
Negative: ____________________________________________________________?
d) Tom wanted to go to the movies alone.

Did tom wanted to go to the movies alone
Question: ___________________________________________________________?
e) Helena offered Henrique a piece of cake.

Did helena did't ofered henrique a piece of cake
Negative: ___________________________________________________________?
f) I knew what to do.

Did he didn't knew what to do
Negative: ____________________________________________________________?
g) Alexandre helped Anita with her homework.

Did alexandre helped anita with her homework
Question: ___________________________________________________________?
h) You ate cookies after dinner.

Did you not ate your cookies on dinner
Negative: ____________________________________________________________?
i) You talked to her earlier.

Did you talk to her earlier
Question: ___________________________________________________________?
j) We turned off the TV after the news.

Did you turned on the TV before watching the news
Negative: ____________________________________________________________?
k) He drank only a coke at the party.

Did he only drank a coke in the party
Question: ___________________________________________________________?
l) Mom made breakfast early.

Did mom did not made breakfast early
Negative: __________________________________________________________?

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2) Write questions or negatives sentences:

a) She visited her parents last weekend.

b) He cleaned his room before school.

c) The teacher found the missing exams.

d) Tom wanted to go to the movies alone.

e) Helena offered Henrique a piece of cake.

f) I knew what to do.

g) Alexandre helped Anita with her homework.

h) You ate cookies after dinner.

i) You talked to her earlier.

j) We turned off the TV after the news.

k) He drank only a coke at the party.

l) Mom made breakfast early.

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