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Simple PastSet 83

1Mike ..... in Cork yesterday.

2The firemen ..... the old woman who ..... trapped on the third floor of the burning building.

3In the sentence "She was running to get to school on time.", choose the helping verb.

4I ..... TV at 8.30 last night.

5Last year we ..... Loli and Georgi as our English teachers.

6How do you use the simple past tense in a sentence?

7Gerald went to three different grocery stores before he finally finds the brand of cereal he was looking for.

8I ..... (visit) my grandma yesterday.

9Kishan shared some sweets with Yi Xuan and Enn Ling.

10James and Lisa ..... in 2012.

11I ..... my leg yesterday

12She ..... first prize last year.

13She ..... pizza last night.

14We ..... for the exam all night.

15Mrs Owens ..... her flat in 2011.

16What change needs to be made in sentence 15?(15) Upon reaching the water, she splashes furiously.

17Exercise 2: Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. 5. We (spend) ..... our summer vacation in Ha Long Bay last July.

18I ..... very happy last week.

19My mother ..... a teacher 7 years ago

20"When I ..... a child, ..... an amazing square close to my house ..... many kids there. I played a lot with them!"

21Last Monday, the mayor ..... the press that there will be a huge renovation project at the city hall.

22Last summer Mary ..... (go) to Miami

23Choose past simple or present perfect:She ..... (break) her leg the day before the exam.

24Sun rises at the East. This morning, it ..... at 6 o'clock.

25We ..... a new friend in class yesterday.

26Select "Correct" if the verb tense is correct; correct the verb tense if it is incorrect.We made a good decision to try that new restaurant.

27I ..... meeting at 9 o'clock yesterday.

28My father ..... in the office last night.

29I ..... the piano when I was a child, but I haven't learnt to play this piece.

30We ..... lunch at 12 yesterday.

31Titanic ..... 0n 15 April 1912

32Last Sunday, they ..... the movie theater to watch a film.

33Justin: Where were you last holiday?Cardi: ..... Justin: How was it?Cardi: It was exciting. I saw a lot of ancient objects.

34She ..... her sister at the station yesterday.

35She ..... a small flat in Mirfa in 2010.

36Translate this sentence in past: Kate and you sweep the house-

37I had live here before you ..... to Semarang.

38Which correctly completes the sentence?I saw that you ..... late but I was early!

39I ..... soccer yesterday.

40The baby ..... (smile) at me an hour ago.

41My mom ..... a delicious breakfast for us last weekend.

42Carly ..... to the hospital last Friday. She ..... on, but the doctor didn't .....

43I ate some pumpkin pie yesterday.

44In the passive sentence "The books were read by the children," what is the tense?

45They ..... school early because of a sudden power outage.

46Tick one box in each row to show whether the sentence is written in simple past tense or simple present tense.Sentence: I carried a heavy shopping bag.

47He ..... (see) the doctor yesterday.

48I moved to Missouri last year. Before that, I ..... in Arizona.

49She ..... a great athlete when she was in school.

50Jack and his friends ..... in the park yesterday. It ..... sunny.

51He ..... for an hour in the morning, ..... all afternoon and didn't return home until 10 at night.

52Can you tell me what .....?

53Formulate a sentence in the past tense using the verb 'to see'.

54Her plane didn't landed yet when we ..... (arrive) at the airport.

55The weather ..... cold when I ..... in New York.

56Complete the sentence: My parents went to the theatre. They ..... by the great performance.

57Tell whether the sentence is correct or not.This novel is written by William Shakespeare.

58Locusts have been enemies of man since he first learns to cultivate crops.

59Your bike ..... new.

60Choose the correct past tense of the verb.Gina ..... in Makati for about 10 years.

61They buy a bag of mangoes from the market.Convert to simple past tense.