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GRAMMAR FOCUS: PAST SIMPLE

2. Look at the pictures and the prompts. Write questions and answers. Use the Past Simple.

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3. Tina/send/ Jane/letter/
two weeks ago/?

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5. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple.

6 . Put the verb in the correct form – positive, negative or question.

1. We went to the cinema, but the film wasn’t very good. We ________________ (enjoy) it.
2. Tim _____________ (buy) some new clothes yesterday – two shirts, a jacket and a pullover.
3. “ __________ it ______ ( rain) yesterday?” – “No, it was a nice day.”
4. We were tired, so we ______________ (stay) long at the party.
5. It was very warm in the room, so I ___________ (open) the window.
6. “Did you phone Peter this morning?” – “ No, I _____________ (have) time.”
7. “ I cut my hand two hours ago.” – “ How _______ you __________ (do) that?”
8. “Why weren’t you at the meeting yesterday?” – “I _____________ (know) about it.”

7. Fill in the blanks with the “Past Simple” of the correct verbs from the list.
put up cook go (2) make take collect drink meet speak play feel sing

Last weekend I (1) __________ camping with my friends. We (2)

__________ tents and sleeping bags. Three of us (3) ____________
the tents while the others (4) _____________ wood and (5)
_________ a fire. We (6) _____________ potatoes and (7)
____________ Coke. In the evening, Tom (8) ____________ the
guitar and everybody (9) ____________ songs. We (10)
_____________ some French tourists and (11) _____________ to
them in French. At about midnight, we all (12) __________ sleepy,
so we (13) ____________ to bed.

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8. Read and complete. Use the Present Simple or the Past Simple. Then, tick what the people did yesterday
or in the past.

1. Jenny usually ____________ (go) to bed at 11 o’clock in the evening.

Yesterday, she ____________ (not go) to bed at 11. She
_____________ (go) to bed at 10 because she ___________ (be) tired.

2. My mother always _____________ (cook) dinner for us. Last night,

my father ___________ (cook) dinner because it was my mum’s
birthday.

3. Yesterday, John _________ (get) up late, so he ___________ (take)

the bus to school. He sometimes ___________ (walk) to school because
it’s near his house.

4. In the past, people _____________ (not buy) their food. They

__________ (hunt) for it. Nowadays, people usually _____________
(go) to the supermarket to get their food.

9. Read about Michael Johnson. Put the verbs into the past simple and fit them in the passage about him.

say be realize seem study break retire sign win go become

MICHAEL JOHNSON – HIS FEET NEVER TOUCH THE GROUND

Michael Johnson won 5 Olympic gold medals. He (1) b________ 6 world records. He ran 200 meters in 19.32
records and 400 meters in 43.18 records. He was born in Texas and he has lived all his life there. His dad (2)
w________ a truck driver. Everybody at school was amazed by his running talent. His high school coach said
that his feet never (3) s_________ to touch the ground.
He (4) w__________ to college and (5) s__________ for a degree. While he was at college, he (6) r_________
that he could make a career in athletics. He was world no. 1 at 200 m and 400m by the age of 23. At the 1996
Atlanta Olympics, Johnson was the first athlete ever to win both the 200m and the 400m finals. The 200m final
was his favourite race. “That was as close as I’ve ever got to the perfect race,” he (7) s_______.
He soon (8) b________ one of the highest paid athletes of all time. In 1997, he (9) s________ a 6-year deal with
Nike worth $ 12 million. He was wearing special shoes when he (10) w_________ the 400m final at the Sydney
Olympics in 2000 – they had pieces of real gold sewn into them.
He (11) r________ in 2001 at the age of 33 when he was still at the top.

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10. Write the past simple form of the verbs in the list in the correct column. Read them out.
like empty cry dance smile travel delay live
stop play fry rob try stay prefer destroy
-e + d Double consonant + ed Consonant + y  ied Vowel + y + ed
liked, stopped, cried, played,

11. Add –(e)d to the verbs, put them in the correct column, then read them out.
land correct need work decorate offer dress water suggest
play dance visit prepare try type turn
look smile watch start push clean cook collect
/id/ after /t/, /d/ /t/ after /k/, /s/, /ʃ/, /p/, /tʃ/ /d/ after other sounds
landed, looked, smiled,

12. Complete the table with the past simple forms of the verbs.
 do ______did____ see _____________ drive _____________
be _____________ read _____________ sing _____________
come _____________ get _____________ ride _____________
become _____________ have _____________ run _____________
go _____________ take _____________ write _____________
learn _____________ sit _____________ make _____________

13. Complete the questions with was, were or did.

 What __did___ you watch on TV yesterday?
1. How ________ your last weekend?
2. Where ________ you live in 2008?
3. ________ you study for any exams last month?
4. Where _________ you at four o’clock yesterday afternoon?
5. ________ a friend phone you two days ago?
6. Where _______ Wayne Rooney born? – He ______ born in Croxteth, Liverpool.
7. What ________ the weather like yesterday? – It _________ hot and humid.
8. When ________ you start learning English?
14. Complete the questions with the past simple form of the verb in brackets.
 Jack and I ____played____ (play) badminton yesterday.
1. My sister __________ (cook) dinner with her teacher last night.
2. I am still tired now because I _________ (walk) to school this morning.
3. We ________ (stay) with our grandparents and _________ (have) great time last summer.
4. My cousins _____________ (come) to my house yesterday.
5. ________ you ________ (see) an accident near our school this afternoon?
6. They ______________ (not go) to the cinema last week.
7. You ___________ (do) a lot of homework last Saturday!
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8. Mum ___________ (make) some sandwiches for us last night.

15. Look at the picture story and complete the missing words. Write the past simple form of the verbs in
brackets.

Last Wednesday evening, Ted _had_ (have) lots of homework.

He (1)_____________ (not want) to do it. He (2) ___________ (want) to
go to a big football match.

(3) (4)
Ted _____________ (not do) his homework. What ________ he
_____ (do)? He(5) __________ (go) to the football match!

The next day, Ted’s teacher (6)

____________ (ask), “(7) _______ you
_________ (enjoy) the football match last night, Ted?”
(8)
Ted _________________ (not understand). How did the teacher
know? Then the teacher (9)
__________ (say), “I (10)
______________
(11) (12)
(watch) TV last night. I ____________ (see) you. You
___________ (be) on TV!”

16. Complete the following text using the past tense of the verbs in brackets.

LAST SUMMER HOLIDAY

Anna's holiday ____________ (1. be) great last summer. She _______________ (2. stay) in a college in England
for two weeks. She ________________ (3. have) classes in the mornings and in the afternoons she
________________ (4. do) some sports like swimming or tennis.
In the evenings she often __________________ (5. go) dancing or ________________ (6. watch) films with her
new friends.
At weekends they __________________ (7. drive) to some interesting places. Once they __________________
(8. visit) Marwell Zoo where they _______________ (9. see) some beautiful animals. Anna
____________________ (10. not like) the food at the college but that _____________________ (11. not be) a
problem. She ____________________ (12. meet) a lot of people and ____________________ (13. learn) some
English. All the students in her class ________________ (14. be) sorry to go home. They all
_________________ (15. promise) to come back next summer.

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