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Past Tense - Basic Exercises

1. The document provides examples and exercises for using regular and irregular verbs in the past simple tense in English. It includes filling in blanks, writing questions, and correcting sentences with verbs in the past tense. 2. The exercises cover a variety of common regular and irregular verbs as well as affirmative and negative sentence structures. 3. The purpose is to practice conjugating verbs and using proper grammar for talking about actions and events that took place in the past.

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Past Tense - Basic Exercises

1. The document provides examples and exercises for using regular and irregular verbs in the past simple tense in English. It includes filling in blanks, writing questions, and correcting sentences with verbs in the past tense. 2. The exercises cover a variety of common regular and irregular verbs as well as affirmative and negative sentence structures. 3. The purpose is to practice conjugating verbs and using proper grammar for talking about actions and events that took place in the past.

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Past simple: regular and irregular verbs.

A. Complete the sentences. Example: I didn´t watch TV last night. (not watch)
1. I ___ (play) computer games with my cousins yesterday. 4. They _____ (not dance) at the party.
2. My mum ____ (not cook) dinner last night. 5. My brother ______ (travel) to Ireland last summer.
3. I ___ (walk) to school because there weren´t any buses. 6. Dr. Hudson _____ (not stay) in Europe for very long.
B. Write the questions in the correct order.
1. film? / like / you / Did / the / 5. she / DVD? / Where / that / did / buy /
2. you / many / did / ask? / How / people / 6. party / on / your / go / Saturday? / he / Did / to /
3. a / have / time? / they / Did / good / 7. did / yesterday? / Who / you / see.
4. did / weekend? / the / What / do / we / at / 8. night? / meet / Did / you / them / last /
C. Correct the sentences.
1. Did he went to school yesterday? X 3. Where you did learn English? X 5. What do you this yesterday? X
2. Why did you to go home early? X 4. Did she works today? X 6. Did they last night phone you?

D. Complete the sentences with the past simple.

be – get up – meet – have – go – run – drink – sleep – swim – eat

1. I _______ a shower and some fruit for breakfast. 5. At lunchtime I ______ my friends in a café.
2. Then I ______ to the sports center. 6. We ________ some pasta and ________ some juice.
3. I _____ 500 meters in the swimming pool and then 7. After lunch I ______ for a few hours, I ______ tired!
4. I ______ 5 kilometers. 8. Yesterday I ______early, at about seven o´clock
E. Complete with past simple (regular verbs).
1. I opened the door and _____ (look) inside. 14. Dad _____ (not help) me with my homework.
2. Who ______ (close) all the windows? 15. Helen _____ (tell) me a secret.
3. I ______ (carry) my mom´s shopping bag. 16. Luis Miguel _____ (hurry) to catch a bus.
4. I ____ (not climb) over the fence. 17. We ______ (return) our books to the library.
5. I ____ (lose) my shirt. 18. She ______ (not kiss) the frog.
6. The plane ______ (land) ten minutes ago. 19. The frog _______ (change) into a prince.
7. We ______ (live) in that house when I was a baby. 20. Two doctors _______ (rush) into the room.
8. My brother ______ (not cry) when he fell of his bike. 21. I ______ (not kick) the ball very hard.
9. We _______ (walk) to school yesterday. 22. Who _______ (invent) the computer?
10. She _____ (smile) when she saw me. 23. Dinosaurs _____ (live) many years ago.
11. We ____ (hurry) to the station to catch the train. 24. It ______ (not snow) last night.
12. She ____ (laugh) when I told her the joke. 25. They ______ (not work) until twelve last night.
13. We _____ (race) each other on our bikes.
F. Past simple (irregular verbs).
1. I _____ (lose) my watch in the park. 14. The dog _______ (catch) the ball.
2. David ______ (not hurt) his knee. 15. The man ________ (not kneel) down.
3. I kicked the ball and it _____ (break) a window. 16. Our cat _______ (run) onto the road.
4. My new shoes _____ (not cost) a lot of money. 17. Jane ______ (not write) a letter.
5. I ______ (get) this book from the library. 18. I ______ (buy) a new camera last week.
6. We had a garage where we ______ (keep) our car. 19. We ______ (drive) to a safari park yesterday.
7. Ali ______ (cut) his knee. 20. Yesterday Dad ______ (not take) me to the carnival.
8. The glass ______ (fall) off the table. 21. Elizabeth ________ (give) Eva a chocolate.
9. The glass _______ (not break). 22. Jack and Jill _______ (not go) up the hill.
10. We ______ (sell) our old car. 23. Her ring _______ (cost) ten Euros.
11. We ______ (buy) a new car. 24. I ______ (put) sugar in my coffee.
12. The bell ______ (not ring). 25. He ___________ (not hit) the ball over the net.
13. We all ______ (go) into school.

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