1. Match the infinitive with the past tense.

b) ____________________________?
Eat saw They arrived at 8 oclock.
Drink wrote
Write read c) ____________________________?
see ate I phoned Mary.
go went
make came d) ____________________________?
read drank Last night I went to cinema.
come made
e) ____________________________?
2. Complete the questions: I was in London.

Where did she walk? f) ____________________________?

She walked in the park. Yes, the food was excellent.

a) ___________________________? h) ____________________________?
He played football. I was at school.

3. Put these verbs in brackets in the past simple. Note that they are all regular verbs.

a) She __________________ to school at nine thirty. (to arrive)

b) The girl __________________. (to apologize)
c) She __________________ very hard that day. (to work)
d) Her grades __________________ a lot. (to improve)
e) She said being tutored __________________ immensely. (to help)
f) She __________________ her final grades in June. (to receive)
g) She __________________ with happiness. (to cry).
h) Her parents __________________ very proud. (to seem)

4. Put these verbs in brackets in the past simple. Note that they are all irregular verbs.

a) The boat __________________ late again. (to be)

b) The girl __________________ the teacher would yell at her. (to think)
c) She __________________ to school as fast as she could. (to get)
d) She __________________ a lot of extra work to make up for it. (to do)
e) The teacher __________________ the student to relax. (to tell)
f) She __________________ a lot of energy. (to have)
g) The teacher __________________ very angry at the some students. (to become)
h) The students __________________ suspended. (to be)

5. Circle the correct option. Keep in mind some verbs are regular and some are irregular.

a) I ... my paper yesterday. (to finish)

i) finish ii) finished iii) finishe
b) I ... as much as I could and my final grade proves it! (to study)
i) studyed ii) study iii) studied
c) I'm afraid I won't be able to print the essay in time, my computer .... (to break)
i) breaked ii) broke iii) broken
d) Even though I ... really nervous, the presentation ... well! (to be, to go)
i) was ii) were iii) be
iv) go v) went vi) gone
e) I ... horribly tonight, the thunder ... me constantly. (to sleep, to awake)
i) sleep ii) sleept iii) slept
iv) awoke v) awaken vi) awaked
f) I love this game, I ... it all night. I was having so much fun I ... track of time. (to play, to lose)
i) play ii) played iii) plaied
iv) lose v) losed vi) lost
g) I ... to go to the beach when I was younger, but now I prefer the swimming pool. (to love)
i) love ii) loved iii) lovet
h) We ... for an hour but no one .... (to wait, to come)
i) wait ii) waited iii) waiting
iv) come v) came vi) comed
6. Create sentences with the information you are given, putting the main verb in the past simple. Don't forget the
articles and pronouns and other particles that may be necessary.

a) Susan / to wake up / 5AM. ______________________________________________________________

b) He / to write / mother / letter. ___________________________________________________________
c) She / to arrive / late / yesterday. __________________________________________________________
d) I / to have / great time. _________________________________________________________________
e) He / to behave / horribly / babysitter's. ____________________________________________________
f) They / to be / sleepy yesterday. ________________________________________________________
g) He / to study / really hard / last weekend. __________________________________________________
h) I / to improve / grades! _________________________________________________________________

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

Anna ____________ (have) a great last summer. She _______________ (spend) two weeks in a college in England. It
__________ (be) fantastic. In the mornings she ___________________ (study) English and in the afternoons she
________________ (go) swimming or __________________ (play) tennis. The evenings __________________ (be)
funny too. She and her new friends __________________ (dance) or _______________ (watch) films. Twice a week
they ____________________ (take) trips around England and __________________(visit) some interesting places.
Anna ____________________ (not like) the food at the college but that _____________________ (not be) a
problem. She ___________ (make) a lot of friends and _________________(enjoy) every minute of her stay in
England.
8.Underline the mistake in each sentence. Then correct them.

1. I didnt watched television yesterday.

_________________________________________________________________________________________
2. The police officer wroted notes in his notebook.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Did she took any money?
_________________________________________________________________________________________
4. The train stoped at the next station.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
5. Who did you saw?
_________________________________________________________________________________________
6. My parents was so happy when they saw me.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
7. His luck changed when he tryed to occupy Russia.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
8. Was you at school yesterday?
_________________________________________________________________________________________
9. I decided to ran away.
________________________________________________________________________________________
10. She didnt bought an umbrella.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
9. Write sentences in the past that are true for you.
1- _______________________________________________________________________________
2- _______________________________________________________________________________
3- _______________________________________________________________________________
4- _______________________________________________________________________________
5- _______________________________________________________________________________
6- _______________________________________________________________________________
7- _______________________________________________________________________________
8- _______________________________________________________________________________
9- _______________________________________________________________________________
10- _______________________________________________________________________________
10. Write about your last holidays.
WHERE? WHEN? WHO DID YOU GO WITH? WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT WAS THE WEATHER LIKE?
11. Choose the right answer.

1. Which sentence is correct? a) Why she went home early?

b) Why did she go home early?
a) Who did he talk to? c) Why did she goes home early?
b) Who did he talk?
c) Who he talked to? 4. Which sentence is correct?

2. Which sentence is correct? a) Where Julia and Matt ate dinner?

b) Where did Julia and Matt eat dinner?
a) Was Darren bought a car? c) Where did Julia and Matt was ate dinner?
b) Did Darren bought a car?
c) Did Darren buy a car? 5. Which sentence is correct?

3. Which sentence is correct? a) Who did to the store go?

b) Who did went to the store?
c) Who went to the store?
12. Turn these sentences into the negative form.

1. The students closed the books

___________________________________________________________________________
2. I waited with her for the bus.
___________________________________________________________________________
3. Mary arrived with her parents.
___________________________________________________________________________
4. My father cooked the dinner yesterday night.
___________________________________________________________________________
5. I played football on Wednesday.
___________________________________________________________________________
6. We learned the past tense of some irregular verbs.
___________________________________________________________________________
7. I lived in France two years ago.
___________________________________________________________________________

13. Make questions for the following statements and then write the answers.

1. I helped my sister with her homework.

___________________________________________________________?
No, _______________________________________________________.

2. They smiled at that boy.

___________________________________________________________?
No, _______________________________________________________.
 3. Joe looked at me at the classroom.
___________________________________________________________?
Yes, _______________________________________________________.

4. Mary and you brushed your hair after breakfast.

___________________________________________________________?
Yes, _______________________________________________________.

5. They remembered my name.

___________________________________________________________?
No, _______________________________________________________.

14. Ask questions according the underlined word. Use the correct question word.

1. ___________________________________________________________?
Mary arrived home at 8.00p.m.

2. ___________________________________________________________?
We watched TV after dinner.

3. ___________________________________________________________?
My parents decided to travel to England.

4. ___________________________________________________________?
They photographed Tour Eifel in Paris.

5. ___________________________________________________________?
We travelled by plane last summer.