This document provides an English grammar lesson on using the past simple tense. It includes exercises for students to practice filling in blanks with past simple verbs, changing sentences to the negative and interrogative forms, answering questions using given information in brackets, and asking questions to match given answers. The exercises cover a range of common past simple verbs and sentence structures to demonstrate proper usage of the tense.

1. Escola E. B. 2, 3 D. Manuel de Faria e Sousa
English – 7th Form
Teacher: Fernanda Soares
PAST SIMPLE
A. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE PAST SIMPLE OF THE VERBS:
1. They __________________ (to stop) the car behind the trees.
2. Mark __________________ (to see) his friend at the stadium yesterday afternoon.
3. Sorry, I __________________ (not / to hear) you.
4. What __________________ (you / to do) last Saturday?
5. Yesterday she __________________ (to leave) the office very early.
6. __________________ (they / to enjoy) the show last weekend?
7. In the 19th century, life __________________ (to be) very different from today.
8. She __________________ (to write) him a letter three weeks ago.
9. Where __________________ (you / to meet) Deborah?
10. The train __________________ (not / to get) into London on time.
11. Tom __________________ (to fly) for the first time in 1998.
12. We __________________ (to have) a great time at Mike’s party.
B. CHANGE THE SENTENCES INTO THE NEGATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE:
1. The children saw an elephant. NEG. The children didn’t see an elephant. /INT. Did the children see an elephant?
2. Mike took a shower before lunch. _______________________________________________________________
3. That tourist asked me the way to the station. ______________________________________________________
4. We knew everybody at the party. _______________________________________________________________
5. The bus arrived on time. ______________________________________________________________________
6. My mother lost her bag three days ago. __________________________________________________________
C. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, USING THE INFORMATION IN BRACKETS:
e.g. Where did Mary go? (to school) She went to school.
1. What did James see? (an exciting film) ___________________________________________________________
2. Was the soup hot or cold? (cold) ________________________________________________________________
3. Who did Nancy go to the party with? (her boyfriend) _______________________________________________
4. Who gave him that present? (his parents) ________________________________________________________
5. Did he repair the motorbike? (yes) ______________________________________________________________
6. When did Mary do her homework? (last night) ___________________________________________________
7. Why didn’t he come to school? (he was ill) ________________________________________________________
8. Whose fault was it? (that student’s) _____________________________________________________________
9. How did Susan travel to Spain? (by plane) ________________________________________________________
10. How many books did you buy? (three) __________________________________________________________
11. How long did they chat? (for a few minutes) _____________________________________________________
12. Did he enjoy the film? (no) _______________________________________________________________
D. NOW ASK QUESTIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING ANSWERS:
e.g. She lived in the north of London. Where did she live?
1. He wrote another novel. ______________________________________________________________________
2. That was uncle Ben’s car. _________________________________________________________________
3. The train left at 11a.m. ____________________________________________________________________
4. They felt angry. _________________________________________________________________________
5. Linda had an interview with the film director. _____________________________________________________
6. No, she didn’t give him a watch. _______________________________________________________________
7. I went to the cinema last night. _______________________________________________________________
8. My mother phoned me yesterday. ______________________________________________________________
9. I stayed at home because it was raining. _________________________________________________________