1. Use Past Simple to
talk about:
an action that
happened at a
definite time in
the past
I was hungry after
school yesterday.
We bought a new
computer last week.
Carol stayed in
bed last Friday.
Common time
expressions:
yesterday/the day
before yesterday,
last week/month/year
winter/summer,
last Friday/Monday,
three hours/days/
weeks/months/years
ago,
in 2010, 1973, 1649
Put the verbs in the past form in the correct column.
Put the verbs in brackets in
the correct form.
When I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (be) a little girl I _
_ _ _ _ _ _ (not, drink) coffee.
Mr. Parker _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (come) back
home an hour ago.
Where _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Greg and Helen,
meet) last week?
I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (share) a room with my
sister when we _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (be)
kids.
Peter _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (fall) off his bike
last Saturday.
Who _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (you, talk) to in the
corridor this morning?
We _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (not, build) our
house by ourselves.
Nick and Terry _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (drive) to
Southampton last weekend.
What _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (your mum, cook)
for dinner yesterday?
10. My grandparents _ _ _ _ _ _ _
(spend) their honeymoon in Italy.
11. Why _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (not, Amy, bring)
her project?
12. Dave _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (smile) at me.
13. I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (dream) about a new
MP3 player last night.
Sally left the window open last night. (-)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I washed up the dishes after dinner. (?)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The kids woke up early last Saturday. (?)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
We flew to Dublin last month. (-)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Robert crossed the road in a hurry. (-)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Jane and Nan ran after the dog. (?)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Change the sentences into
negative or interrogative.
2. Use Past Simple to
talk about:
an action that
happened at a
definite time in
the past
I was hungry after
school yesterday.
We bought a new
computer last week.
Carol stayed in
bed last Friday.
Common time
expressions:
yesterday/the day
before yesterday,
last week/month/year
winter/summer,
last Friday/Monday,
three hours/days/
weeks/months/years
ago,
in 2010, 1973, 1649
Put the verbs in the past form in the correct column.
Put the verbs in brackets in
the correct form.
When I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (be) a little girl I _
_ _ _ _ _ _ (not, drink) coffee.
Mr. Parker _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (come) back
home an hour ago.
Where _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Greg and Helen,
meet) last week?
I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (share) a room with my
sister when we _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (be)
kids.
Peter _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (fall) off his bike
last Saturday.
Who _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (you, talk) to in the
corridor this morning?
We _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (not, build) our
house by ourselves.
Nick and Terry _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (drive) to
Southampton last weekend.
What _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (your mum, cook)
for dinner yesterday?
10. My grandparents _ _ _ _ _ _ _
(spend) their honeymoon in Italy.
11. Why _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (not, Amy, bring)
her project?
12. Dave _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (smile) at me.
13. I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (dream) about a new
MP3 player last night.
Sally left the window open last night. (-)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I washed up the dishes after dinner. (?)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The kids woke up early last Saturday. (?)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
We flew to Dublin last month. (-)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Robert crossed the road in a hurry. (-)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Jane and Nan ran after the dog. (?)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Change the sentences into
negative or interrogative.
3. 1. Put the verbs in the past form in the correct
column.
work
finish
look
close
play
try
repair
act
visit
watch
injure
paint
travel
collect
bake
2. Put the verbs in brackets
in the
correct form.
When I was a little girl I didn’t
drink coffee.
Mr. Parker came) back home an
hour ago.
Where did Greg and Helen meet
last week?
I shared a room with my sister when
we were kids.
Peter fell off his bike last Saturday.
Who did you talk to in the corridor
this morning?
We didn’t build our house by
ourselves.
Nick and Terry drove to
Southampton last weekend.
What did your mum, cook for
dinner yesterday?
10. My grandparents spent their
honeymoon in Italy.
11. Why didn’t Amy bring
her project?
12. Dave smiled at me.
13. I dreamt about a new
MP3 player last night.
Sally left the window open last night. (-)
Sally didn’t leave the window open last night.
I washed up the dishes after dinner. (?)
Did you wash up the dishes after dinner?
The kids woke up early last Saturday. (?)
The kids didn’t wake up early last Saturday.
We flew to Dublin last month. (-)
We didn’t fly to Dublin last month.
Robert crossed the road in a hurry. (-)
Robert didn’t cross the road in a hurry.
Jane and Nan ran after the dog. (?)
Did Jane and Nan run after dog?
3. Change the sentences into
negative
or interrogative.
eat
give
tell
have
run
blow
understand
shut
pay
catch
take
forget
sit
meet
ring
