EXERCISES
Complete the sentences with the pairs of verbs below. Use the Past simple affirmative.
Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese explorer, sell from Portugal in 1497. He reached India in 1498.
Ray Tomlimson invented email in 1971. He sent an e-mail to his friends to tell them.
Peter Skyllberg survived for two month in his car after a snowstorm. He ate snow to stay alive!
In Australia, a family dog called River fought a snake and saved two young girls.
In 2000, Prince William volunteered in Chile. He taught English in schools.
Put one of these verbs in each sentence:
Tom’s father taught him how to drive when he was 17.
Don fell down the stairs this morning and hurt his leg.
We needed some money, so we bought our car.
Ann spent a lot of money yesterday. She bought a dress that cost $80.
Jim threw the ball to Sue, who caught it.
Write questions. A friend has just come back from vacation and you are asking about it.
How long / stay there? How long did you stay there?
Stay in a hotel? Did you stay in a hotel?
Go alone? Did you go alone?
How/ travel? How did you travel?
The weather / nice ? Was the weather nice?
Meet any interesting people? Did you meet any interesting people?
Put the verb into the correct form. Use the simple past.
Tom didn’t go to work yesterday because wasn’t well.
We didn’t eat anything because we weren't hungry.
I didn’t rush because I wasn't hungry.
She wasn't interested in the book because she didn’t understand it.
Write the simple past forms of the verbs:
Drive drove
Eat ate
Give gave
Go went
Know knew
Live lived
Play played
See saw
Sing sang
Sit sat
Study studied
Talk talked
Teach taught
Walk walked
Want wanted
Volunteer volunteered
Save saved
Invent invented
Send sent
Sail sailed
Reach reached
Survive survived
Fall fell
Wait waited
Have had
Improve improved
Know knew
Use used
Climb climbed
Fight fought
6. Complete the sentences. Use the past simple affirmative of the verbs in the box.
He met an old friend, Denise.
Paul and Denise listened to some excellent music.
They danced all night.
Paul phoned his family at midnight.
He said ”Happy New Year!”.
Paul and Denise watched the sunrise.
They had a really good time.
Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets in Past Simple.
On 26th April 2003, Aron Ralston went hiking in Bluejohn Canyon in the USA.
A 360 – kilogram rock fell on his arm.
Ralston waited for many hours, but there weren't any people around to help him.
He was hungry and thirsty because he didn’t have much food or water.
His condition didn’t improve and he didn’t know how to scape.
After five days, he used his knife to cut off his own arm!
With only one arm, Ralston climbed out of the canyon and survived his terrible accident!
Put the words in the correct order.
Did/ when / go / ? / you When did you go?
Go / did / with your parents / ? / you Did you go with your parents?
To the museum? / your dad / did / drive Did you drive to the museum?
You / did / see /anything interesting? Did you see anything interesting?
Did/ how long / stay? / you How long did you stay?
Leave? / did / you/ what time What time did you leave?
You / like / did/ it? Did you like it?
Buy?/ what / you / did What did you buy?
9. Complete the sentences using the verbs in the box and the past Simple.
Somebody stole Dan’s bag.
Dan felt embarrassed.
John came into the classroom. He had TWO bags.
Dan put his bag on the desk.
Dan returned and saw his bag wasn’t on the desk.
John said, “Hi Dan, made a mistake. Our bags are the same and I took yours. Sorry!
He left the classroom.
Dan said, “Where is my bag? Who took my bag?”
10. Complete the text with the verbs in brackets. Use the correct form of the Past Simple.
The first Newspaper
How did people get news before the invention of the newspaper? Did they hear the news in other ways? Thousands of years ago, many people never went to school, so they knew how to read or write. They met on the streets or in the center of town and they told each other about the news. Then, in 59 BC, the Romans created the first newspaper, but they sold it to people. They put it in different places around town. People readed the newspaper at those places and learned about battle and other important news of the day.
