Escuela Nivequetn

Bsico
Miss. Nicole Torres
English
Explanation: Past Simple indicates an action that took
place before the current time, and that has no real
connection with the current time. The action took place in
the past, is finished, and is completely unrelated to the
present.

PAST SIMPLE TENSE

Fill in the gaps with the past form of these verbs: write, live, ride, forget, work, start, do, finish,
cook, arrive.

1. Long long ago dinosaurs ________________ on earth.

2. Last night the concert __________________ at 22:00p.m.
3. From 1998 to 1999 I _________________________ as a guide in Spain.
4.This morning I _________________________ at school before my classmates.
5. Tom ____________________________ a bicycle to school, when he was a child.
6. Last Sunday was my moms birthday, so I ____________________ a cake.
7. I _____________________________________ to study English five years ago.
8. Peter ____________________________ a lot of English exercises last week.
9. William Shakespeare ____________________________Romeo and Juliette.
10. Oh, my poor little fish, I _____________________________ to feed you this
Write the negative sentences using didnt +one of these verbs: speak, wash,
want, read, use, play, go, love, sleep, eat.
1. Yesterday Tom _____________ football, because he was ill.
2. Jack ___________ his hands after playing with his dog.
3. She rejected his proposal, because she _______________ him.
4. I _____________ to hit him, it happened accidentally.
5. Last week my sister ________ fatty food at all, because she was on
a diet.
6. Yesterday I saw my friend in a caf, but I _______________ to him.
7. We usually go to the cinema on Sunday, but we ____________ last
week.
8. My father reads two newspapers every day, but he ______________
anyone today.

Affirmative

I / he / she / it was

Negative

0 Negative

I didnt catch
He didnt
catch
She didnt
catch
It didnt catch
We didnt
catch
You didnt
catch

Interrogative

I/he/she/it wasnt singing

Was I / he / she / it singing?

you / we / they werent

Were you / we / they singing?

singing
you / we / they were
singing

singing

Escuela Nivequetn
Bsico
Miss. Nicole Torres
English

We use the Past Continuous to express:

a) Actions in progress at a moment in the past.
E.g.: last night at 9 oclock I was reading a book.
b) Describing a scene.
E.g.: It was an awful morning. It was raining heavily and the wind was blowing.
c) Actions happening at the same time in the past.
E.g.: My mother was cooking while I was reading a book.

Fill in the blanks with the right form of the Simple Past of the verbs
in brackets.
1. A group of teenagers ______________ at the hotel. ( to stay)
2. At 11 oclock Jane _____________ television. ( to watch)
3. Carol and Tim _____________ dinner. ( to have)
4. _____________ for the bus? ( George / to wait)
5. They _____________ very fast. ( not / to drive)
6. _____________ out together? ( they / not / to go)
7. Carol _____________ a really beautiful dress. ( to wear)
8. _____________ at Dr. Morgan? ( Susan / to look)
9. _____________ about her? ( her parents / to talk)
10.___________________? ( you / not / to run)
11._____________ his report? ( the policeman / not / to write)
12._____________ a good meal? ( They / to have)
13.Why _____________ there? ( he / to stand)
14.Why _____________ anything? ( they / not / to eat)
15._____________ into the taxi? ( he / to get)
16.She _____________ a new hat. ( to try)
17._____________ coffee? (they / to make)
18.They _____________ abroad. (not / to live)
19.The phone _____________. (to ring)
20.They _____________ me with the washing up. ( to help)