Simple Past - Round Up 2

Past Tense (Regular Verbs)

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love loved study studied stop stopped walk walked
like liked stay stayed preer preerred listen listened
!" Put t#e verbs into t#e Simple Past"
Yesterday my family and I visited (visit) my grandparents. My mother ____________
(help) my grandmother in the garden. My father ____________ (clean) the windows
outside. My brother and I ____________ (watch) cartoons on TV with my grandfather.
ater we ____________ (play) outside in the garden. !e _____________ (climb) the
tree to our tree"house. !e _____________ !e ____________ (stay) there all afternoon.
Then our mother ____________ (call) us because it was time to go home. #ur
grandparents ____________ ($iss) us goodbye and we ____________ (return) home. !e
____________ (arrive) home at % o&cloc$. 'ather ____________ (loo$) for the $ey(
____________ (open) our front door and all ____________ (wal$) inside.
2" $ill in t#e blanks wit# t#e Simple Past"
Yesterday my brother and I helped (help) our mother in the house. 'irst we
____________ (clean) our rooms and then we ___________ (wash) our clothes. )fter
that we ____________ (coo$) some spaghetti. The spaghetti ____________ (not* be)
very nice( but our mother ___________ (be) happy to eat it. Then I ___________ (have)
a bath and my brother and I ____________ (watch) TV.
Simple Past (%rregular Verbs)
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ast +aturday my father took (ta$e) my friends and me to the circus. !e __________
(see) lots of things. My father ____________ (buy) us some popcorn and ___________
orange ,uice. !e __________ (eat) the popcorn and ___________ (drin$) the orange
,uice. !e ___________ (laugh) at the funny clowns. There ____________ (be) a lion"
tamer. The lions ___________ (do) tric$s- they ____________ (,ump) through hoops. )
girl ____________ (ride) an elephant around the ring. !e all ___________ (have) a
wonderful time.
(" )#oose t#e rig#t verb* put it in t#e Simple Past and ill in t#e blanks"
write drin$ do see buy sit meet
drive be tell come ta$e cost go
Yesterday morning we went to the mar$et. !e __________ our shopping bas$ets. 'ather
___________ us there by car. )t the mar$et( we ___________ some fruit and vegetables.
I ____________ some birds that I wanted to buy. They ____________ a lot of money.
Mother ____________ me they ____________ too e.pensive. Then we _____________
some friends and we all ____________ to a caf/. !e ___________ at a table outside and
_____________ orange ,uice. Then mother and I _____________ home. In the afternoon
I _____________ my homewor$ and ______________ a letter to my grandmother.
+" Put t#e verbs into t#e 'orre't tense"
0. +he always goes (go) to church on +unday.
1. I _________ (buy) a new bicycle last wee$.
2. My family _________ (go) to the theatre yesterday.
3. Tom ___________ (live) in ondon three years ago.
4. My mother ___________ (ma$e) some coffee now.
5. +am ___________ (go) to the circus tomorrow.
6. I ____________ (tal$) on the phone at the moment.
%. +ally always ____________ (tidy) her room at the wee$end.
7. I _____________ (have) dinner in a restaurant last 'riday.
," $ill in wit# Simple Past"
ast +unday we went (go) on a picnic in the country. My mother ___________ (drive)
the car. My father ___________ (sleep) all the way there because he ____________ (be)
tired. !hen we ___________ (arrive) we _____________ (run) straight to the river. !e
____________ (swim) for a long time and then we ___________ (eat) our lunch. )fter
lunch my father and I _____________ (play) rugby. !e ____________ (leave) at si.
o&cloc$ and ____________ (go) home. !e all _____________ (have) a lovely time.
-" .ary and Sam are talking about t#eir last summer #olidays" $ill in t#e blanks
wit# t#e Simple Past"
Mary8 !here did you go (you* go) on holiday last summer9
+am8 I __________ (go) to 'rance to visit my cousins there.
Mary8 :ow long _____________ (you* stay)9
+am8 I ____________ (stay) for two months and I _____________ (have) a wonderful
time. !here _____________ (you* spend) your holidays9
Mary8 !e _____________ (not* go) anywhere. My mother ___________ (be) in hospital(
so we _____________ (stay) at home.
+am8 That&s too bad;
Mary8 !ell( she _____________ (come) home after three wee$s( and we ____________
(be) happy to see her.
/" )#oose one verb rom t#e bo0 and ill in t#e banks"
have hasn&t got lived is go were wor$s stays
had live didn&t stay are was didn&t go wor$ed
They live in a big house in ondon. Mr +mith __________ in a school. :e ___________
is a teacher. Mr and Mrs +mith __________ two children( Tina and )ndrew. They
___________ to school. They ___________ very good students. Mrs +mith
____________ at home( she _____________ a ,ob. ast year the family ____________
in 'rance. Mr +mith ____________ in an <nglish school there( too. Their children
____________ younger then so they ______________ to school. They _____________ a
nanny to loo$ after them because Mrs +mith _____________ a ,ob then. +he
_____________ a teacher( too. +he _____________ at home. They ____________ all a
lot happier this year than they _____________ in 'rance last year.
1" )#oose t#e 'orre't item"
0. +he ____)____ now.
)) is sleeping =) sleeps >) slept
1. They __________ to the theatre last night.
)) are going =) go >) went
2. :e ___________ some new clothes tomorrow.
)) is going to buy =) buys >) bought
3. oo$ at her; +he ____________
)) cries =) is crying >) cried
4. :e _____________ up late yesterday.
)) wa$es =) is wal$ing >) wo$e
5. !e _____________ our parents tomorrow.
)) visited =) visit >) are going to visit
6. oo$; The cat _____________ up the tree.
)) climb =) is climbing >) climbs
%. !e _____________ to school yesterday.
)) didn&t go =) don&t go >) aren&t going.
7. :e ____________ a bath at the moment.
)) has =) had >) is having
0?. I _____________ a pair of shoes yesterday.
)) buy =) bought >) am buying