Past Simple Tense Exercises
1) Complete the sentences with the SIMPLE PAST of the verbs in parentheses:
a) They ____________________ (watch) TV last night.
b) Priscila ____________________ (talk) to her friends all day.
c) I ___________________ (have) a terrible headache yesterday.
d) Bob _____________________ (come) home from school late.
e) They ____________________ (arrive) late and ___________________ (miss) the bus.
f) She ____________________ (study) hard and ___________________(pass) the exam.
g) He ____________________ (call) the office to tell them he was sick.
h) I ___________________ (speak) to the director as he was leaving the room.
i) Dr. Johnson ______________________ (get up) early this morning.
j) Mary _____________________ (do) her homework and ________________ (go) to
school.
k) Chris ____________________ (find) a ten-dollar bill.
l) The dog ______________________ (follow) us down the road.
m) Those students _____________________ (work) hard last semester.
n) Lúcio ___________________ (stop) at the corner and __________________ (call) us.
o) I ___________________ (try) to talk to Helen last night.
p) I ___________________ (pay) the phone bill yesterday.
q) My dad ____________________ (catch) a cold when he ________________ (be) in
Canada.
r) She _____________________ (leave) home early yesterday.
s) They ____________________ (know) each other very well when they
________________ (be) kids.
t) The teacher _____________________ (bring) the exams corrected.
u) She was cleaning the vase when she ____________________ (drop) it.
v) We ___________________ (jog) in the park yesterday.
w) The fire ____________________ (occur) while we ___________________ (be) out.
x) I __________________ (meet) some nice people at the party last weekend.
y) Carol _____________________ (sleep) until late on the weekend. Then, she
_______________ (go) out to lunch.
z) We ______________________ (fly) to the USA on a great airplane.
2) Write questions or negatives sentences:
a) She visited her parents last weekend.



Question: __________________________________________________________?
b) He cleaned his room before school.
Question: ___________________________________________________________?
c) The teacher found the missing exams.
Negative: ____________________________________________________________?
d) Tom wanted to go to the movies alone.
Question: ___________________________________________________________?
e) Helena offered Henrique a piece of cake.
Negative: ___________________________________________________________?
f) I knew what to do.
Negative: ____________________________________________________________?
g) Alexandre helped Anita with her homework.
Question: ___________________________________________________________?
h) You ate cookies after dinner.
Negative: ____________________________________________________________?
i) You talked to her earlier.
Question: ___________________________________________________________?
j) We turned off the TV after the news.
Negative: ____________________________________________________________?

k) He drank only a coke at the party.
Question: ___________________________________________________________?
l) Mom made breakfast early.
Negative: __________________________________________________________?

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Did she visit her parrents last weekend?
Did not he clean the room before school?
Did teacher find the missing exams?
Did Tom want to go to the movies alone?
Did not Helen offer H* a piece of cake?
Did not I know what to do?
Ты принципе понял?
Чтобы построить вопрос в Past надо вспомогательный глагол вывести на 1 место, а основной глагол будет в обычном инфинитиве, а если вопрос отрицательный, то прибавляешь ещё not -> didnt = did not.
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