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Past Simple: 1 - Complete The Sentences With The Correct Past Simple Form of The Verbs

The document provides instructions and examples for completing exercises in the past simple tense in English. It includes exercises where students are asked to fill in blanks with the past simple form of verbs, form questions based on answers, write sentences using time expressions like "ago" and "yesterday", correct sentences, and complete a dialogue between a detective and a bank robber.

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Past Simple: 1 - Complete The Sentences With The Correct Past Simple Form of The Verbs

The document provides instructions and examples for completing exercises in the past simple tense in English. It includes exercises where students are asked to fill in blanks with the past simple form of verbs, form questions based on answers, write sentences using time expressions like "ago" and "yesterday", correct sentences, and complete a dialogue between a detective and a bank robber.

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PAST SIMPLE 2º ESO

1 - Complete the sentences with the correct past simple form of the verbs.

1 He _______________ (meet) some friends in the park at the weekend and they
_______________ (watch) a football match.

2 It _______________ (not snow) here last winter so we _______________ (go)


skiing in Italy.

3 We _______________ (have) tea at my aunt’s house and we _______________


(eat) cake.

4 We _______________ (not arrive) until five o’clock and we _______________


(leave) at six o’clock.

5 She _______________ (win) a prize for singing and she _______________


(sing) the song again on the radio.

2 - Write questions for the answers. Use the question words in the box.

1 _________________________________________ ?

She went to the shopping centre.

2 _________________________________________ ?

She went last Saturday.

3 _________________________________________ ?

She arrived at eleven o’clock.

4 _________________________________________ ?

She met a school friend.

5 _________________________________________ ?

She bought a present for her brother.

3 - Look at the information. Then write past simple sentences. Use ago,
last or yesterday.

my dad / buy / new car / Wednesday (It is now Saturday.)

My dad bought a new car three days ago.

1 we / not do / our homework / Thursday evening (It is now Friday evening.)

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2 I / go to / Fred’s party (It is now a week later.)

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3 I / be born / 1997 (It is now thirteen years later.)
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4 they / arrive / in Spain (It is now a month later.)
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5 there / not be / a cinema here / in February (It is now July.)
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4 - Complete the text with the past simple form of the verbs in the boxes.

Last year Jack (1) _____________ camping in France with his family. They

(2) _____________ a tent with them but they (3) _____________ in the tent

every night. They sometimes (4) _____________ in a hotel and Jack (5)

_____________ in the pool. There (6) _____________ usually lots of people on

the campsite and he (7) _____________ some really interesting people.

He (8) _____________ excellent food in some local cafés. He really (9)

_____________ the cheese and the bread of the region. He (10) _____________

some presents for his friends in the market and (11) _____________ to them on

his mobile every day. But when the holiday (12) _____________, he (13)

_____________ to come home.

5 - Correct the sentences.


1 Where went you on holiday last August?

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2 There was a lot of people in the park.

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3 Did you liked the new James Bond film?

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4 There wasn’t any problems last time.

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5 She didn’t played tennis on Monday.

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6 - Complete the sentences with the correct past simple form of the verbs.

1. He ________ (write) his homework last Sunday.

2. Mary ________ (not go) to school last week.

3. ________ you________ (play) basketball two weeks ago?

4. I ________ (study) French last year.

5. They________ (buy) a new flat last month.

6. John ________ (take) his driving test yesterday but he_______ (not pass) it.

7. Tim ________ (go) to Paris last summer.

8. ________ your parents ________ (meet) at university?

9. When I ________ (be) a child, I ________ (speak) German.

10. We ________ (see) him yesterday but he ________ (not see) us.

7 -Write the questions in the correct order.

Example: night? / meet / Did / you / them / last /

Did you meet them last night?

1. film? / like / you / Did / the /

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2. you / many / did / ask? / How / people /


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3. a / have / time? / they / Did / good /

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4. did / weekend? / the / What / do / we / at /


__________________________________________________________________

5. she / DVD? / Where / that / did / buy /

__________________________________________________________________

6. party / on / your / go / Saturday? / he / Did / to /


__________________________________________________________________

7. did / yesterday? / Who / you / see /

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8- Correct the sentences.

Who do you met on Saturday morning? X


Who did you meet on Saturday morning?
1. Did he went to school yesterday? X
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2. Why did you to go home early? X
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3. Where you did learn English? X
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4. Did she works today? X
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5. What do you this yesterday? X
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6. Did they last night phone you? X
__________________________________________________________________

9 - Complete the sentences with the past simple.


be – got up – meet – have – go – run – drink – sleep – swim – eat
Yesterday I got up early, at about seven o´clock.
1. I ________ a shower and some fruit for breakfast.
2. Then I ________ to the sports centre.
3. I ________ 500 meters in the swimming pool and then
4. I ________ 5 kilometres.
5. At lunchtime I ________ my friends in a café.
6. We ________ some pasta and ________ some juice.
7. After lunch I ________ for a few hours, I ________ tired!

10 - A detective (D) is interviewing a bank robber (BR). Complete the


dialogue with the correct form of was or were.
D Mr James. Where (1) ____________ you last Thursday?
BR What time last Thursday?
D Where (2) ____________ you at eleven o’clock last Thursday?
BR I (3) ____________ at home.
D No, you (4) ____________. You (5) ____________ in Smith Street.
BR No, I (6) ____________. I (7) ____________ at home.
D (8) ____________ there anybody at home with you?
BR Yes, my mum and dad (9) ____________ with me.
D I don’t believe you. Your parents (10) ____________ with you!
BR Yes, they (11) _________. Then we went to the bank in Smith Street … oops!

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