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    Simple Past Exercises Handout

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    The document provides exercises on using the past simple tense in English, including: 1. Filling in blanks with "was" or "were", asking Yes/No questions about statements, and WH- questions about underlined words in passages. 2. Adding suffixes like "-ed" or "-d" to verbs to make them past tense. 3. Filling in blanks in a passage with verbs in parentheses in their past simple form. 4. Writing WH- questions about underlined words in statements and policeman's questions about a bicycle accident.

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    The document provides exercises on using the past simple tense in English, including: 1. Filling in blanks with "was" or "were", asking Yes/No questions about statements, and WH- questions about underlined words in passages. 2. Adding suffixes like "-ed" or "-d" to verbs to make them past tense. 3. Filling in blanks in a passage with verbs in parentheses in their past simple form. 4. Writing WH- questions about underlined words in statements and policeman's questions about a bicycle accident.

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    The document provides exercises on using the past simple tense in English, including: 1. Filling in blanks with "was" or "were", asking Yes/No questions about statements, and WH- questions about underlined words in passages. 2. Adding suffixes like "-ed" or "-d" to verbs to make them past tense. 3. Filling in blanks in a passage with verbs in parentheses in their past simple form. 4. Writing WH- questions about underlined words in statements and policeman's questions about a bicycle accident.

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    The document provides exercises on using the past simple tense in English, including: 1. Filling in blanks with "was" or "were", asking Yes/No questions about statements, and WH- questions about underlined words in passages. 2. Adding suffixes like "-ed" or "-d" to verbs to make them past tense. 3. Filling in blanks in a passage with verbs in parentheses in their past simple form. 4. Writing WH- questions about underlined words in statements and policeman's questions about a bicycle accident.

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    Exercises - Past Simple

    A. Fill in the correct form of "was" or "were"


    A class trip to Jerusalem

    Yesterday our class 1. ________ on a trip. It 2. ________ a trip to Jerusalem.


    At seven oclock we ________ still at home. Our things 3. ________ ready.
    At half past seven we 4. ________ at school. All the pupils 5.________ there.
    Our teachers 6. ________ there and the buses 7.________ there, too. At eight
    oclock we 8.________ on the buses on the way to Jerusalem.
    We 9.________ in Jerusalem all day. The weather 10. ________ very pleasant.
    It 11. ________ a long day but it 12. ________ very interesting.
    At six oclock in the evening we 13.________ back at our school. It
    14.________ a nice class trip.

    B. Write Yes/No questions to the following answers

    1. Yes, we were in the park on Saturday.


    2. No, I wasnt angry about what she said.
    3. No, he wasnt late this morning.
    4. No, the weather was nice yesterday.
    5. Yes, I was in the kitchen a minute ago.
    6. No, Karen wasnt sick yesterday.
    7. Yes, I was at home last night.
    8. Yes, Peter was in my class last year.
    9. No, Gal was in Italy last year.
    10. Yes, Ben was in Greece a week ago.

    C. Write WH- questions about the underlined words


    1. ___________________________________________________
    The race was here last month.
    2. ___________________________________________________
    I was at the zoo on Sunday.
    3. ___________________________________________________
    Many students were late for school this morning because of the traffic.
    4. ___________________________________________________
    We were in Scotland last summer.
    5. ___________________________________________________
    Some apples were in the basket.
    6. ___________________________________________________
    Tom was at the library yesterday afternoon.
    7. ___________________________________________________
    Mr. and Mrs. Segev were at home two hours ago.
    8. ___________________________________________________
    The dog was in the garden.
    9. ___________________________________________________
    |Tessa was at home yesterday because she was sick.
    10. ___________________________________________________
    The weather was very pleasant yesterday.
    D. Add d, +ed or +ied to the following verbs
    1. call ___________
    2. clean ___________
    3. play ___________
    4. close ___________
    5. cry ___________
    6. drop ___________
    7. wait ___________
    8. practice ___________
    9. notice ___________
    10. jog ___________

    E. Fill in the passages with the verbs in brackets. Use the past simple

    A minute before we 1. ________ (leave) Casablanca, a woman 2. ________


    (get) on the plane. She 5. ________ (not have) much luggage for an
    international flight. From the moment I 6.________ (see) her I 7. ________
    (think) she was an interesting person. The only empty seat 8. ________ (be)
    next to me. She 9. ________ (ask) me if she 10. ________ (can) sit there. She
    11. ________ (speak) English but she 12. ________ (have) a foreign accent.
    Later, I 13. ________ (hear) her speak French and Italian. I 14. ________
    (want) to talk to her but she 15. ________ (not say) much the whole flight. I 16.
    ________ (become) more and more curious as the trip 17. ________ (continue).
    I 18. ________ (watch) her carefully and 19. ________ (notice) that she 20.
    ________ (have) two passports. From time to time she 21. ________ (read) her
    book, but most of the time she 22. ________ (seem) to be thinking about
    something else. When we finally 23. ________ (arrive) in New York she 24.
    ________ (go) to the customs officer. He 25. ________ (look) quickly inside
    her luggage. Then he 26. ________ (tell) her to go on. Later I 27. ________
    (meet) her at the airport. She suddenly 28. ________ (wave) to someone and 29.
    ________ (smile) I 30. ________ (turn) around for a minute and she 31.
    ________ (disappear).

    F. Write WH- questions about the underlined words


    1. The wind made the noise.
    ___________________________________________________________
    2. The opera singer sang loudly.
    ___________________________________________________________
    3. Yoni wrote about his grandparents.
    ___________________________________________________________
    4. They thought about the problem all day.
    ___________________________________________________________
    5. Mark knew all the answers.
    ___________________________________________________________
    6. We left because it was boring.
    ___________________________________________________________
    7. They sold their books at the end of the year.
    ___________________________________________________________
    8. The company built a new factory in China.
    ___________________________________________________________
    9. David had a party last week.
    ___________________________________________________________
    10. My father paid for the computer.
    ___________________________________________________________

    11. They heard a strange noise in the middle of the night.


    ___________________________________________________________
    12. Dan found the little puppy in the park.
    ___________________________________________________________
    13. Pedro bought two English books.
    ___________________________________________________________
    14. Mr. Smith drove carefully.
    ___________________________________________________________
    15. We spent a lot of money yesterday.

    G. A car hit Gils bicycle. Write the policemans questions.


    Policeman : (1) ____________________________________________
    Gil : The accident happened 10 minutes ago.
    Policeman : (2) ____________________________________________
    Gil : A car hit my bicycle.
    Policeman : (3) ____________________________________________
    Gil : Yes, the driver tried to stop, but he didnt succeed.
    Policeman : (4) ____________________________________________
    Gil : Yes, I wrote down his name.
    Policeman : (5) ____________________________________________
    Gil : No, he didnt hurt me.
    Policeman : You were very lucky. Try to be more careful next time !

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