Escuela Bsica Nemesio Antnez Z.

El Bosque
English Department
Teacher: Francisco Hernndez Murga ._____________________________________________

Past Simple Workshop

SUBJECT:
English

NAME:
____________________________________________________________

TEACHER:

GRADE:

DATE:

Francisco Hernndez Murga.

______________

_____________________________________

I.

Circle the irregular verbs and then turn them into the Past Simple tense.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

II.

f) Sell:
g) Hide:
h) Understand:
i) Make:
j) Swim:

k) Sing:
l) Think:
m) Teach:
n) Fight:
o) Catch:

Complete the following affirmative sentences using the irregular verbs in

parenthesis. Use the Past Simple tense.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

III.

Say:
See:
Bring:
Buy:
Tell:

Mathias and Jason _____________ (read) that short story.

Lisa ____________________ (teach) German last week.
My mother ______________ (give) many cookies.
A friend ________________ (sing) a heavy metal song last night.
Your brother _____________ (know) the truth.

Transform into infinitive the following irregular verbs. The verbs are in the Past
Simple tense.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)

Made:
Sank:
Sang:
Cut:
Saw:
Held:
Brought:
Read:
Learnt:

m) Told:
n) Broke:
o) Cost:
p) Went:
q) Dug:
r) Met:
s) Rang:
t) Drove:
u) Ran:

Escuela Bsica Nemesio Antnez Z.

El Bosque
English Department
Teacher: Francisco Hernndez Murga ._____________________________________________

VI.

Complete the next story with the correct form of Past Simple. The verbs are
given in brackets.

It __________ (be) eight oclock. Tim ________ (get) up and ___________ (go) to the bathroom.
He __________ (have) a bath. He ________ (be) very happy, because it__________ (be) the first
day of his holiday with Mary.
He ___________ (get) dressed. He put on a white shirt and blue trousers. He ________ (have) his
breakfast in the kitchen and then he _________ (clean) his teeth.
At nine oclock he ___________ (phone) Mary and then he __________ (phone) for a taxi. The taxi
arrives at half past nine. But when Tim ________ (go) to the door, he fell over his suitcase. He
___________ (break) his leg and cut his hand. The taxi driver _________ (take) him to the hospital.
He ___________ (not come) on holiday.
But Mary __________ (be) already at the airport. Did she go on holiday? What do you think?
VII. Write the past tenses of these regular verbs.
1) Arrive_______________

3) Dance ______________

2) Want _______________

4) Change ______________

5) Work _______________

6) Visit ________________

7) Travel ______________

8) Start ________________

9) Enjoy ______________

10) Paint _______________

VIII. Write the past tense of these irregular verbs.

1) See _________________

3) Know ______________

2) Drink ________________

4) Make ______________

5) Do __________________

6) Take________________

7) Go __________________

8) Say ________________

9) Grow _______________

10) Buy _______________