This document provides exercises to practice verbs in the past simple tense. It includes filling in blanks with the past simple form of verbs, changing sentences from present to past simple, and writing verbs in past simple when they are provided in brackets in sentences. The goal is to demonstrate the ability to conjugate verbs to the appropriate past tense form based on the context of the sentences.

1. 3. Write the verbs in the Past Simple.
a) Last week, John ________ (drive) to
Oxford.
b) ________(Rachel / sleep) at home
last night?
c) We ________(not / be) very lucky
with the weather in Mexico.
d) What countries ________(visit/ you)
in Europe?
e) Yesterday I ________(ride) my
bicycle all the way to the beach.
f)
I’m sad because William
________(not / want) to play with
1. Write the past Simple of the verbs.
me.
g) I ________(find) it. It ________(be)
a) play ________________
here all along.
b) write _______________
c)
win ________________
h) She is a nice girl. Where
d) live ________________
________(meet/ you) her?
e) study _______________
f)
meet _______________
____ / 8
g) paint________________
h) carry _______________
i)
walk ________________
j)
find ________________
4. Write the verbs in brackets in the
present simple or past simple.
____ / 10
a) I ________(go) to the cinema last
week.
2. Change the sentences into the Past
Simple.
b) He always ________ (drink) water.
c) We ________ (go) to the cinema
a) Are you happy?
___________________________
b) I eat a lot of food.
every week.
d) My son ________ 8study) a lot for
the test last weekend.
___________________________
c)
I don’t visit my grandmother.
e) On Mondays it ________ (be)
difficult for me to wake up early.
___________________________
d) He sings at a bar near where I live.
___________________________
____ / 4
f)
Why ________(miss/ you) the bus
yesterday.
____ 6