Consolidation

4 Grammar Worksheet
WAS / WERE PAST SIMPLE NEGATIVE
PAST TIME EXPRESSIONS
1 Complete the sentences with the past simple form of
the verb to be.
4 Complete the sentences with the past simple form of
1 Carl was (be) very romantic yesterday at Valentine’s Day. the verbs in brackets and ago, at, in or last.
2 The students (not be) late at school
1 She didn’t see (not see) Beth in town three weeks ago.
as usual.
2 I (not do) my English
3 I (not be) very happy with the exam homework night.
result. 3 We (not go)
4 The drivers (be) completely on holiday to Greece four months .
exhausted after the car race. 4 They
5 (be) Picasso a great painter? (not have) pasta for dinner Saturday.
Yes, he (be). 5 Andrea and I
6 What a shame! Sue and I (not be) at (not meet) 2011.
the party because we (be) ill. 6 He (not send) me a
text message yesterday four o’clock.
PAST SIMPLE AFFIRMATIVE
PAST SIMPLE QUESTIONS
2 Write the past simple form of the verbs.
1 pass passed 5 Write questions for the underlined parts of the answers.
2 play 1 How many people were on the plane?
3 get A hundred people were on the plane.
4 leave 2
5 buy I walked about six kilometres.
3
6 write
The meal cost 45 euros.
7 live
4
8 wear
The exam was two hours long.
9 travel 5
10 study We went to Barcelona last weekend.
11 drive 6
12 take I was at university in 2006.

3 Complete the sentences with the past simple form of
the regular verbs in exercise 2.
1 He passed his driving test when he was 18 years old.
2 I badminton with some friends
yesterday at school.
3 She hard for her final exams.
4 He with his parents in London
for a long time.
5 Margaret alone around the United
States.
6 Write sentences using the past simple tense.
1 My dad / not drive / the school minibus.
My dad didn’t drive the school minibus.
2 you / go / to the cinema / last night?
3 She / send / a text message / two minutes ago.
4 he / play / basketball / at school / today?
5 We / go / to Edinburgh / in 2011.
6 I / not watch / a DVD / at the weekend.

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