A-Put the verb in the past simple tense to fill the gaps.

1. The cat _______________ (escape) from the garden.

2. They _______________ (agree) with me about the album.

3. He _______________ (try) to start the car.

4. We _______________ (enjoy) the funfair a lot.

5. Tell me, what _______________ (happen)?

6. She _______________ (stop) at a zebra crossing.

7. I _______________ (carry on) working until late.

8. Alfie _______________ (fail) his driving test again.

9. On Saturday I ____________ (play) computer games with my cousins.

10. My mum ____________ (not cook) dinner last night.

11. I ____________ (walk) to school because there weren´t any buses.

12. They ____________ (not dance) at the party.

13. My brother ____________ (travel) to Ireland last summer.

B- Write the verb in negative tense of the past simple to fill the gaps.

a) They ____________________ (not watch) TV last night.

b) Priscila ____________________ (not talk) to her friends all day.

c) I ___________________ (not have) a terrible headache yesterday.

d) Bob _____________________ (not come) home from school late.

e) They ____________________ (not arrive) late and ___________________ (not miss) the bus.
f) She ____________________ (not study) hard and ___________________(not pass) the exam.
g) He ____________________ (call) the office to tell them he was sick.

h) I ___________________ (not speak) to the director as he was leaving the room.

A. Complete with was or were.

1. John _________at home last week.

2. They _________ at the cinema yesterday.

3. Your parents _________at the station at nine o´clock.

4. Mary_________in the street this morning.

5. My aunt _________ in hospital yesterday morning.

6. I_________at school this morning.

7. Jill and Kevin _________ at the zoo las Sunday.

8. We _________in a Chinese restaurant last night.

B. Write these sentences in the negative form.

1. Mum ________________at home this morning

2. Paul and Mary ________________ in the shop.

3. His friends________________very happy yesterday afternoon.

4. I ________________ late for the cinema.

5. We________________at home to watch a film on TV.

Complete these sentences with the “past simple” of the verbs in brackets.

I …............... (study) French yesterday.

-We …............... (watch) an interesting programme last night.

-Mark …............... (stop) the car in front of the post-office.

-My parents …............... (arrive) at half past six.

-Alison …............... (walk) to school.

-Charles and Wendy …............... (dance) at the party.

-We …............... (hurry ) back home.

-I .............................. (arrive) in London at 10 o’clock in the morning.

Complete these sentences with the “past simple” of the verbs in brackets.

a) I was hungry so I ....................... (decide) to have a pizza in a fast food restaurant.

b) In the afternoon I ................................ (visit) the city centre and I ........................... ( not love)

c) My friend George ............................. ( not invite) me to a musical.

d) ___________ they ....................... (play) the Lion king?

e) I ................................... (enjoy) it very much.