3ESO Past simple and answers

1.Past Simple

1. Keith and Jenny (study) Geography ……………………………………………
2. Paul, where (you/be) yesterday? …………………………………………………
3. John (not eat) pizza last weekend…………………………………………………
4. Marsha (read) this book …………………………………………………………..
5. (James and Anna/eat) at home? No, __ …………………………………………
6. I (have) a bath last night………………………………………………………….
7. (You/phone) your mother? Yes, __ . ……………………………………………
8. (My friend /celebrate) her birthday last weekend?. ………………………………
9. She (be) at home but you (not be) with her ………………………………………
10. Emma (wear) a black dress for the party…………………………………………
11. Craig (sing) a song ………………………………………………………………..
12. John (speak) to Emma ……………………………………………………………
13. (They/drink) coffee?. No, __ ……………………………………………………...
14. She (eat) a hamburger for lunch …………………………………………………
15. The students (not do) their homework ……………………………………………
16. I (drink) a litre of water…………………………………………………………...
17. (The car/stop) near London? Yes, __……………………………………………
18. It was late, so they (hurry)……………………………………………………….

2.Write down the correct verb from the box into the Past simple:

get / leave / think / buy / write / study / make / meet

1. Mary and John ( ___________________ ) in a café a year ago.
2. Jenny ( _____________________________ ) she heard somebody in the house.
3. They ( ____________________ ) up late.
4. My friends ( ______________________ ) me a CD for my birthday.
5. Ben ( _______________________ ) London at five o’clock.
6. Kate ( _________________________ ) until eleven.
7. My dad ( __________________________ ) a fabulous cake at the weekend.
8. Mary ( _________________________ ) a very good composition.

3.Complete the sentences. Use the PAST SIMPLE affirmative, negative or interrogative:

He ( not dance) ……...……………………………..….. at a disco on Saturday night
She(drink) .....………………………………………………….............. a litre of water
(cook) pizza at home yesterday? ………………………………………………….
Julie ( not watch) ……………………………….....….the football on TV yesterday.

Mary (read) a book about Japan? ………………………………………………………
The car (stop) …...…………………………………………………..…….near London
We ( not travel) ………………………………………………....…… to Paris last year
They (play) tennis yesterday? …………………………………………………………..
Gary (listen) to rock music all day? ……………………………………………………
Harry (not want) …………………………………...………...… to watch a film on TV


4.Write the following verbs in past simple
Last Saturday, I ____________(go) to a museum with my family. We ________(have) a great time. We _______(look) for a Picasso's picture. It __________(be) fantastic. We _________(leave) the museum at 3.00. Then we _________(eat) at a restaurant near the museum. We also __________(drink) a milkshake. We ________(arrive) home at 6.00. I __________(see) a film on TV and then I _________(sleep) for an hour on the sofa.


5.Complete the sentences. Use the past simple form of the verbs in the box.
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1 We_________ the teacher lots of questions yesterday.
2 My dad _________ dinner last night.
3 Kevin _________ to his new Busted CD ten times yesterday.
4 My grandma _________ in a bank.
5 My brother _________ TV all day.
6 My friends _________ football in the park last Tuesday.
7 Lisa _________ to her best friend on her mobile for one hour this morning.
8 We _________ our cousin last week.

6.Complete the sentences with the correct form of the Past Simple (affirmative, negative or interrogative).
1. Last year my uncle _________________ (teach) mathematics.
2. I _________________ (take) my mother to the mountains yesterday.
3. We _________________ (not like) the party so we _________________ (leave).
4. _________________ (you / go) to Michael’s party yesterday? No, we ________________. We _________________ (go) to the cinema.
5. I _________________ (not / feel) very well last night.
6. She _________________ (start) crying when I _________________ (tell) her the truth.



7.Complete with the PAST SIMPLE.
1.-Peter ..........................(drive) his car last Monday.
2.-Where ................................(she,swim)? She ...................(swim) at the sea
3.- We ......................(catch) a cold and we ...................(feel) sick.
4.-Karen .......................(speak) with her aunt last night.
5.-I ..................(wake) up at seven o ´clock.
6.-I.....................(not, choose) the book. I ......................(choose) the magazine.
7.- How much money.......................................................(Tom and Laura, get) from their house?

Answers

Exercise 1

1 studied 2 were you 3 din't eat 4 read 5 did J and A eat? no, they didn't 6 had 7 did you phone? yes I did 8 did my friend celebrate? 9 was, weren't 10 wore 11 sang 12spoke 13 did they drink? no they didn't 14 ate 15 didn't do 16 drank 17 did the car stop? yes it did 18 hurried.

Exercise 2

1 met 2 thought 3 got 4 bought 5 left 6 studied 7 made 8 wrote

Exercise 3

didn't dance
drank
did you cook
didn't watch
did Mary read
stopped
didn't travel
did they play
did Gary listen
didn't want

Exercise 4

went
had
looked
was
left
ate
drank
arrived
saw
slept

Exercise 5

1 asked 2 cooked 3 listened 4 worked 5 watched 6 played 7talked 8 visited

Exercise 6

1 taught 2 took 3 didn't like/ left 4 did you go- we didn't-went 5 didn't feel 6 started-told

Exercise 7

1 drove 2 did she swim- swam 3 caught-felt 4 spoke 5 woke 6 didn't choose- chose 7 did T and L get