Simple PastSet 211

1Complete the sentence using simple past tense.They ..... all day to hear the results of the election.
2I rode my bike home last week.
3You ..... jogging at the park yesterday.
4Yesterday ..... (be) the last day of school for the term.
5Emma, Lily, and Mason are discussing their weekend plans. Which sentence describes something that already happened?
6When he ..... ten years old. Louis Braille ..... the National Institute for the Blind in Paris.A. was/entered B. was/was entering C. was/was entered D. was/would enter
7Yesterday I ..... an interesting TV program
8Anna: I'm so tired.Ben: What did you do today?Anna: .....
9What verb tense do you use for something that was started and completed in the past?
10I ..... the bus to the city centre yesterday.
11Kevin ..... his exam because he hadn't studied at all.
12When he ..... young, he could run fast.
13This room ..... full of students yesterday morning.
14My friends and I ..... a movie together last night, and we had a lot of fun!
15The teacher ..... the student for theft.
16My parents ..... Rome last year.
17We ..... a lot of food yesterday.
18I felt much better after I ..... the results of my test.
19My elder brother left his job and ..... his own business years ago.
20We ..... our grandma last Sunday.
21It ..... me two hours to get here this morning.
22Jim ..... his leg when he ..... golf.
23My sister ..... (see) two big dogs but she was not afraid.
24Natalia saw a big cat in her garden.
25She ..... wasting her time playing Roblox two months ago.
26Tell whether the verb in the sentence is past, present, or future tense:hiked
27At the cinema last Friday, we ..... the movie. (see)
28What tense is this verb in? swam
29Juan Montalvo ..... (write) many books.
30Complete the sentence below with the correct Simple Past form of the verb in parenthesis.Alex ..... hard last weekend. (work)
31Which of the following sentences is in the simple past? A) I was sleeping. B) I slept.
32It was happy.
33As soon as I saw the advertisement, I ..... the house agent.
34When Young Hee was a child, she ..... in Seoul.
35What tense do we use to describe a succession of past actions?
36Do you remember when Joseph ..... from the university and ..... to work as an engineer in our factory?
37I already went to park. tell which tense
38We ..... (visit) Singapore last year.
39I ..... yesterday.
40A year later, McDonald's ..... their most famous burger, which is the Big Mac.
41Find the correct past tense: You (to be) going to make it to the Olympics before you broke your ankle.
42It ..... his mother who was on the phone last night
43A: ..... Bryan live on a farm as a child.B: Yes, he .....
44Dewi: When were you born Andy?Andy: .....
45I listened to my favorite song two minutes ago.
46Choose the correct word for the past tense sentence:We (visit/visited) our grandparents last summer.
47The news ..... surprising to everyone in the room.
48We ..... to the music.
49Input: They ..... (visit) their grandparents last weekend.
50You ..... a great job at the presentation last week.
51They ..... for their exam. (study)
52We ..... the fire while we were driving home.
53Susan ..... some new shoes last week.
54We ..... to join the Sports Club last year.
55She ..... a beautiful drawing for her friend yesterday.
56I. CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER.The lesson ..... at midday last Monday.
57CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER:We ..... football in the yard last weekend.
58Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d: She ..... to go to the beach yesterday.
59Circle the correct answer.We ..... to Da Nang last summer.A. go B. are going C. goes D. went
60When I got up I ..... (look) out of the window and ..... (see) that it ..... (rain).
61She (live) here four years ago.