Grammar Exercises - Simple Past Tense.

Put the verbs into the simple past:

1. Last year I (go) went to England on holiday.

2. It (be) was fantastic.
3. I (visit) visited lots of interesting places. I (be) was with two friends of mine .
4. In the mornings we (walk) walked in the streets of London.
5. In the evenings we (go) went to pubs.
6. The weather (be) was strangely fine.
7. It (not / rain) did not rain a lot.
8. But we (see) saw some beautiful rainbows.
9. Where (spend / you) did you spend your last holiday?

Write the past forms of the irregular verbs.

Infinitive Simple Past

1. meet met

2. drive drove

3. speak spoke

4. put put

5. write wrote

6. sing sang

7. do did

8. sit sat

9. stand stood

10. run ran

Complete the table in simple past.

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

He wrote a book. He did not write a book. Did he write a book?

He sang. He did not sing Did he sing?

She was pretty. She was not pretty. Was she pretty?
Put the sentences into simple past.

1. We move to a new house. We moved to a new house.

2. They bring a sandwich. They brought a sandwich.
3. He doesn't do the homework. He did not do the homework.
4. They sell cars. They sold cars.
5. Does he visit his friends? Did he visit his friends?

Write sentences in simple past.

1. Janet / the bus / miss Janet missed the bus.

2. she / her room / tidy She tidied her room.
3. Nancy / watch / not / television Nancy did not watch television.
4. she / read / book She read a book.

Choose "Was or "Were:

1. The teacher was nice.

2. The students were very clever.
3. But one student was in trouble.
4. We were sorry for him.
5. He was nice though.

Sentences and Questions in Past Simple - Exercise 2

Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Use Simple Past. Watch the punctuation and form
sentences or questions.

1) When were you in London?

2) We did not live in a flat when we were in Paris.
3) What did you lose yesterday?
4) He did not do magic tricks at the party.
5) Mandy did not tidy up her room on Thursday.
6) Did Frank share a room with Henry when they were in Rome?
7) I did not like Physics at school.
8) Did the shop assistant take 10 percent off the price?
9) She used the correct word in the exercise.
10) Why did the baby cry this morning?
 Grammar Exercises - The simple past of the verb "to be"

Put the verb "to be" into the simple past:

1. I was in Canada last summer holiday.

2. My sister was with me.
3. We were in Montreal.
4. She was very happy.
5. I was happy, too.

Put the verb "to be" into the simple present or the simple past:

1. I am /'m an engineer.
2. Last year I was a student in Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
3. I was in love with a beautiful girl at that time. We were friends
4. Now, I live in New York and I am /'m married to her

Grammar Exercise - Comparatives and Superlatives

Put the adjectives between brackets in the correct form

1. My brother has a (tidy) tidier room than me.

2. Australia is (big) bigger than England.
3. I'm (good) better now than yesterday.
4. She's got (little) less friends than you, but she doesn't care.
5. He thinks Chinese is (difficult) the most difficult language in the world.
6. Valencia played (bad) worse than Real Madrid yesterday.
7. Cats are not (intelligent) as intelligent as dogs.
8. Show me (good) the best restaurant downtown.
9. (hot) The hottest desert of all is the Sahara and it's in Africa.
10. Who is (talkative) the most talkative person in your family?
Simple past
I ate a sandwich yesterday. It was horrible because it had sardines in it, so I fed the sandwich to
my cat, then I went and watched television. Straight away I remembered that my cat was allergic
to sardines, so I took him to the vet surgery, but it was closed, so I criedand was very scared,
because my poor cat was very poorly. Eventually I relaxed and saw a movie in the local cinema;
finally I drove to the pub and drank some lager.
Everything lived happily ever after.
The end.

1
I to the mall after school.

2
My brother a bear an hour ago.

3
Mike visit his grandmother last night?

4
Alex did not last weekend.

5
Judy and Liz at last month's meeting?

6
We not happy after the sad ending.

7
you see Jody's new dog yesterday?

8
Sorry, I hear you at the door.

9
I English for two years.

10
What you eat for lunch yesterday?
 Fill in the correct form of the words in brackets (comparative or superlative).

1. My house is bigger than yours.

2. This flower is more beautiful than that one.
3. This is the most interesting book I have ever read.
4. Non-smokers usually live longer than smokers.
5. Which is the most dangerous animal in the world?
6. A holiday by the sea is better than a holiday in the mountains.
7. It is strange but often a coke is more expensive than a beer.
8. Who is the richest woman on earth?
9. The weather this summer is even worse than last summer.
10. He was the cleverest thief of all.

ESCRIBE LA FORMA COMPARATIVA DE LOS SIGUIENTES ADJETIVOS

beautiful MORE BEAUTIFUL wide WIDER

handsome MORE HANDSOME lazy LAZIER
ugly UGLIER serious MORE SERIOUS
clever CLEVERER funny FUNNIER
soft SOFTER good BETTER
hard HARDER heavy HEAVIER
loud LOUDER short SHORTER
nasty NASTIER expensive MORE EXPENSIVE
dirty DIRTIER exciting MORE EXCITING

COMPLETA LAS ORACIONES. UTILIZA LOS SIGUIENTES ADJETIVOS EN COMPARATIVO

DE SUPERIORIDAD

cheap noisy large hot healthy good

1. The weather in Italy last summer was HOTTER than in Spain.

2. My exams results were very bad last year. I hope this time are BETTER
3. These shoes are a bit expensive. I want something CHEAPER
4. Our house is big, but my aunts apartment is LARGER
5. The music in this room is NOISER than at the disco.
6. The doctor says I have to eat HEALTHIER
ELIGE EL ADJETIVO ADECUADO EN CADA ORACIN Y COMPLETA LAS ORACIONES CON
COMPARATIVO DE SUPERIORIDAD + THAN

1. In my opinion, boys are NOISER THAN (noisy / quiet) girls.

2. Spanish people are FUNNIER THAN (funny / serious) German people.
3. A Ferrari is FASTER THAN (fast / slow) a Mercedes.
4. Sweets and candies are UNHEALTHIER THAN (healthy / unhealthy) fruit and vegetables.
5. Dogs are UNFRIENDLIER THAN (friendly / unfriendly) cats.
6. Chinese is MORE DIFFICULT (easy / difficult) English or a Spanish speaker.

ESCRIBE LA FORMA SUPERLATIVA DE LOS SIGUIENTES ADJETIVOS

thin THE THINNEST nasty THE NASTIEST

nice THE NICEST far THE FURTHEST
fat THE FASTEST old THE OLDEST
confident THE MOST CONFIDENT happy THE HAPPIEST
quite THE QUIETEST narrow THE NARROWEST
pretty THE PRETTIEST good THE BEST
clean THE CLEANEST intelligent THE MOST INTELLIGENT
popular THE MOST POPULAR hard THE HARDEST
bad THE WORST interesting THE MOST INTERESTING

COMPLETA LAS ORACIONES TRANSFORMANDO EL ADJETIVO EN NEGRITA A MODO

SUPERLATIVO

1. Hes a very good footballer. He is THE BEST footballer in Europe at the moment.
2. Shes a pretty girl. Shes THE PRETTIEST girl in my class.
3. January is a cold month in Spain. Its usually THE COLDEST month of the year.
4. I was very happy when I got married. My wedding day was THE HAPPIEST day of my life.
5. This is a really bad film. It is THE WORST film Ive ever seen.
6. We saw an ugly dog last night. It was THE UGLIEST dog weve seen.
7. I think this is an expensive restaurant. It must be THE MOST EXPENSIVE restaurant in town.

COMPLETA LAS ORACIONES CON COMPARATIVO DE SUPERIORIDAD O SUPERLATIVO

1. We went to THE CHEAPEST (cheap) hotel in the city.

2. The United States are very large but Canada is LARGER (large).
3. Whats THE LONGEST (long) river in the world?
4. Everest is THE HIGHEST mountain in the world. It is HIGHER (high) than any other mountain.
5. I prefer this chair to the other one. It is MORE COMFORTABLE (comfortable).
6. Whats THE QUICKEST (quick) way of going to the train station?
7. I had a terrible day. It was THE WORST (bad) day of my life.
8. Tom was sad yesterday but he is HAPPIER (happy) today.