PAST SIMPLE EXERCISES

PAST SIMPLE EXERCISES 1

PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS, PAST PERFECT EXERCISES

Click on the following links to do some practice. 

https://www.test-english.com/grammar-points/b1/past-simple-past-continuous-past-perfect/

https://www.superprof.es/apuntes/idiomas/ingles/gramatica-inglesa/verb-tense/exercises-present-and-past-simple-continuous-and-perfect.html

http://www.ice.urv.es/eoiact/level3/narrativetenses1.htm

REGULAR VERBS PRONUNCIATION EXERCISE

PAST SIMPLE REGULAR VERBS

HACED SOLO LOS EJERCICIOS “A” y “C”

PRESENT PERFECT VS PAST SIMPLE

--> Complete the sentences using the Past Simple or the Present Perfect.
1.- They _________ (write) their exams yesterday.
2.- They _________ (start) building their new house 18 months ago. 
3.- I ________ (meet) the company manager two weeks ago.
4.- I ________ (be born) in 1964.
5.- That was the best concert I _____ ever _______ (see).
6.- I __________ (not eat) anything since breakfast.
7.- I _________ (study) English for 10 years.
8.- You ___________ (change) your address recently.
9.- When I was 15 I _________ (go) to Dublin.
10.- My students _________ (raise) a lot of money for charity.
11.-  We _________ (not go) to the cinema last night.
12.-  My uncle ________ (arrive) in Lisbon last night but he _________ (not call)
13.-  We _________ (not see) Pedro Almodovar’s new film yet.
14.-  _________ (you go) abroad this year?
15.-  The shop is probably closed because they _______ (go) for lunch. 
16.-  When I ______ (be) at school I ______ (not like) Maths.
17.-  What’s the matter with your brother? He ________ (lose) his mobile. 
18.-  Mark Spitz ________(win) seven Olympic gold medals in 1972.
19.-  Why are you crying? Because I _______ (cut) my finger.
20.-  When Mary was young she _______ (love) skiing. 
--> Translate the following sentences.
1.- La profesora todavía no ha corregido todos los exámenes.
2.- Mi hermano tiene ese coche desde el mes pasado.
3.- Mis padres acaban de comprar unos libros.
4.- ¿Desde cuándo estudias Inglés? Estudio inglés desde hace unos meses.

PAST SIMPLE vs PRESENT PERFECT QUESTIONNAIRE

Complete this questionnaire about Past Simple and Present Perfect.

PRESENT PERFECT vs PAST SIMPLE

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PAST SIMPLE AND PRESENT PERFECT

PAST SIMPLE TIME EXPRESSIONS

PRESENT PERFECT TIME EXPRESSIONS

PAST SIMPLE vs PAST CONTINUOUS

Watch this video to understand the difference between the Past Simple and the Past Continuous. 



Now, let's do this exercise to practise these two verb tenses. 

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-past-continuous-exercise-1.html

                            

PAST SIMPLE / USED TO

Complete these sentences using the PAST SIMPLE or the USED TO structure. 

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  I  _____ (drink) last night
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• 2. 
  I ____________ (smoke) when I was a child. 
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• 3. 
  ______________ (you) drink wine when you were young?
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• 4. 
  I  ________________ (play) with dolls when I was a child
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• 5. 
  I  ______________ (eat) tacos this afternoon. 
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• 6. 
  My friend Mary ___________________(not smoke), but now she does.
  
  
 
• 7. 
  Ana Guevara __________ (run) in Europe four years ago.
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• 8. 
  I  __________ (do) my homework yesterday.
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• 9. 
  Peter ______________ (drink) chocomilk, but now he drinks micheladas.
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• 10. 
  He _________________ (study) piano lessons, but now he plays soccer.
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    Click on this link for more practice. 

    http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/3g80-intermediate-past-simple-or-used-to-gap-fill-exercise.php
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PAST SIMPLE vs PRESENT PERFECT

Watch the following presentation and video about the difference between Past Simple and Present Perfect. 

Simple past vs. present perfect tense de Patricia Mellino

Now complete the following questionnaire about these two verb tenses. 

PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS (VIDEO AND ACTIVITIES)

Here you have a video with sentences to practice the use of Past Simple and Past Continuous. 

Click on this LINK for more practice.

This is another LINK with some sentences to practice the PAST SIMPLE and CONTINUOUS.

PAST SIMPLE EXERCISES

Hi students!
Here you have the activities about the Past Simple. Click no the link and start practicing!

http://www.satriwit3.ac.th/files/1107091010014247_13101512123153.pdf

PAST SIMPLE PRESENTATION

PAST SIMPLE EXERCISES

Complete the sentences with the simple past form of the verbs in brackets. 
1.- ___________ (the children / go) to school yesterday?
2.- My daughter ____ (do) her homework yesterday evening.
3.- The train ________ (arrive) on time.
4.- My father ________ (not / go) to work last week.
5.- Yesterday we ________ (walk) to the river and back.
6.- My grandparents __________ (work) hard all their lives.
7.- I ________ (not / be) happy with my English exam.
8.- My children __________ (have) pizza yesterday.
9.- _________ (you / be) at school last week?
10.- We _______ (play) golf at the club yesterday evening.
11.- I _________ (visit) my cousins in Burgos last month.
12.- The Spanish team _________ (win) the match.
13.- We _________ (take) a lot of photographs on holiday last year.
14.- My students __________ (study) very hard for their exams.
15.- My mother __________ (be) born in Palencia.
16.- I _________ (wake up) quite late on Saturday.
17.- What __________(you / buy) for her birthday?

Correct the mistakes in these sentences. 
1 I feeled excited before my holiday.
2 I didn’t be at school yesterday.
3 Were they at home tonight?
4 We not did like the film.
 5 They go to the disco last night?
6 Did she be at school last week?
 7 My best friend were upset this morning.
 8 Maria lives in Dublin all her life. She died last year.
 9 I didn’t went shopping yesterday.
 10 I read this book ago a year.

PAST SIMPLE EXERCISES (2)

A. Correct the sentences. 

1. Who do you met on Saturday morning?
2. Did he went to school yesterday?
2. Why did you to go home early?
3. Where you did learn English?
4. Did she works today?
5. What do you this yesterday?
6. Did they last night phone you?

B. Complete with past simple

1. I opened the door and ___________ (look) inside.
2. I ___________ (not climb) over the fence.
3. The glass ___________ (fall) off the table.
4. Jane ___________ (not write) a letter.
5. Luis Miguel ___________ (hurry) to catch a bus
6. The dog ___________ (catch) the ball.
7. ___________________ (you/sell) your old car?
8. She ___________ (smile) when she saw me.
9. Elizabeth ___________ (not /give) Eva any chocolate.
10- She ___________ (laugh) when I told her the joke.
11. ______________________ (she/ laugh) when I told her the joke?
12. We ___________ (drive) to a safari park yesterday.
13. We ___________ (buy) a new car.



C. Complete the sentences with the past simple of the following verbs:
           be – get up – meet – have – go – run – drink – sleep – swim – eat 

Yesterday I ____________ early, at about seven o´clock.  I ____________ a shower and some fruit for breakfast. Then I ____________ to the sports centre.  I ___________ 500 meters in the swimming pool and then  I _____________ 5 kilometers.  At lunchtime I ____________ my friends in a café.  We ____________ some pasta and ____________ some juice. After lunch I ____________ for a few hours, I ____________ tired!

IRREGULAR VERBS PRACTICE

Here you have a link with lots of exercises to practice irregular verbs.

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/verbs.htm

REGULAR VERBS PRONUNCIATION (VIDEO)

REGULAR VERBS PRONUNCIATION

PAST SIMPLE EXERCISES

Hi students!
Here you have the activities about the Past Simple. They are good to practice for the exam. Don't do the last page. (No hagáis la última página). Click no the link and start practicing!

http://www.satriwit3.ac.th/files/1107091010014247_13101512123153.pdf