Past Simple

Part 1. Regular verbs, Part 2. Irregular verbs, Part 3. Mixed

(30 points)

  1. Part 1. REGULAR VERBS

    Write the past simple forms of the regular verbs in brackets to complete these sentences.

    1) My sister (study) all weekend.

  2. 2) We (play) cards after dinner.

  3. 3) I (watch) TV after school yesterday.

  4. 4) He (start) playing chess at the age of 7.

  5. 5) We (arrive) home very late last night.

  6. 6) We (visit) the Art Museum while we were in Warsaw.

  7. 7) They (close) the shop 1 hour ago.

  8. 8) When I was a child, I (like) toys.

  9. 9) When I was a child, I (hate) fish.

  10. 10) We really (enjoy) the school trip last year.

  1. Part 2. IRREGULAR VERBS

    Write the past simple forms of the irregular verbs in brackets to complete these sentences.

    1) He (find) 5 euro on the street yesterday.

  2. 2) We (buy) this car 2 years ago.

  3. 3) I (watch) TV after school yesterday.

  4. 4) I (see) Peter at the shopping centre last week.

  5. 5) We (come) home very late last night.

  6. 6) Last week I (forget) to do my homework.

  7. 7) Yesterday I (go) to the lake with my parents.

  8. 8) She (run) her first marathon when she was 18.

  9. 9) My mum (make) a very nice pizza yesterday.

  10. 10) My class (do) the exams very well last year.

  1. Part 3.

    Complete the text with these verbs in past simple.

    arrive  fly  go  pay  say  stop  take  tell  think  want

    Two summers ago we (1) on a trip to New York. We (2) from Manchester to John F. Kennedy International Airport. The journey was long but we were very excited; we are from a little village and we really (3) to visit a megacity like New York. When we (4) at our destination, we (5) a taxi to our hotel in Manhattan. The taxi driver was very nice and (6) us lots of things about New York and Manhattan.
    "How much is it?" – I asked the taxi driver when he (7) his car in front of the hotel. When he (8) that it was 52 dollars, I (9) that it wasn't possible, but it was! For the first – and I hope the last – time in my life, I (10) 52 dollars for a taxi. I guess that's one of the problems of big cities, they are really expensive.