1. 1. Complete the sentences with the past simple of the verbs in brackets.
1. Last week I _____________ (call) my grandmother. She ______________ (like) my phone call.
2. My cousin Mary is a TV reporter. Yesterday she _______________ (interview) Cristiano Ronaldo.
3. In 2006 my family and I _____________ (visit) our friends from Belize.
4. He ____________ (hate) chocolate when he was younger.
5. Bob ________________ (travel) to Spain last summer.
6. Mike _____________ (arrive) at school at 8.30. Classes _________ (start) at 8.45.
7. Yesterday the museum _______________ (open) at 10 am.
2. Complete the texts with the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets:
a) Yesterday during the afternoon Mary _________________(go) shopping to the supermarket.
She
_______________(buy)
apples,
bananas
and
a
bottle
of
water.
She
also
_______________(need) a kilo of potatoes but she __________________(not buy) it because they
__________________(be) very expensive there. When she __________________(return) home
she __________________(study) hard. She _________________(like) her afternoon.
b) Last weekend I ____________ (play) football with my friends at the beach. We ____________
(travel) there by bus and we ____________(stay) there the whole day! At the end of the day we
______________ (be) all very tired, but happy! I _____________(arrive) home around 7 o’clock,
____________ (have) dinner and ___________ (go) straight to bed! I ___________(be) beat up!
c) Last summer I _____________ (go) to Spain for the holidays. My parents and my brother
_____________ (be) there with me. We ______________ (visit) nice places; we _____________
(swim) in the pool and also in the sea and we ________________(walk) in the beach every
afternoon. We ________________ (have) a wonderful time.

2. 3. Correct the sentences.
1. Did he went to school yesterday?
2. Where you did learn English?
3. Did she works today?
4. What do you do yesterday?
5. Do they phone you last night?
4. Complete the sentences with the past simple of the irregular verbs in brackets.
1. I ___________ (loose) my watch in the park.
2. David ___________ (not hurt) his knee.
3. I kicked the ball and it ___________ (break) a window.
4. My new shoes ___________ (not cost) a lot of money.
5. I ___________ (get) this book from the library.
6. We had a garage where we ___________ (keep) our car.
7. Ali ___________ (cut) his knee.
8. The glass ___________ (fall) off the table.
9. The glass ___________ (not break).
10. We ___________ (sell) our old car.
11. We ___________ (buy) a new car.
12. The bell ___________ (not ring).
13. We all ___________ (go) into school.
14. The dog ___________ (catch) the ball.
16. Our cat ___________ (run) onto the road.
17. Jane ___________ (not write) a letter.
18. I ___________ (buy) a new camera last week.
19. We ___________ (drive) to a safari park yesterday.
20. Yesterday Dad ___________ (not take) me to the carnival.
21. Elizabeth ___________ (give) Eva a chocolate.
22. Jack and Jill ___________ (not go) up the hill.
23. He ___________ (not hit) the ball over the fence.

3. 5. Complete the sentences with the suitable form of the verbs in brackets.
1. Right now Ted ______________ (watch) a film on TV.
2. John ____________ (arrive) home at 6 p.m. every day.
3. Sheila, _______ this magazine ___________ (belong) to you?
4. You ______________ (not/answer) the phone yesterday evening.
5. Where ____ you _________ (go) last Saturday night?
6. I __________(meet) Mary two days ago.
7. ________ you _______ (speak) French fluently?
8. My friends and I usually _________ (go) out to the disco on Saturday nights.
6. Write the questions to the following answers in the Past Simple.
1. _________________________________________________? She met John.
2. _________________________________________________? They traveled to Lisbon yesterday.
3. _________________________________________________? I had a test on Monday.
4. _________________________________________________? She went to Porto by bus.
5. _________________________________________________? Peter studied because he had a test.
6. _________________________________________________? Yes, Paul passed all his exams last year.
7. _________________________________________________? No, she didn’t play the piano yesterday.
8. _________________________________________________? Yes, Kevin gave Marion a nice present.
9. _________________________________________________? No, Charles didn’t drive to Scotland.
10. ______________________________________________? Yes, Phil left the office at five.