EXERCISE GRAMMAR: Past simple tense I Complete these sentences with past simple tense: It/ be/ cloudy/ yesterday >……………………………………………………… In 1990/ we/ move/ to another city >……………………………………………………… When/ you/ get/ the first gift? >……………………………………………………… She/ not/ go/ to the church/ five days ago >……………………………………………………… How/ be/ he/ yesterday? >……………………………………………………… Mr and Mrs James/ come back home/ and/ have/ lunch/ late/ last night? >……………………………………………………… They/ happy/ last holiday? >……………………………………………………… How/ you/ get there? >……………………………………………………… I/ play/ football/ last/ Sunday >……………………………………………………… 10 My/ mother/ make/ two/ cake/ four/ day/ ago >……………………………………………………… 11 Tyler/ visit/ his/ grandmother/ last/ month >……………………………………………………… 12 Joni/ go/ zoo/ five/ day/ ago >……………………………………………………… 13 We/ have/ fun/ yesterday >……………………………………………………… 14 My/ father/ not/ at the office/ the day/ before yesterday >……………………………………………………… II Use the Past form of the verbs: Yesterday, I (go) to the restaurant with a client We (drive) around the parking lot for 20 mins to find a parking space When we (arrive) at the restaurant, the place (be) full The waitress (ask) us if we (have) reservations I (say), "No, my secretary forgets to make them." The waitress (tell) us to come back in two hours My client and I slowly (walk) back to the car Then we (see) a small grocery store We (stop) in the grocery store and (buy) some sandwiches 10 That (be) better than waiting for two hours 11 I (not go) to school last Sunday 12 She (get) married last year? 13 What you (do) last night? - I (do) my homework 14 I (love) him but no more 15 Yesterday, I (get) up at and (have) breakfast at 6.30 III Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense: Snow White was the daughter of a beautiful queen, who died when the girl (be)………… young Her father (marry) again, but the girl’s stepmother was very jealous of her because she was so beautiful The evil queen (order) a hunter to kill Snow White but he couldn’t it because she was so lovely He (chase) her away instead, and she (take) refuge with seven dwarfs in their house in the forest She (live) with the dwarfs and took care of them and they (love) her dearly Then one day the talking mirror (tell) the evil queen that Snow White was still alive She (change) herself into a witch and (make) a poisoned apple She (go) to the dwarfs’ house disguised as an old woman and tempted Snow White to eat the poisoned apple, which (put) her into an everlasting sleep Finally, a prince (find) her in the glass coffin where the dwarfs had put her and woke her up with a kiss Snow White and the prince (be) married and lived happily ever after Two people ……… (die) in a fire in Ellis Street, Oldport yesterday morning They …… .(be) Herbert and Molly Paynter, a couple in their seventies The fire …………………… (start) at 3.20 am A neighbour, Mr Aziz,……… ……… (see) theflames and ………………… (call) the fire brigade He also…… .(try) to get into the house and rescue his neighbours, but the heat ………………too great The fire brigade ………… (arrive) in five minutes Twenty fire-fighters………… (fight) the fire and finally ………… ( bring) it undercontrol Two fire-fighters ……… (enter) the burning building but …………(find) the couple dead Claire: Did you have ……………(you / have) a nice weekend in Paris? Mark: Yes, thanks It was good We looked around and then we saw a show (we / not / try) to too much Claire: What sights (you / see)? Mark: We had a look round the Louvre.…… ………… (I / not / know) there wasso much in there Claire: And what show (you / go) to? Mark: Oh, a musical I forget the name (I / not / like) it Claire: Oh, dear And (Sarah / enjoy) it? Mark: No, not really But we enjoyed the weekend Sarah did some shopping, too, but (I / not / want) to go shopping IV Fill in the missing verbs in the sentences below Choose from the following teach be cook sleep want study spend go ring write She out with her boyfriend last night Laura a meal yesterday afternoon Mozart more than 600 pieces of music I tired when I came home The bed was very comfortable so they very well Jamie passed the exam because he very hard My father the teenagers to drive when he was alive Dave to make a fire but there was no wood The little boy hours in his room making his toys 10 The telephone several times and then stopped before I could answer it