English Exercises

A. Complete the sentences

Ejemplo:
I didn t watch TV last night.
1. On Saturday I __played___ (play) computer games with
my cousins.
2. My mum ____didnt cook________ (not cook) dinner last night.
3. I ______walked______ (walk) to school because there weren t
any buses.
4. They ______didnt dance______ (not dance) at the party.
5. My brother __travelled__________ (travel) to Ireland last summer.
B. Write the past simple of these verbs
1. copy __________ copied
2. revise _________ revised
3. cycle __________ cycled
4. listen __________ listened
5. practice __________ practiced
6. play __________ played
7. like __________ liked
8. move __________ moved
9. shout __________shout
10. start __________ started
C. Write the questions in the correct order.
Ejemplo:
night? / meet / Did / you
/ them / last /
Did you meet them last night?
1. film? / like / you / Did / the /
___Did you like the film?__
2. you / many / did / ask? / How / people /

How many did people ask?

_________________________________
3. a / have / time? / they / Did / good /
Did they have a good time?
_________________________________
4. did / weekend? / the / What / do / we / at /
What did we do at weekend?
_________________________________
5. she / DVD? / Where / that / did / buy /
Where did she buy that DVD?
_________________________________
6. party / on / your / go / Saturday? / he / Did / to /
Did he go to your party on Saturday?
_________________________________
7. did / yesterday? / Who / you / see /
Who did you see yesterday?
_________________________________

D. Correct the sentences.

Ejemplo:
Who do you met on Saturday morning? X
Who did you meet on Saturday morning?
1. Did he went to school yesterday? X
Did he go to school yesterday?
2. Why did you to go home early? X
Why did you go home early?
3. Where you did learn English? X
. Where did you learn English?
4. Did she works today? X

Did she work today?

5. What do you this yesterday? X
What did do you this yesterday
6. Did they last night phone you? X

E. Regular (R) or irregular (I) verbs?

Ejemplo: play R
1. fly (I)
___________
2. use (R)
___________
3. study (R)
__________
4. eat (I)
________
5. make (R)
___________
6. travel (R)
___________
7. see (I)
___________

F. Complete the sentences with the past simple.

be got up meet have go run drink sleep swim eat
Ejemplo:
Yesterday I got up early, at about seven o clock.
1. I ____had____ a shower and some fruit for breakfast.
2. Then I _____went___ to the sports cent
re.

3. I ___swim_____ 500 meters in the swimming pool and then

4. I ___ran_____ 5 kilometers.
5. At lunchtime I ___drank___ my friends in a caf.
6. We ____ate____ some pasta and ____drank____ some juice.
7. After lunch I ___sleep_____ for a few hours, I __got up__ tired!
G. Past simple (irregular verbs)
1. I __loosed___ (loose) my watch in the park.
2. David _____didnt hurt______ (not hurt) his knee.
3. I kicked the ball and it __did break___ (break) a window.
4. My new shoes ___didnt cost____ (not cost) a lot of money.
5. I ____got____ (get) this book from the library.
6. We had a garage where we __kept___ (keep) our car.
7. Ali ___cut___ (cut) his knee.
8. The glass ___fell___ (fall) off the table.
9. The glass ___didnt break___ (not break).
10. We ___sold___ (sell) our old car.
11. We ___bought___ (buy) a new car.
12. The bell ___didnt ring___ (not ring).
13. We all __went__ (go) into school.
14. The dog __caught__ (catch) the ball.
15. The man __didnt kneel__ (not kneel) down.
16. Our cat __ran__ (run) onto the road.
17. Jane __didnt write__ (not write) a letter.
18. I _bought __ (buy) a new camera last week.
19. We __drove__ (drive) to a safari park yesterday.
20. Yesterday Dad ___didnt take___ (not take) me to the carnival.
21. Elizabeth ___gave___ (give) Eva a chocolate.
22. Jack and Jill ___didnt go___ (not go) up the hill.
23. Her ring _cost_ (cost) ten Euros.
24. I __put__ (put) sugar in my coffee.
25. He ___didnt hit___ (not hit) the ball over the net.