Past simple Signal words of simple past yesterday, minutes ago, in 1990, the other day, last Friday Exercise Infinitive ANSWER ASK BE BECOME BREAK BRING BUILD BUY CLEAN COME CUT DO DRIVE EAT FIND FORGET GET GIVE GO HAVE HEAR HURT KEEP KNOW LEARN LEAVE LOSE MAKE MEET PAY PLAY PUT READ Past …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… Meaning …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… RIDE RUN SAY SEE SELL SEND SHOW SHUT SPEAK SPEND STAND SWIM TAKE TALK TEACH TELL THINK UNDERSTAND WAKE UP WEAR WIN WRITE …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… …………………………… Exercise - Write sentences using was/were I/happy (X) You/angry (+) She/in London last week (X) He/on holiday (?) It /cold (?) We/at school (+) You/at the cinema (-) They/at home (?) The cat/on the roof (X) 10.The children/in the garden (+) 1) 2) Exercise – Complete the sentences with the verbs given in the past simple answer – ask – be – become – break – not bring – build – buy – not clean – come – cut – he his homework? you to his house yesterday? you to the phone? 4) I a cake to my mum’s birthday 5) I my mother a present for her birthday 6) In 2013, Francisco Bergoglio a Pope 7) My father was a bricklayer and he houses 8) My sister her hand with a knife yesterday 9) She her house 10) The teacher her a question 11) When I a child, I a window 3) Exercise – Complete the sentences with the verbs given in the past simple not drive – eat – find – forget – get – give – go – have – hear – hurt – not keep – know 1) she the sandwiches? 2) you breakfast? 3) I a noise in the kitchen 4) I secrets when I was a child 5) In 1998, I fell of my bike and my leg 6) My grandfather his car two years ago 7) My grandmother a lot about Maths 8) My mother to the supermarket three days ago 9) Oh! I to exercise in the test! 10) When I was a child, I up at 10 o’clock 11) Yesterday I a wallet and I it to its owner Exercise – Complete the sentences with the verbs given in the past simple learn – leave – lose – make – not meet – pay – play – put – read – not ride – run – say – see 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) 12) 13) 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) he his bed? you that book? I $500 for the bag!! I the alphabet at school I’m very tired because yesterday I volleyball! Last year I a marathon My father any famous player at the match My mother her town when she was 12 She his boyfriend talking to his mother What you ? I couldn’t listen When I was 4, I my bike Where you the remote control? Yesterday I my passport Exercise – Complete the sentences with the verbs given in the past simple sell – send – not show – shut – speak – spend – stand – swim – take – not teach - tell she when she was 5? you her the truth? you with the headmaster? I $5000 in clothes! I 450 photos in my holiday trip! I her a message but she didn’t answer! 7) I was talking and the teacher us up 8) My aunt her computer for $550!! 9) My father up and went out of the cinema He didn’t like the movie! 10) My mother me how to swim! 11) The teacher us the test! 6) 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) Exercise – Complete the sentences with the verbs given in the past simple not talk – think – understand – wake up – wear – win – write she the email to the company? you what the teacher said? I at 7.00 when I was a child I to my mother because I didn’t see her Last year, I the lottery! She about a great plan to pass her test! Exercise - Complete the sentences using the verbs in the past simple clean – die – enjoy – finish – happen – live – open – play – rain – smoke – start – stay – want – watch 1) Yesterday evening I T.V 2) I my teeth three times yesterday 3) Bernard 15 cigarettes yesterday evening 4) The concert last night at 7.30 and at 10 o’clock 5) The accident last Sunday afternoon 6) When I was a child, I to be a doctor 7) Mozart from 1756 to 1791 8) We our holiday last year We at a very good hotel 9) Today the weather is nice, but yesterday it 10) It was hot in the room, so I the window 11) The weather was good yesterday afternoon, so we tennis 12) William Shakespeare in 1616 Exercise - Turn the sentences into the past 1) He always goes to work by car He went to work by car yesterday 2) They always get up early 3) Bill often loses his keys 4) I write a letter to Jane every week 5) She meets her friends every evening 6) I usually read two newspapers every day 7) They come to my house every Friday 8) Tom always has a shower in the morning 9) They buy a new car every year 10) I eat an orange every day 11) We usually our shopping on Monday 12) Ann often takes photographs 13) We leave home at 7.30 every morning 14) Sam swims in the river in the summer 15) He teaches Maths every morning Exercise - Turn sentences 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 into NEGATIVE and 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 into INTERROGATIVE