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Simple Past Time Markers UsageSet 8

1The children ..... a film on Netflix last Sunday.

2It's nearly twenty years since my father ..... his brother.

3Choose the correct answerWe sometimes ..... out when we lived in the city.

4'Yesterday / last Friday' change to-

5Which tense do we use when talking about a finished time, such as "yesterday" or "last year"?

6Choose the right variant: I sent him a letter .....

7Circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer: When you ..... yesterday, we were having dinner.

8What (a) the weather like in your city during last winter?

9I. CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER.David booked the tickets .....

10My shoes ..... on last Monday.

11I studied English ..... morning.

12The world's biggest e-business ..... making Single's Day a shopping celebration in 2009.

13We harvested the potatoes .....

14The song ..... by the famous singer last summer.

15Choose the correct usage of "yesterday":

16The new policy changes ..... at the staff meeting yesterday.

17Correct the tense error: 'He is going to the store yesterday.'

18We use past tense when .....

19Supply the correct tense: They ..... English three months ago. (learn)

20They (were/ have been) close friends 3 months ago but now they hate each other.

21Which sentence below shows consistent use of the simple past tense to describe a sequence of events?

22Grammar-Past simple and past continuous. Choose the correct option to complete the question: Was she working as a chef when you both met / were meeting?

23..... was my brother's graduation day.

24Since I ..... university, I haven't had much spare time.

25The bridge ..... built in 2010 and ..... repaired last year.

26We use these to identify past simple sentences

27The cup ..... from the table 10 seconds ago.

28I visited my grandfather in Hanoi .....

29My sister got married .....

30Choose the right tense for these time expressions below:yesterday

31Last year he ..... and ..... in Karaganda

32This house (build) ..... in 2010.

33"Yesterday",last ..... "."this ..... " " ..... ago" and " in ..... " are used for sentences and questions in:"We didn't do the dishes yesterday.","Did you get up early this morning?

34How long has he been the principal of our school?" "Since I ..... this school."

35Complete the sentence: He ..... (to visit) Paris last summer.

36Last time I ..... to Jakarta was in January

37Peter and Daisy were born ......

38The Simple Past is used to talk about plans.

39Field games were played .....

40Which of these words is a signal word for the Simple Past?

41We use the preterite (preterito) when referring to actions that took place in the past, either repeatedly or over an extended period of time.

42Now:Wednesday evening.Dad went swimming ..... (Wednesday 7:00am)

43How did she go to school .....?

44He had an accident two weeks .....

45Which of the following describes two actions that happened one after the other in the past?

46A NEW BUILDING ..... LAST YEAR

47Which of the following are expressions of time in past tense:

48When did the story happen?

49Choose the best answer to the questions.When did she leave?

50We went to Paris two years .....

51March 21, 1976

52The boys had a football match .....

53Included in the time signal in the simple past tense are the following, except .....

54..... taken to the zoo last week.

55Do you know why mum [has taken] / [took] my cake yesterday? I was really looking forward to that .....

56..... we visited sick children in Viet Duc hospital.

57The following are time signals for past tense .....

58She ..... video games till 11pm last night.

59Two weeks ago, they ..... building the new bridge, and now it's open for traffic.

60What is time in the past?

61Which one nominal tenses