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Simple Past

The document provides examples of using past tense verbs in English sentences. It includes exercises filling in blanks with past tense verbs, choosing the correct past tense verb form, and a listening exercise completing sentences with past tense verbs from an audio clip. The exercises focus on conjugating common verbs into the simple past tense and using them accurately in short sentences about daily activities and experiences in the past.

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Simple Past

The document provides examples of using past tense verbs in English sentences. It includes exercises filling in blanks with past tense verbs, choosing the correct past tense verb form, and a listening exercise completing sentences with past tense verbs from an audio clip. The exercises focus on conjugating common verbs into the simple past tense and using them accurately in short sentences about daily activities and experiences in the past.

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A – FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE PAST SIMPLE OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS:

1. When I WAS (be) in Japan I FOUND (find) everything very different.

2. Two years ago my parents BOUGHT (buy) a new car.

3. Last summer Peter SPENT (spend) his holidays in a summer camp with his friends. They
WENT (go) swimming, they PLAYED (play) football and golf they VISITED (visit) many
interesting places.

4. My sister GOT (get) a good job in a bank.

5. Susan and her cousins CAME (come) to Portugal ten years ago.

B – COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE PAST SIMPLE (AFFIRMATIVE / NEGATIVE /


INTERROGATIVE) OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS:

1. My sister and her husband CAME (come) from Greece.

2. I DIDN'T LIKE (not like) the U2 concert.

3. My cousin CALLED (phone NO ES VERBO) from France yesterday evening.

4. On Monday Johann WENT (go) to school on foot.

5. (they / leave) DID THEY LEAVE the country last Saturday?

6. (you / like) DID YOU LIKE the film?

7. They DIDN'T FINISH (not finish) the homework yesterday.

8. (she / go) DID SHE GO to the cinema with her parents last night? No, she didn’t. She

STAYED (stay) at home. She GOT (get) a cold.

9. We WENT (go) to Spain y car.

10. I HAD (have) a wonderful holiday with my family last July.

11. (you / travel) DID YOU TRAVEL to Madrid by car or by plane?

12. Many years ago it WAS (be) very difficult to live without electricity.

13. Last year they BOUGHT (buy) a house at the seaside.

14. I MET (meet) him the day before yesterday.

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C – CHOOSE THE BEST OPTION FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES:

1. Mrs. Harris TOOK the last train.

a) Take b) took c) did take


2. There WERE many people here last night.
a) Was b) were c) wasn’t
3. He WAS at home with me yesterday evening.
a) Were b) was c) be
4. She WENT with her family on holidays.
a) Go b) did go c) went
5. He BOUGHT some books and CDs.
a) Brought b) bought c) did buy
6. They LEFT their passports at home.
a) Leave b) did leave c) left
7. She TOOK some interesting photos.
a) Take b)taken c) took
8. It WAS a good present.
a) Were b) was c) is
9. DID SHE ARRIVED (she /arrive) home at 5:30?
a) Did she arrived b) did she arrive c) arrived

Listening Exercise: Listen to the provided audio and complete each of the blank spaces with
the corresponding verb in past tense.

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SPENT / WAS / WOKE / ENJOYED / MADE / DID/ ATE / TRIED /WENT /PLAYED /LOVED /MET
/ WERE / BECAME / RETURNED /STARTED / SENT.

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