The document is an English exam assessing a student's knowledge of the past simple tense. It contains multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions testing the student's ability to conjugate verbs into the past tense form and use them correctly in sentences describing past events and actions. The questions cover a range of common verbs and scenarios like going places, doing activities, and asking/saying things in the past tense.

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INST IT UCIÓN EDUCAT IVA PART ICULAR
Level: Secondary GRADE: 2nd DAT E: 18/ 11 /15
PAST SIMPLE TENSE
PRACTICE
1. Write the past form to each verb: /5 pts./
a) break broke
b) swim _______________
c) have _______________
d) make _______________
e) sit _______________
f) write _______________
g) spend _______________
h) buy _______________
i) drink _______________
j) lose _______________
k) wash _______________
2. Fill in the blanks with a verb from the box in the SIMPLE PAST: /5 pts./
a) They ………………….. a lot of Coke last night.
b) She ………………… her arm last week.
c) They ……………………. in the sea for an hour.
d) He ……………………. all his money last week.
e) She ………………….. a cake an hour ago.
f) She ………………….. on the old chair a minute ago.
g) She ………………….. the clothes yesterday.
h) The boy ………………….. a letter yesterday.
i) She …………………… a bath two minutes ago.
j) He ……………………. his wallet last night.
3. Fill in the blanks with the SIMPLE PAST of the verbs in brackets: /5 pts./
Last Saturday my father …. took…. (take) my friends and me to the circus. We ………(see)
lots of things. My father …………………. (buy) us some popcorn and orange juice. We
……………………. (eat) the popcorn and ………………………… (drink) the orange juice.
We …………………….. (laugh) at the funny clowns. There …………………. (be) a lion-tamer.
The lions …………………… (do) tricks; they ………………………… (jump) through hoops. A girl ………………. (ride)
an elephant around the ring. We all ………………… (have)
a wonderful time.
4. Write what Susy DID or DIDN’T do yesterday: /3 pts/
a) go shopping ( - ) ………………………………………………….……………………………………………….
b) watch a film on TV ( - ) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………

2. c) clean the house ( + ) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………
d) feed the cat ( + ) .………………………………………………………………………………………………….
e) telephone Mary ( - ) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………
f) visit her grandparents ( + ) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. Make negative sentences (x) or questions (?) using the PAST TENSE: /2 pts./
Example: he / stay (x) in a hotel
He didn’t stay in a hotel.
you / learn (?) speak Italian when you were in Italy.
Did you learn to speak Italian when you were in Italy?
a) she / like (x) the film
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b) I / use / (x) the school computer
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c) they / arrive (?) home late yesterday
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d) you / ask (?) her for Caroline’s address
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e) we / talk (x) about school at all
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