The document contains a past simple mixed exercise with 80 questions testing knowledge of forming the past simple tense in English in positive, negative and question forms. The questions cover a range of common verbs and contexts involving actions, locations, times, possessions and more to provide practice with conjugating verbs into their past tense forms.
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Practice Simple Past Pasado Simple Worksheet
The document contains a past simple mixed exercise with 80 questions testing knowledge of forming the past simple tense in English in positive, negative and question forms. The questions cover a range of common verbs and contexts involving actions, locations, times, possessions and more to provide practice with conjugating verbs into their past tense forms.
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Past Simple Mixed Exercise
Make the past simple, positive, negative or question:
1. I _________________ (not / drink) any beer last night.
2. She _________________ (get on) the bus in the centre of the city.
3. What time _________________ (he / get up) yesterday?
4. Where _________________ (you / get off) the train?
5. I _________________ (not / change) trains at Victoria.
6. We _________________ (wake up) very late.
7. What _________________ (he / give) his mother for Christmas?
8. I _________________ (receive) $300 when my uncle _________________ (die).
9. We _________________ (not / use) the computer last night.
10. _________________ (she / make) good coffee?
11. They _________________ (live) in Paris.
12. She _________________ (read) the newspaper yesterday.
13. I _________________ (not / watch) TV.
14. He _________________ (not / study) for the exam.
15. ____________________ (he / call) you?
16. ____________________ (I / forget) something?
17. What time _____________________________ (the film / start)?
18. He _________________ (have) a shower.
19. Why ____________________ (you / come)?
20. ______________________ (he / go) to the party?
21. I _________________ (work) in a bank for ten years.
22. Where _________________ (you / live) when you were young?
23. She _________________ (not / study) French at university.
24. He _________________ (travel) through the Middle East last year.
25. _________________ (they / visit) the Louvre in Paris?
26. She _________________ (not / watch) TV yesterday.
27. We _________________ (buy) a new car last weekend.
28. Where _________________ (you / teach) before you came here?
29. He _________________ (not / think) that he was right.
30. I _________________ (cook) steak last night.
31. _________________ (Lucy / read) ‘War and Peace’ at school?
32. She _________________ (not / write) to her grandmother.
33. We _________________ (have) a computer when I was a child.
34. Where _____________________ (you / go) on holiday?
35. I ___________________ (love) ice cream when I was a child.
36. They _________________ (not / meet) yesterday.
37. ____________________ (she / swim) in the sea in Greece?
38. We _________________ (not / play) tennis yesterday because it was raining.
39. He ___________________ (try) to lift the box but he couldn’t.
40. What ____________________ (you / eat) for lunch?
Write questions for these answers.
1. She went home.
2. We watched a film.
3. My brother arrived at 5AM.
4. I bought a new car.
5. Sonia lived in Spain in 1989.
6. Martin and I played tennis.
7. Sarah worked in a hospital two years ago.
8. They had salad and pasta for lunch.
9. We studied in the kitchen last night.
10. They drank coffee.
11. The children saw a horror film.
12. We ate dinner outside.
13. No, I didn’t. (I didn’t go out last night.)
14. Yes, he did. (He studied a lot last night.)
15. Yes, they did. (They watched the match yesterday.)
16. No, we didin’t. (We didn’t call Peter yesterday.)
17. No, they didn’t. (They didn’t arrive on time.)
18. Yes, it did. (It rained two days ago.)
19. We drank beer in a bar last week.
20. You cleaned the kitchen.
Make the past simple (use positive / negative or question):
1. (I / be / at the cinema last night.)
__________________________________________________________________ 2. (the children / be / naughty?) __________________________________________________________________ 3. (we / be / in a cafe when you called.) __________________________________________________________________ 4. (I / be / late?) __________________________________________________________________ 5. (she / be / a teacher when she was young.) __________________________________________________________________ 6. (where / we / be?) __________________________________________________________________ 7. (you / be / okay?) __________________________________________________________________ 8. (we / be / too tired?) __________________________________________________________________ 9. (how / the party / be?) __________________________________________________________________ 10. (they / be / late for the interview.) __________________________________________________________________ 11. (you / be / in the garden.) __________________________________________________________________ 12. (what / his name / be?) __________________________________________________________________ 13. (it / not / be / cold.) __________________________________________________________________ 14. (she / be / beautiful?) __________________________________________________________________ 15. (she / not / be my wife at the time.) __________________________________________________________________ 16. (he / be / hungry.) __________________________________________________________________ 17. (why / you / be / late?) __________________________________________________________________ 18. (you / not / be / early.) __________________________________________________________________ 19. (they not / be / in love.) __________________________________________________________________ 20. (we / not / be / in China.) __________________________________________________________________