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Simple past - exercises 1 Short and long answers Give true answers to these questions and use complete answers, please. If you don't remember, write: I'm afraid I don't remember that (=Infelizmente não me lembro). a. What did you do last night? Last night I went to a friend's house. b. Did you eat fish last night? No, I didn't. I didn't eat fish last night. Yes, I did. I ate fish last night. c Where did you go last weekend? _________________________________________________________ d Did you have pasta for dinner last night? _________________________________________________________ e When did you eat an ice-cream? _________________________________________________________ f When did you go to the cinema? _________________________________________________________ g When did you go to the theatre? _________________________________________________________ h When did you see your best friend? _________________________________________________________ i When did you go to the beach? _________________________________________________________ j What did you give to your mother on her birthday? _________________________________________________________ k Who did you see last weekend? _________________________________________________________ l Who did you call this morning? _________________________________________________________ m Did your brother/sister visit you last week? _________________________________________________________ n What did you get for your last birthday? _________________________________________________________ o When did you drink wine? _________________________________________________________ p Did you do exercises last week? _________________________________________________________ q Did you watch TV last night? _________________________________________________________ r Did you buy a DVD yesterday? _________________________________________________________ s Did you use your computer last night? _________________________________________________________ t When did you last send an e-mail? _________________________________________________________ u Did you play computer games this morning? _________________________________________________________ w When did you go to a restaurant? _________________________________________________________ x Did you ride your bike last Sunday? _________________________________________________________ y Did you write a letter last month? _________________________________________________________ z Did you study English last night? _________________________________________________________ 2 Positive and negatives Make the positive verbs negative. Make the negative verbs positive. Examples: She drove to work. She didn't drive to work. I didn't know the answer. I knew the answer. a My aunt gave me a birthday present. _________________________________________________________ b It didn't rain until five o'clock. _________________________________________________________ c I didn't drink the coffee, but I ate the cake. _________________________________________________________ d She didn't bring a bottle of wine. _________________________________________________________ e She wasn't tired, so she didn't go to bed. _________________________________________________________ f He forgot his passport and he lost his ticket. _________________________________________________________ g It didn't cost a lot of money. _________________________________________________________ h I didn't have a lot of time, so I didn't do the shopping. _________________________________________________________ 3 ago Rewrite the sentences with ago. Examples: I saw him last June. I saw him three months ago. a I had breakfast at eight o'clock. _________________________________________________________ b They got married in 1989. _________________________________________________________ c We saw John the day before yesterday. _________________________________________________________ d They met in 1976. _________________________________________________________ e My daughter started school last September. _________________________________________________________ f Queen Victoria died in 1901. _________________________________________________________ g Alice came back from America last month. _________________________________________________________ h Their son was born at two o'clock this morning. _________________________________________________________ 4 Complete the past form of these verbs then complete the sentences below. Past form Translation clean cleaned limpar die ___________________ _____________________ enjoy _________________ _____________________ finish __________________ _____________________ happen ________________ _____________________ open __________________ _____________________ rain ___________________ _____________________ start __________________ _____________________ stay __________________ _____________________ want __________________ _____________________ 1 I cleaned my teeth three times yesterday. 2 It was hot in the room, so I ____________________ the window. 3 The concert ___________________ at 7.30 and _______________________ at 10 o'clock. 4 When I was a child, I _____________________ to be a doctor. 5 The accident _______________________ last Sunday afternoon. 6 It's a nice day today but yesterday it ____________________ all day. 7 We _________________________ our holiday last year. We _____________________ at a very nice place. 8 Ann's grandfather _________________________ when he was 90 years old. 5 Write the past simple of these verbs. 1 get _____________ play ______________ go _______________ know _______________ 2 see ____________ visit ______________ think _____________ put ________________ 3 play ____________ buy ______________ copy _____________ speak ______________ 6 Read about Lisa's journey to Madrid. Put the verbs in the correc form. Past form Translation fly _________________ ____________________ get _________________ ____________________ have _______________ ____________________ have _______________ ____________________ leave _______________ ____________________ drive _______________ ____________________ arrive ______________ ____________________ arrive ______________ ____________________ go _________________ ____________________ go _________________ ____________________ park _______________ ____________________ wait ________________ ____________________ depart ______________ ____________________ take ________________ ____________________ Last Tuesday Lisa flew from London to Madrid. She _______________ up at six o'clock in the morning and _________________ a cup of coffee. At 6.30 she ___________________ home and ___________________to the airport. When she _____________________________, she ___________________ the car and then ___________________ to the airport café where she ____________________ breakfast. Then she __________________ through passport control and ____________________ for her flight. The plane ______________________ on time and _________________in Madrid two hours later. Finally she ________________ a taxi from the airport to her hotel in the centre of Madrid. 7 Write sentences about the past (yesterday / last week etc). 1 Jim always goes to work by car. Yesterday he went to work by car. 2 Rachel often loses her keys. She _________________________________________ last week. 3 Kate meets her friends every evening. She ___________________________________________ yesterday evening. 4 I usually go to the cinema on Sundays. Last Sunday we _______________________________ ____________________. 5 I usually buy two newspapers every day. Yesterday I ___________________________________ ____________________. 6 Tom always has a shower in the morning. This morning he _____________________________ 7 Our friends come to see us every Friday. They _______________________________________ last Friday. 8 I eat an orange every day. Yesterday I ______________________________________________ 8 Write sentences about what you did yesterday. 1 I played volleyball yesterday. 2 ______________________________________________________________________________ 3 ______________________________________________________________________________ 4 ______________________________________________________________________________ 5 ______________________________________________________________________________ 6 ______________________________________________________________________________ home |
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