Simple past tense exercises with answers

Simple past tense - exercise 1

Complete the simple past tense. Use the verbs in brackets.

When she heard it she ___ . (cry)
I ___ the book on the desk. (put)

I my mistake. (admit)

We a lot about it. (learn)

The wind last night. (blow)

We in Prague. (meet)

When she heard it she . (cry)

I the book on the desk. (put)

Sue a cat with a pencil. (draw)

We the postcard yesterday. (send)

Finally, we the address. (find)

I down on a chair and relaxed. (sit)

He the ball and ran away. (hit)

I you in time. (tell)

I you were right. (know)

He what I wanted. (understand)

The teacher her temper. (lose)

We to laugh. (begin)

They the match on Friday. (play)

We the tomatoes in the market. (buy)

Jim he was ill. (say)

We down the tree last week. (cut)

The shop at 4 o'clock yesterday. (shut)

We our dog this morning. (feed)

I the early morning train. (take)

Sam his leg during the basketball match. (hurt)

What would you do if you a million? (win)
I my husband help me with the dinner, but it was a disaster. (let)

The New York Rangers the Islanders 5 : 1. (beat)

After five years in London we to a small village in Devon. (move)

We our house in 2018. (build)

The telephone in the middle of the night. (ring)

I the wrong career, but it was too late to make a better choice. (choose)

The sun on the beach all afternoon. (shine)

We five hundred miles to reach our holiday resort. (drive)

Someone my wallet when I was in the supermarket. (steal)

Miss Jones, our English teacher, us for being so rude. (forgive)

First we by express trains, but later we could afford planes. (travel)

I behind a tree, but they could see me. (hide)

Two men the Commerce Bank in Queen Street. (rob)

Simple past tense exercises with answers, PDF worksheets and grammar rules.

For elementary - intermediate learners of English as a foreign language.