PAST LIFE (1)

An exercise by Montse Morales for The English

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Your score is 98%.
Questions answered correctly first time: 13/15

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1.
My friend ... ... (MOVE HOUSE) in 2009.

MOVED HOUSE

2.
Jim and Sylvia ... ... (GET ENGAGED) last year.
 GOT ENGAGED

3.
My mother ... ... (START WORKING) in 1998.

STARTED WORKING

4.
My brother ... ... ... (LEARN TO DRIVE) last year.

LEARNED TO DRIVE
5.
Peter ... ... ... (BUY A HOUSE) in 2010.

BOUGHT A HOUSE

6.
I ... ... (TRAVEL ABROAD) last year. I visited some
countries in Europe.

TRAVELLED ABROAD
7.
My sister ... ... (LEAVE SCHOOL) in 2010.

LEFT SCHOOL

8.
George and Sandra ... ... ... (FALL IN LOVE) last
year.

FELL IN LOVE
9.
Tom ... ... ... (GO TO SCHOOL) when he was 4 years
old.

WENT TO SCHOOL

10.
My sister ... ... ... (HAVE A CHILD) last month.

HAD A CHILD
11.
I ... ... (BE BORN) in Valencia.

WAS BORN

12.
Rose ... ... ... (BECOME A GRANDPARENT) two
years ago.

BECAME A GRANDPARENT
13.
Michael Jackson ... (DIE) in 2009.

DIED

14.
My parents ... ... (GET MARRIED) twenty years ago.

GOT MARRIED
 15.
My grandparents ... (RETIRE) when they were 65
years old.

RETIRED
Put the verbs into the simple past:

1. Last year I (go) went to England on holiday.

2. It (be) was fantastic.
3. I (visit) visited lots of interesting places. I (be) was with two friends of mine .
4. In the mornings we (walk) walked in the streets of London.
5. In the evenings we (go) went to pubs.
6. The weather (be) was strangely fine.
7. It (not / rain) was not rain a lot.
8. But we (see) saw some beautiful rainbows.
9. Where (spend / you) did you spend your last holiday?

Write the past forms of the irregular verbs.

Infinitive Simple Past

1. meet met

2. drive drove

3. speak spoke

4. put put
 5. write wrote

6. sing sang

7. do did

8. sit sat

9. stand stood

10. run ran

Complete the table in simple past.

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

He wrote a book. We did not write a book. Did he write a book?

John sang. He did not sing Did john sing?

Betty was pretty. Betty was not pretty. Was she pretty?

Put the sentences into simple past.

1. We move to a new house. → We moved to a new house.

2. They bring a sandwich. → They brouhgt a sandwich.
3. He doesn't do the homework. → He didn´t do the homework.
4. They sell cars. → They saold cars.
5. Does he visit his friends? → Did he visit his friends?

Write sentences in simple past.

1. Janet / the bus / miss → Janet missed the bus.

2. she / her room / tidy → She tidied her room.
3. Nancy / watch / not / television → Nancy didn´t watch television.
4. she / read / book → She read a book.

Choose "Was“ or "Were“:

1. The teacher was nice.

 2. The students were very clever.
3. But one student was in trouble.
4. We were sorry for him.
5. He was nice though.

Your score is: 85 %

The Past Simple

1. Make a sentence with only the words "call" and "I".
I called.

2. Make a question with only "call" and "I".

Did I call?

3. Make a negative sentence with the words "call" and "I".

I didn't call.

4. Make a sentence with only the words "give" and "you".

You gave.

5. Make a question with the words "give" and "you".

Did you give?

6. Make a negative sentence using the words "give" and "you".

You didn't give.
7. Make a sentence with only the words "use" and "she".
She used.

8. Make a question with only "use" and "she".

Did she use?

9. Make a negative sentence with the words "use" and "she".

She didn´t use.

10. Make a sentence with only the words "go" and "he".
He w ent.

11. Make a question with only "go" and "he".

Did he go?

12. Make a negative sentence with the words "go" and "he".
He didn´t go.

13. Make a sentence with only the words "close" and "it".
It closed.

14. Make a question with only "close" and "it".

Did it close?
15. Make a negative sentence with the words "close" and "it".
It didn´t close?

16. Make a sentence with only the words "write" and "we".
We w rote.

17. Make a question with only "write" and "we".

Did w e w rite?

18. Make a negative sentence with the words "write" and "we".
We didn't w rite.

19. Make a sentence with only the words "cook" and "they".
They cooked.

20. Make a question with only "cook" and "they".

Did they cook?

21. Make a negative sentence with the words "cook" and "they".
They didn´t cook