past simple - exercises

Comple the following sentences using past simple tense. You can use affirmative, negative or questions 1. John and I danced (dance) all day long.2. The boys didn't study (not study) yesterday. They played (play) video games.3. Did Susan visit (visit) her grandparents last weekend?4. The man lifted (lift) the heavy parcel to the post office.5. The man looked (look) at the price list and walked (walk) away.6. Mrs Brown didn't photocopy (photocopy) the documents and she didn't reserve (reserve) a table for two, but she typed (type) a lot of letters and answered (answer) a lot of phone calls.7. Did he arrive (arrive) on time? No, he didn't. He arrived (arrive) 10 minutes late.8. She walked (walk) past us and didn't look (not look) at us. She just ignored (ignore) us.9. Did he wash (wash) the car yesterday? No, he didn't, but he cleaned (clean) the furniture.10. Victoriaasked (ask) a lot of questions, but Jane didn't answer (not answer) any of them.11. She decided (decide) to go to the cinema alone because they didn't want (want) to see the film she wanted (want) to see.12. Did you finish (finish) what I asked (ask) you this morning? No, I didn't, but I phoned (phone) Mr Smith and e-mailed (e-mail) him the documents. Complete the following sentences using the past simple. 1. We waited (wait) for you.2. Ervin fixed (fix) the bike.3. The girl didn't clean (not clean) the house.4. We didn't search (not search) for information.5. They worked (work) in the morning.6. She promised (promise) to help.7. They didn't ski (ski) in winter.8. I didn't look (look) through the window.9. You listened (listen) to music.10. She washed (wash) the cups and the plates. Put the verbs in the correct box. -d walk arrive end wait like need use help -ied study marry Put the following verbs in the past simple form. 1. become: became2. drive: drove3. cost: cost4. rise: rose5. have: had6. lose: lost7. take: took8. swim: swam9. buy: bought10. do: did11. wear: wore12. sing: sang Complete the sentences with past simple of the irregular verbs from te previous exercise. 1. It was very hot, so I swam in the sea all afternoon.2. I bought this book yesterday. It cost €3.25.3. She wore a wig yesterday and nobody recognised her.4. Laura sang a lot of songs at her graduation party.5. Yesterday, I drove my father's car and took it to school.6. They are happy now because they did very well in the exam yesterday.7. I can't go to the concert tonight because I lost my ticket yesterday.8. Last night Anne had a sore throat and a temperature.9. The river rose after the rains.10. He became king at the age of 16. Put the verbs in the past simple form. 1. forget: forgot2. come: came3. fly: flew4. take: took5. read: read6. eat: ate7. find: found8: break: broke9: fall: felt10. see: saw11: hang: hung12. write: wrote Complete the sentences with the verbs from the previous exercise. 1. She was sick, so she took some medicine.2. She felt downstairs and broke her hip.3. James came to the party and brought me a present.4. I forgot my wallet yesterday. There was a lot of money in it.5. We saw a film last night. It was about a prisioner.6. Sally wrote a wonderful composition last week, and the teacher hung it in the wall of our classroom.7. Yesterday afternoon they were very hungry, and they ate fish in a restaurant.8. Isabel read a book last night. It is very interesting.9. I was in a hurry this morning, so I forgot my book at home.10. Last month we flew from Adana to Istanbul. It was very exciting. Put the following verbs in the past simple form. 1. cut: cut2. clean: cleaned3. correct: corrected4. thank: thanked5. open: opened6. write: wrote7. stand: stood8. look: looked9. give: gave10. take: took11. die: died12. go: went13. close: closed14. sit: sat15. walk: walked16. understand: understood17. post: posted18. ring: rang19. bring: brought20: be: was Complete the sentences with verbs in past simple from the previous exercise. 1. She cut the banana in half and gave it to me.2. My grandfather died from a heart attack when he was fifty.3. She went in and sat on the sofa.4. I wrote a postcard to a friend, and then I posted it.5. I rang the doorbell and an old woman opened the door.6. Alice brought the book and gave it to me.7. My father often took me to the zoo when I was little.8. Our English teacher was very nice. She always corrected our homework.