Name: __________________            Mark:
Date: _____/ _____ / ______         Teacher:




                Use: A finished action in the past.

                Example: We went to France last year.

                Affirmative form: I / You/ He/ She/It/We/ They went to France.

                Negative form: I / You/ He/ She/It/We/ They didn’t go to France.

                Interrogative form: Did I / you/ he/ she/It/we/ they go to France?

                A. Complete the table with the Past Simple forms of the verbs.

               INFINITIVE               PAST SIMPLE           INFINITIVE             PAST SIMPLE
               be                                             put
               become                                         ride
               buy                                            run
               catch                                          say
               choose                                         see
               come                                           send
               cost                                           sing
               cut                                            sit
               drive                                          speak
               drink                                          spend
               eat                                            steal
               fall                                           swim
               feel                                           take
               find                                           tell
               fly                                            think
               forget                                         throw
               give                                           understand
               make                                           wake
               mean                                           wear
               meet                                           win
               pay                                            write




                B. Complete using the Past Simple.

                    1. The lesson ______________ (begin) at 10 am and ______________(finish) at 11.30.

                    2. He ______________(leave) school early.

                    3. My mother ______________(tell) me not to come home late.
4. I ______________(speak) to my Maths teacher this morning.

    5. I ______________(not hear) what he said.

    6. We ______________ (buy) all our school books last year.

    7. She ______________(send) me an email yesterday.

    8. I ______________(not have) time to finish the report last night.

    9. He ______________ (bring) home a hungry dog he found in the street.

    10. He ______________(not think) it was important.

    11. The poor bird ______________(fly) right into the glass window.

    12. I’m really furious! Someone ______________(steal) my bike last night.

    13. Tom and Ann ______________(not be) at home last night.

    14. I ______________(wear) my new shoes to the party and they
         ______________(make) my feet hurt.

C. Write questions for the following answers:

D. Make these sentences negative:

    1.   Steve woke up at seven every morning.


    2.   Mark sat by the pool all day.


    3.   Their parents ran on the beach.


    4.   The water was cold.




E. Write questions in the Simple Past:

    1.   What time / they / arrive at hotel.


    2.   what places / they / visit


    3.   When / they / go back home.


    4.   What / Steve / get as a souvenir.
F. Complete with past time adverbials:

    1.   Today is Thursday: ____________________ was Wednesday.
    2.   This month is June. May was __________________________
    3.   This year is 2006. The year 2002 was ____________________
    4. Today is June 9th. June 7th was ________________________

Past simple-exercises intermediate

  • 1.
    Name: __________________ Mark: Date: _____/ _____ / ______ Teacher: Use: A finished action in the past. Example: We went to France last year. Affirmative form: I / You/ He/ She/It/We/ They went to France. Negative form: I / You/ He/ She/It/We/ They didn’t go to France. Interrogative form: Did I / you/ he/ she/It/we/ they go to France? A. Complete the table with the Past Simple forms of the verbs. INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE be put become ride buy run catch say choose see come send cost sing cut sit drive speak drink spend eat steal fall swim feel take find tell fly think forget throw give understand make wake mean wear meet win pay write B. Complete using the Past Simple. 1. The lesson ______________ (begin) at 10 am and ______________(finish) at 11.30. 2. He ______________(leave) school early. 3. My mother ______________(tell) me not to come home late.
  • 2.
    4. I ______________(speak)to my Maths teacher this morning. 5. I ______________(not hear) what he said. 6. We ______________ (buy) all our school books last year. 7. She ______________(send) me an email yesterday. 8. I ______________(not have) time to finish the report last night. 9. He ______________ (bring) home a hungry dog he found in the street. 10. He ______________(not think) it was important. 11. The poor bird ______________(fly) right into the glass window. 12. I’m really furious! Someone ______________(steal) my bike last night. 13. Tom and Ann ______________(not be) at home last night. 14. I ______________(wear) my new shoes to the party and they ______________(make) my feet hurt. C. Write questions for the following answers: D. Make these sentences negative: 1. Steve woke up at seven every morning. 2. Mark sat by the pool all day. 3. Their parents ran on the beach. 4. The water was cold. E. Write questions in the Simple Past: 1. What time / they / arrive at hotel. 2. what places / they / visit 3. When / they / go back home. 4. What / Steve / get as a souvenir.
  • 3.
    F. Complete withpast time adverbials: 1. Today is Thursday: ____________________ was Wednesday. 2. This month is June. May was __________________________ 3. This year is 2006. The year 2002 was ____________________ 4. Today is June 9th. June 7th was ________________________