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Past simple PDF exercises

Past simple PDF 1 (verbs)

Key with answers 1

  • Complete an email.
    Dear Jane,
    How are you doing? Yesterday I ___ (do) my homework, ___ (tidy) my bedroom and ___ (decide) to go out.

Past simple PDF 2 (verbs)

Key with answers 2

  • Choose correct verbs to complete sentences.
    cast, catch, cost, cut
    The goalkeeper ___ the ball.
    Our holiday in the Caribbean ___ a fortune.

Past simple PDF 3 (was, were)

Key with answers 3

  • Complete sentences.
    A: ___ I often ill when I was a child?
    B: Not really. You ___ healthier than your brother.

Past simple PDF 4 (was, were)

Key with answers 4

  • Complete a dialogue.
    Samuel, I hear you ___ eighteen years old last week.
    Yes, I ___ . I had a big birthday party.

Past simple PDF 5 (questions)

Key with answers 5

  • Make past simple questions.
    (Bill | arrive | on time)
    Did Bill arrive on time?

Past simple PDF 6 (questions)

Key with answers 6

  • Choose correct questions.
    □ Did your students their homework?
    □ Did your students do their homework?

Past simple PDF 7 (negative)

Key with answers 7

  • Correct wrong information in a knowledge quiz.
    The Beatles were formed in London in 1960.
    The Beatles ___ (not be) formed in London. They ___ (start) to play together in Liverpool in 1960.

Past simple PDF 8 (negative)

Key with answers 8

  • Complete sentences with words in brackets.
    I ___ (not have) a good day yesterday. I ___ (cannot) stay in bed late, because it was Monday and I had to go to school again.

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Online exercises with answers:

Past simple (mixed forms)

  • Three online exercises on regular and irregular verbs, negative forms and questions.

Grammar rules PDF:

Past simple and continuous PDF rules

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