Past simple: regular and irregular verbs.

Exercises

A. Complete the sentences.

Ejemplo:

I didn´t watch TV last night.

1. On Saturday I played (play) computer games with

my cousins.

2. My mum not cooked (not cook) dinner last night.

3. I walked (walk) to school because there weren´tany

buses.

4. They not danced (not dance) at the party.

5. My brother traveled (travel) to Ireland last summer.

B. Write the past simple of these verbs.

1. copy copied

2. revise revised

3. cycle cycled

4. listen listened

5. practice practiced

6. play played

7. like liked

8. move moved
9. shout shouted

10. start started

C. Write the questions in the correct order.

Ejemplo:

night? / meet / Did / you / them / last /

Did you meet them last night?

1. film? / like / you / Did / the /

Did you the like film?

2. you / many / did / ask? / How / people /

How you did many people ask?

3. a / have / time? / they / Did / good /

Did they have a good time?

4. did / weekend? / the / What / do / we / at /

What did we the do at weekend?

5. she / DVD? / Where / that / did / buy /

Where did she buy that DVD?

6. party / on / your / go / Saturday? / he / Did / to /

Did he go to your party Saturday?

7. did / yesterday? / Who / you / see /

Who you see did yesterday?

Who do you met on Saturday morning? X

Who did you meet on Saturday morning?

1. Did he went to school yesterday? X

Did he gone to school yesterday?

2. Why did you to go home early? X

Why did you to gone home early?

3. Where you did learn English? X

Where you done learn English?

4. Did she works today? X

Did she worked today?

5. What do you this yesterday? X

What you done this yesterday?

6. Did they last night phone you? X

E. Regular (R) or irregular (I) verbs?

play R

1. fly I

2. use R

3. study R

4. eat I

5. make I

6. travel R

7. see I
F. Write the past simple of the verbs of exercise E.

1. Flown

2. used

3. studied
4. eaten

5. made

6. traveled

7. seen

G. Complete the sentences with the past simple.

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

Yesterday I got up early, at about seven o´clock.

1. I had a shower and some fruit for breakfast.

2. Then I gone to the sports centre.

3. I swum 500 meters in the swimming pool and then

4. I run 5 kilometers.

5. At lunchtime I eaten my friends in a café.

6. We met some pasta and drunk some juice.

7. After lunch I slept for a few hours, I been tired!

H. Complete with past simple (regular verbs).

1. I opened the door and looked (look) inside.

2. Who closed (close) all the windows?

3. I carried (carry) my mom´s shopping bag.

4. I not climbed (not climb) over the fence.

5. I ripped (rip) my shirt.

6. The plane landed (land) ten minutes ago.

8. My brother not cried (not cry) when he fell of his bike.

9. We walked (walk) to school yesterday.

10. She smiled (smile) when she saw me.

11. We hurried (hurry) to the station to catch the train.

12. She laughed (laugh) when I told her the joke.

13. We raced (race) each other on our bikes.

14. Dad not help (not help) me with my homework.

15. Helen whisper _ (whisper) me a secret.

16. Luis Miguel hurried (hurry) to catch a bus.

17. We returned (return) our books to the library.

18. She not kissed (not kiss) the frog.

19. The frog changed (change) into a prince.

20. Two doctors rushed (rush) into the room.

21. I not kicked (not kick) the ball very hard.

22. Who invented (invent) the computer?

23. Dinosaurs lived (live) many years ago.

24. It not snowed (not snow) last night.

25. They not worked (not work) until twelve last night.

I. Past simple (irregular verbs).

1. I loosed (loose) my watch in the park.

2. David not hurt (not hurt) his knee.

3. I kicked the ball and it broken (break) a window.

5. I gotten (get) this book from the library.

6. We had a garage where we kept (keep) our car.

7. Ali cut (cut) his knee.

8. The glass fallen (fall) off the table.

9. The glass not broken (not break).

10. We sold (sell) our old car.

11. We bought (buy) a new car.

12. The bell not rang (not ring).

13. We all gone (go) into school.

14. The dog caught (catch) the ball.

15. The man not knelt (not kneel) down.

16. Our cat run (run) onto the road.

17. Jane not written (not write) a letter.

18. I bought (buy) a new camera last week.

19. We driven (drive) to a safari park yesterday.

20. Yesterday Dad not taken (not take) me to the carnival.

21. Elizabeth given (give) Eva a chocolate.

22. Jack and Jill not gone (not go) up the hill.

23. Her ring cost (cost) ten Euros.

24. I put (put) sugar in my coffee.

25. He not hit (not hit) the ball over the net.