Past Simple (Tarea 1)

SIMPLE PAST (I DID)
AFFIRMATIVE	NEGATIVE	INTERROGATIVE
I lived You lived He lived She lived It lived We lived You lived They lived	I didn’t live You didn’t live He didn’t live She didn’t live It didn’t live We didn’t live You didn’t live They didn’t live	Did I live? Did you live? Did he live? Did she live? Did it live? Did we live? Did you live? Did the live?

EXERCISES

1/ Read a sentence about the present and then write a sentence about the past.

• Carol usually up early. Yesterday morning ___________________________
• Carol usually walks to work. Yesterday _____________________________
• Carol usually late for work. Yesterday_______________________________
• Carol usually has a sandwich for lunch. Yesterday _____________________
• Carol usually goes out in the evening. Yesterday evening ________________
• Carol sleeps very well. Last night ___________________________________

2/ Put one of these verbs in each sentence:

Hurt     teach     spend     throw      fall      catch     buy     cost

• Tom’s father ___________ him how to drive when he was 17.
• Don ____________ down the stairs this morning and _________his leg.
• We needed some money, so we ____________our car.
• Ann _____________a lot of money yesterday. She __________ a dress that ____________$80.
• Jim _____________ the ball to Sue, who ____________it.

3/ Write questions. A friend has just come back from vacation and you are asking about it.

• How long / stay there? ____________________________________
• Stay in a hotel? _________________________________________
• Go alone? _________________________________________
• How/ travel? ______________________________________________
• The weather / nice ? ______________________________________
• Meet any interesting people?______________________________

4/ Put the verb into the correct form. Use the simple past.

• Tom _________________( not/go) to work yesterday because __________ (not/be) well.
• We ____________(not/eat) anything because we _____________(not/be) hungry.
• I ____________(not/rush) because I ___________(not/be) hungry.
• She ________________(not/be) interested in the book because she _____________ (not/understand) it.

5/ Write the simple past forms of the verbs:

Drive _________  Eat __________   Study __________  Talk __________ Teach __________
Walk _________ Want __________  Give_________ Go __________ Know_________          
Live __________ Play ___________ See ___________  Sing __________  Sit ___________

6/ Complete the sentences. Use the past simple affirmative of the verbs in the box.

Dance     go     have     listen to     meet     phone     say     watch

• He _________ an old friend, Denise.
• Paul and Denise ___________ some excellent music.
• They ____________all night.
• Paul _____________his family at midnight.
• He ___________”Happy New Year!”.
• Paul and Denise __________ the sunrise.
• They _________ a really good time.

7/ Write sentences about Paul’s friends, Roy and Bella. Use the  past simple negative form of the verbs from exercise 6.

8/  Put the words in the correct order.

• Did/ when / go / ? / you
• Go / did / with your parents / ? / you
• To the museum? / your dad / did / drive
• You / did / see /anything interesting?
• Did/ how long / stay? / you
• Leave? / did / you/ what time
• You / like / did/ it?
• Buy?/ what / you / did

9/ Complete the sentences. Make true for you.

• Yesterday ___________________________________________________________
• An hour ago, _________________________________________________________
• Last week, _____________________________________________________________
• Five years ago ______________________________________________________
• Last year ___________________________________________________________

10/ Complete the sentences use the verbs in the box and the past Simple.

Take    feel     have     put     see      say     make      leave     steal

• Somebody _____________Dan’s bag.
• Dan ___________ embarrassed.
• John came in to the classroom. He _____________ TWO bags.
• Dan __________ his bag in the desk.
• Dan returned and ____________ his bag wasn’t on the desk.
• John ___________, “Hi Dan, ______________ a mistake. Our bags are the same and I took yours. Sorry!
• He ________________ the classroom.
• Dan said, “Where is my bag? Who ____________my bag?”

11/ Number the sentences below in the correct order to make a story.