Test past simple tense

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Name: __________________________________________ DATE: _______ Test A) Write the past forms of the irregular verbs, change into negative and translate 1. go → 2. come → 3. buy → 4. have → 5. do → 6. say → 7. give → 8. get up → 9. Run → 10. Write → 11. See → 12. Eat → 13. Drink → 14. Sing → 15. Meet → 16. make → 17. Do → 18. Break → 19. Know → 20. Find → B) Complete the table in simple past.

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negative

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Jane was tall.

Sean didn’t work.

Did I have a cat?

Mary did not sing.


Did she see to her mother?

Peter didn’t play football

She gave me a present

Did she drink a coke yesterday?

We didn’t eat potatos last week

My father wrote a story for me

Did she know your boyfriend?

I broke a glass yesterday

She wasn’t at home yesterday

Did she live in Madrid last year?

C) Put the sentences into simple past. 1. We open the door. → 2. You write poems. → 3. Richard plays in the garden. → 4. Kerry doesn’t speak English. → 5. Do you see the bird? → 6. John isn’t at home on Saturday → 7. We move house. → 8. They catch the ball. → 9. He crosses the street. → 10. They do not sell furniture. → 11. Does she practices her English? → 12. They give us a present. → D.­ Order the sentences and write into simple past 1. you / cards / play → 2. I / a car / want → 3. we / the game / lose →


4. not / I / early / get up → 5. not / Jeff and Linda / home / cycle → 6. Janet / the bus / miss 7. she / her room / tidy 8. not / Rupert / the number / dial 9. she / a friend / phone 10. not / Andy / the ball / pass F) „Was“ or „Were“?

1. I _____________hungry. 2. You ________________in Australia last year. 3. She ________________not there. 4. Charly Chaplin ________________a famous actor. 5. Lisa and James ________________at home. 6. The book ___________on the table. 7. You __________________very clever. 8. He ________________in trouble. 9. George Washington _____________________ the first US president. 10. The cars ____________________________new. G) Ask for the bold part of the sentence. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Billy ate an apple. The children played in the garden. Laura came home at six o'clock. The boy read a book. The girl wrote five letters.

H) WRITE A PARAGRAPH USING THE VERBS IN THE EXERCISE A ( Write it into past simple)


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