Past Simple: 1 - Complete The Sentences With The Correct Past Simple Form of The Verbs

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PAST SIMPLE 2º ESO

1 - Complete the sentences with the correct past simple form of the verbs.

1 He _______________ (meet) some friends in the park at the weekend and they
_______________ (watch) a football match.

2 It _______________ (not snow) here last winter so we _______________ (go)


skiing in Italy.

3 We _______________ (have) tea at my aunt’s house and we _______________


(eat) cake.

4 We _______________ (not arrive) until five o’clock and we _______________


(leave) at six o’clock.

5 She _______________ (win) a prize for singing and she _______________


(sing) the song again on the radio.

2 - Write questions for the answers. Use the question words in the box.

1 _________________________________________ ?

She went to the shopping centre.

2 _________________________________________ ?

She went last Saturday.

3 _________________________________________ ?

She arrived at eleven o’clock.

4 _________________________________________ ?

She met a school friend.

5 _________________________________________ ?

She bought a present for her brother.

3 - Look at the information. Then write past simple sentences. Use ago,
last or yesterday.

my dad / buy / new car / Wednesday (It is now Saturday.)

My dad bought a new car three days ago.

1 we / not do / our homework / Thursday evening (It is now Friday evening.)

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2 I / go to / Fred’s party (It is now a week later.)

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3 I / be born / 1997 (It is now thirteen years later.)
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4 they / arrive / in Spain (It is now a month later.)
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5 there / not be / a cinema here / in February (It is now July.)
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4 - Complete the text with the past simple form of the verbs in the boxes.

Last year Jack (1) _____________ camping in France with his family. They

(2) _____________ a tent with them but they (3) _____________ in the tent

every night. They sometimes (4) _____________ in a hotel and Jack (5)

_____________ in the pool. There (6) _____________ usually lots of people on

the campsite and he (7) _____________ some really interesting people.

He (8) _____________ excellent food in some local cafés. He really (9)

_____________ the cheese and the bread of the region. He (10) _____________

some presents for his friends in the market and (11) _____________ to them on

his mobile every day. But when the holiday (12) _____________, he (13)

_____________ to come home.

5 - Correct the sentences.


1 Where went you on holiday last August?

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2 There was a lot of people in the park.

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3 Did you liked the new James Bond film?

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4 There wasn’t any problems last time.

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5 She didn’t played tennis on Monday.

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6 - Complete the sentences with the correct past simple form of the verbs.

1. He ________ (write) his homework last Sunday.

2. Mary ________ (not go) to school last week.

3. ________ you________ (play) basketball two weeks ago?

4. I ________ (study) French last year.

5. They________ (buy) a new flat last month.

6. John ________ (take) his driving test yesterday but he_______ (not pass) it.

7. Tim ________ (go) to Paris last summer.

8. ________ your parents ________ (meet) at university?

9. When I ________ (be) a child, I ________ (speak) German.

10. We ________ (see) him yesterday but he ________ (not see) us.

7 -Write the questions in the correct order.

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

Did you meet them last night?

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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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8- Correct the sentences.

Who do you met on Saturday morning? X


Who did you meet on Saturday morning?
1. Did he went to school yesterday? X
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2. Why did you to go home early? X
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3. Where you did learn English? X
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4. Did she works today? X
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5. What do you this yesterday? X
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6. Did they last night phone you? X
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9 - 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 ________ a shower and some fruit for breakfast.
2. Then I ________ to the sports centre.
3. I ________ 500 meters in the swimming pool and then
4. I ________ 5 kilometres.
5. At lunchtime I ________ my friends in a café.
6. We ________ some pasta and ________ some juice.
7. After lunch I ________ for a few hours, I ________ tired!

10 - A detective (D) is interviewing a bank robber (BR). Complete the


dialogue with the correct form of was or were.
D Mr James. Where (1) ____________ you last Thursday?
BR What time last Thursday?
D Where (2) ____________ you at eleven o’clock last Thursday?
BR I (3) ____________ at home.
D No, you (4) ____________. You (5) ____________ in Smith Street.
BR No, I (6) ____________. I (7) ____________ at home.
D (8) ____________ there anybody at home with you?
BR Yes, my mum and dad (9) ____________ with me.
D I don’t believe you. Your parents (10) ____________ with you!
BR Yes, they (11) _________. Then we went to the bank in Smith Street … oops!

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