Past simple tense exercises 1) complete the sentences with the simple past of the verbs in parentheses: a) they (watch) tv last night. b) priscila (talk) to her friends all day. c) i (have) a terrible headache yesterday. d) bob (come) home from school late. e) they (arrive) late and (miss) the bus. f) she (study) hard and ) the exam. g) he (call) the office to tell them he was sick. h) i (speak) to the director as he was leaving the room. i) dr. johnson (get up) early this morning. j) mary (do) her homework and (go) to school. k) chris (find) a ten-dollar bill. l) the dog (follow) us down the road. m) those students (work) hard last semester. n) lúcio (stop) at the corner and (call) us. o) i (try) to talk to helen last night. p) i (pay) the phone bill yesterday. q) my dad (catch) a cold when he (be) in canada. r) she (leave) home early yesterday. s) they (know) each other very well when they (be) kids. t) the teacher (bring) the exams corrected. u) she was cleaning the vase when she (drop) it. v) we (jog) in the park yesterday. w) the fire (occur) while we (be) out. x) i (meet) some nice people at the party last weekend. y) carol (sleep) until late on the weekend. then, she (go) out to lunch. z) we (fly) to the usa on a great airplane. 2) write questions or negatives sentences: a) she visited her parents last weekend. question: b) he cleaned his room before school. question: c) the teacher found the missing exams. negative: d) tom wanted to go to the movies alone. question: e) helena offered henrique a piece of cake. negative: f) i knew what to do. negative: g) alexandre helped anita with her homework. question: h) you ate cookies after dinner. negative: i) you talked to her earlier. question: j) we turned off the tv after the news. negative: k) he drank only a coke at the party. question: l) mom made breakfast early. negative:
watched / talked / had / came / arrived / missed / studied / past/ called/ spoke / got up / did / went /found/ followed/ worked/ stopped/ called /tried / paid / caught /was / left / knew /were/ brought / dropped /jogged /occurred /were / met / slept / went / flew//.
2) Write questions or negatives sentences:
a) She visited her parents last weekend.
Question: _Did she visit_her parents last weekend?
b) He cleaned his room before school.
Question: Did he clean his room before school?
c) The teacher found the missing exams.
Negative: The teacher didn't find the missing exams.
d) Tom wanted to go to the movies alone.
Question: Did Tom want to go to the movies alone_?
e) Helena offered Henrique a piece of cake.
Negative: Helena didn't offer Henrique a piece of cake.
f) I knew what to do.
Negative: I didn't know what to do.
g) Alexander helped Anita with her homework.
Question: Did Alexander help Anita with her homework?
h) You ate cookies after dinner.
Negative: You didn't eat cookies after dinner.
i) You talked to her earlier.
Question: Did you talk to her earlier_?
j) We turned off the TV after the news.
Negative: We didn't turn off the TV after the news.
k) He drank only a coke at the party.
Question: Did he drink only a coke at the party_?
l) Mom made breakfast early.
Negative: Mom didn't make breakfast early.