Past simple exercises pdf

See also Online Exercises below.

PDF exercises with answer keys:

Past simple exercise 1 - was, were

• Read questions and complete answers:
  Were you hungry? - Yes, I ___ a little bit hungry.

Past simple exercise 2 - was, were

• Complete a dialogue:
  A: When ___ you 18 years old?
  B: I ___18 years old in 2016.

Past simple exercise 3 - questions

• Make past simple questions:
  you | clean | room | the
  Did you clean the room?

Past simple exercise 4 - questions

• Choose correct questions:
  □ Did your students their homework?
  □ Did your students do their homework?
  Yes, they did. They always do.

Past simple exercise 5 - negative

• Correct wrong information in a knowledge quiz:
  Columbus discovered America in 1592.
  Columbus didn't discover America in 1592.
  He landed on an island in the Caribbean in 1492.

Past simple exercise 6 - negative

• Complete a story with verbs in brackets:
  Blue Monday
  I ___ (not have) a good day yesterday. I ___ (cannot) stay in bedlate, because...

Past simple exercise 7 - regular + irregular verbs

• Complete an email:
  Dear Jane,
  How are you doing? I feel miserable. Yesterday I ___ (do) my homework, ___ (tidy) my bedroom and...

Passive:

Past simple passive PDF

• PDF exercises to practice passive forms of the past simple.

Compare:

Past simple + Past continuous PDF Five PDF exercises to practise the difference.

1. Choose the correct tense.
2. Find mistakes and correct them.
3. Make questions.
4. Make negative sentences.
5. Complete a crime story - a revision test with three parts (statements, negative and question forms).

Online exercises:

Past simple + Past continuous online exercises with answers and grammar rules.

PDF grammar rules:

English tenses PDF Grammar rules with examples on all English tenses.

All these materials are written for students and teachers of English as a foreign language.