Simple Past Revision

Past Tense (Regular Verbs)

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1. Put the verbs into the Simple Past.

Yesterday my family and I visited (visit) my grandparents. My mother ____________ (help) my

grandmother in the garden. My father ____________ (clean) the windows outside. My brother and I
____________ (watch) cartoons on TV with my grandfather. Later we ____________ (play) outside in
the garden. We _____________ (climb) the tree to our tree-house. We _____________ We
____________ (stay) there all afternoon. Then our mother ____________ (call) us because it was time
to go home. Our grandparents ____________ (kiss) us goodbye and we ____________ (return) home.
We ____________ (arrive) home at 8 oclock. Father ____________ (look) for the key, ____________
(open) our front door and all ____________ (walk) inside.

2. Fill in the blanks with the Simple Past.

Yesterday my brother and I helped (help) our mother in the house. First we ____________ (clean) our
rooms and then we ___________ (wash) our clothes. After that we ____________ (cook) some
spaghetti. The spaghetti ____________ (not/ be) very nice, but our mother ___________ (be) happy to
eat it. Then I ___________ (have) a bath and my brother and I ____________ (watch) TV.

Simple Past (Irregular Verbs)

3. Fill in the blanks with the Simple Past of the verbs in brackets.

Last Saturday my father took (take) my friends and me to the circus. We __________ (see) lots of
things. My father ____________ (buy) us some popcorn and ___________ orange juice. We
__________ (eat) the popcorn and ___________ (drink) the orange juice. We ___________ (laugh) at
the funny clowns. There ____________ (be) a lion-tamer. The lions ___________ (do) tricks; they
____________ (jump) through hoops. A girl ____________ (ride) an elephant around the ring. We all
___________ (have) a wonderful time.
4. Choose the right verb, put it in the Simple Past and fill in the blanks.

write drink do see buy sit meet

drive be tell come take cost go

Yesterday morning we went to the market. We __________ our shopping baskets. Father ___________
us there by car. At the market, we ___________ some fruit and vegetables. I ____________ some birds
that I wanted to buy. They ____________ a lot of money. Mother ____________ me they
____________ too expensive. Then we _____________ some friends and we all ____________ to a
caf. We ___________ at a table outside and _____________ orange juice. Then mother and I
_____________ home. In the afternoon I _____________ my homework and ______________ a letter
to my grandmother.

5. Fill in with Simple Past.

Last Sunday we went (go) on a picnic in the country. My mother ___________ (drive) the car. My
father ___________ (sleep) all the way there because he ____________ (be) tired. When we
___________ (arrive) we _____________ (run) straight to the river. We ____________ (swim) for a
long time and then we ___________ (eat) our lunch. After lunch my father and I _____________ (play)
rugby. We ____________ (leave) at six oclock and ____________ (go) home. We all _____________
(have) a lovely time.

6. Mary and Sam are talking about their last summer holidays. Fill in the blanks with the Simple
Past.

Mary: Where did you go (you/ go) on holiday last summer?

Sam: I __________ (go) to France to visit my cousins there.
Mary: How long _____________ (you/ stay)?
Sam: I ____________ (stay) for two months and I _____________ (have) a wonderful time. Where
_____________ (you/ spend) your holidays?
Mary: We _____________ (not/ go) anywhere. My mother ___________ (be) in hospital, so we
_____________ (stay) at home.
Sam: Thats too bad!
Mary: Well, she _____________ (come) home after three weeks, and we ____________ (be) happy to
see her.