Simple Past Tense Exercise

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 ___________________(pass) 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:

Example: She ate an apple.

                    Question: Did she eat an apple?

a)       a. She visited her parents last weekend. Question: __________________________________________________________?

b)      b. He cleaned his room before school. Question: ___________________________________________________________?

c)       c. The teacher found the missing exams. Negative: ____________________________________________________________?

d)      d. Tom wanted to go to the movies alone. Question: ___________________________________________________________?

e)      e. Helena offered Henrique a piece of cake. Negative: ___________________________________________________________?

f)        f. I knew what to do. Negative: ____________________________________________________________?

g)       g. Alexandre helped Anita with her homework. Question: ___________________________________________________________?

h)      h. You ate cookies after dinner. Negative: ____________________________________________________________?

i)        i. You talked to her earlier. Question: ___________________________________________________________?

j)        j. We turned off the TV after the news. Negative: ____________________________________________________________?

k)       k. He drank only a coke at the party. Question: ___________________________________________________________?

l)        l. Mom made breakfast early. Negative: __________________________________________________________?

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