The Past Simple Tense

1. The Past Simple Tense

2. Choose the right sentences in the Past Simple Tense:

1. We celebrate my birthday today.
a) We celebrated my birthday today.
b) We did celebrate my birthday today.
c) We celebrated my birthday yesterday.
2. She cooks tasty soup every day.
a) She cooked tasty soup yesterday.
b) She did cook tasty soup yesterday.
c) She cooked tasty soup every day
3. He washes the floor every week.
a) He washed the floor every week.
b) He washed the floor yesterday.
c) He did wash the floor every week.
4. She calls him every week.
a) She call him yesterday.
b) She call him every week.
c) She called him yesterday.
5. On Friday he stays in his office.
a) On Friday he stays in his office.
b) He stayed in his office last Friday.
c) On Friday he did stay in his office.
6. He plays football on Sundays.
a) He played football last Sunday.
b) He plays football last Sunday.
c) He played football on Sundays.

3. Fill in the gaps in this table.

Tim
Tom
…
I didn’t come home late
yesterday.
I didn’t go to Moscow last
year.
…
…
I knew about it 2 days ago.
I read an interesting book
yesterday.
…
I played with my toys
yesterday.
…

4. Put in the verbs in brackets in the Past Simple.

Last summer Jane and Pete (visit) _________ their granny.
She (live) ________ in a little house in Oxford. The weather
(be) _________ nice and children (have) _________ a lot of
fun. One day they (see) _________ a little dog in the street.
They (take) _________ the dog home and (call) __________
it Nancy. Nancy (be) _________ very kind and clever. They
(play) ___________ together every day. When Pete’s ball (get
lost) ______ _______ she (find) _______ it and Pete (be)
______ very happy. Autumn (come) _________ and the
children (go back) _________ to London. They (can not)
________ take Nancy with them to their little flat, so Nancy
(stay) _________ with Granny. The children often (think)
_________ about Nancy and (want) _________to visit her.
One morning Jane (look) _________ out the window and
(see) _________ Nancy. She (find) __________ them and
(come) _________with a present. In her mouth she (have)
_________ Pete’s old trainer.