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Simple PastSet 203

1Aryan carried the books to the table.

2Last month, I ..... Mr. Surya's house

3The police officer ..... information about the thief two minutes ago.

4Past, Present, and Future:Complete the following sentence with the verb in PAST:The bricks (bake) in the dessert sun.

5A gift for Mira ..... yesterday

6The driver was suspected of being drunk before he ..... into the divider.

7A tutor ..... (give) special classes to all of the actors.

8The baby ..... loudly because she was tired

9Pat looked out the window.The word looked shows the action takes place

10Choose the correct simple past tense form of the verb 'laugh' to complete the sentence: 'He ..... loudly at the joke.'

11Choose the correct past-tense form: Daniel Boone ..... west to explore new land.

12Last weekend, I ..... to Guatemala to do volunteer work.

13What happened when the bus arrived?

14The children were eating at the canteen when the fire engine .....

15Complete with the verbs in the past:We ..... sad when the bus .....

16Mei Ling ..... some books from the library yesterday.

17Most of the magazines ..... by students.

18The squirrels were climbing the three, when a cat .....

19What is the verb tense of the sentence below?I forgot to pack my lunch.

20My car ..... from the car park yesterday.

21When Einstein discovered the Relativity Theory in Germany.

22Which would require preterite?

23Sally ..... me yesterday, but I wasn't home.

24Correct the tense error in the paragraph: 'Yesterday, I go to the store and buy some milk.'

25Complete the sentence:The students ..... their homework on time.

26My sister ..... toasts for breakfast.

27TENSES OF THE VERBS (The Simple Past, The Past Continuous, The Present Perfect): Choose the correct verb forms to complete the sentence. Last year, we (explore) ..... Ninh Thuan on a jeep tour.

28He ..... chief officer in MV. Fortune three years ago

29She ..... a delicious cake last weekend.

30I ..... (finish) my homework, ..... (listen) to some music, and then I ..... (go) to bed.

31Last summer, I ..... my holiday in Peru.

32Match the questions and answers.What did you do last weekend?

33She ..... a new bike in 2015.

34Consumerism begin in the 18th century during Britain's Industrial Revolution.

35Convert the following sentence to past tense: "The dog barks loudly."

36We ..... home late yesterday.

37I ..... this company six months ago.

38The children ..... their breakfast this morning.

39The volunteers ..... a lot of help to the community a couple of weeks ago.

40Complete the sentences with the verbs.When you ..... the house, I was watching TV. (leave)

41Complete the paragraph with the simple past form of the verbs in parentheses.We ..... (have) dinner at Bob's house yesterday.

42I ..... you four times last night. Where were you?

43Before they ..... home, they cleaned up the mess.

44We ..... to the zoo and ..... a lot of animals yesterday.

45We use the Past Simple to talk about:

46They ..... going to the market together yesterday.

47We ..... in the sea two weeks ago.

48She was 30 last year.

49It was ages since we last met each other.

50The umbrella is not a new invention. The Chinese ..... umbrellas in the eleventh century B.C.

51They had dinner at that restaurant last Friday.

52I ..... my lunch at 12 o'clock. (eat, eats, ate)

53A large number of fishermen ..... when the storm struck.

54Dian ..... "Happy Birthday" song for me yesterday

55YANNY ..... A LETTER TO HER BOYFRIEND A WEEK AGO.

56Which sentence uses the simple past tense? 'I am studying for the test.' or 'I studied for the test.'

57Choose the word of phrase that best completes each sentence below:Yesterday, I ..... to a souvenir shop near the exit of the aquarium.

58I ..... some chicken this morning but I have not cooked them yet.

59Tom's cat ..... to purr while he was petting it.

60We ..... volleyball yesterday.

61A few hours ago, the girl ..... crying at the mall.