SIMPLE PAST TENSE REVIEW

NAME: DATE:
CLASS: SCORE:

1. Chris ____________________ (find) a ten-dollar bill.

2. The dog ______________________ (follow) us down the road.
3. Those students _____________________ (work) hard last semester.
4. Lúcio ___________________ (stop) at the corner and __________________ (call) us.
5. I ___________________ (try) to talk to Helen last night.
6. I ___________________ (pay) the phone bill yesterday.
7. My dad ____________________ (catch) a cold when he ________________ (be) in Canada.
8. She _____________________ (leave) home early yesterday.
9. They ____________________ (know) each other very well when they
________________ (be) kids.
10. The teacher _____________________ (bring) the exams corrected.
11. She was cleaning the vase when she ____________________ (drop) it.
12. We ___________________ (jog) in the park yesterday.
13. I __________________ (meet) some nice people at the party last weekend.
14. Carol _____________________ (sleep) until late on the weekend. Then, she
_______________ (go) out to lunch.
15. We ______________________ (fly) to the USA on a great airplane. They ____________________
(watch) TV last night.
16. b) Priscila ____________________ (talk) to her friends all day.
17. c) I ___________________ (have) a terrible headache yesterday.
18. d) Bob _____________________ (come) home from school late.
19. e) They ____________________ (arrive) late and ___________________ (miss) the bus.
20. f) She ____________________ (study) hard and ___________________(pass) the exam.

Write questions or negatives sentences:

a) She visited her parents last weekend.
Negative: __________________________________________________________
b) He cleaned his room before school.
Question: ___________________________________________________________?
c) The teacher found the missing exams.
Negative: ____________________________________________________________
d) Tom wanted to go to the movies alone.
Question: ___________________________________________________________?
e) Helena offered Henrique a piece of cake.
Negative: ___________________________________________________________
f) I knew what to do.
Negative: ____________________________________________________________?
g) Alexandre helped Anita with her homework.
Question: ___________________________________________________________?
h) You ate cookies after dinner.
Negative: ____________________________________________________________
i) You talked to her earlier.
Question: ___________________________________________________________?
j) We turned off the TV after the news.
Negative: ____________________________________________________________
SUBJECT: Past form of Verb “To Be “

A) Fill in the blanks. Use WAS / WERE:

1. Mary and Susan …… were ……… ill yesterday.

2. The weather …………………….. very hot last Saturday.
3. The students …………………….. at the theater last night.
4. Betty …………………………….. in Germany last summer.
5. My brother and I …………………….. at the football stadium on Saturday.
6. …………………………. it cold yesterday?

B) Put these sentences into the PAST. Use past form of verb “ TO BE “:

TODAY YESTERDAY

Example: I’m at home. ….. I was at home………………………………

1. Jane and Michael are tired. ……………………………………………….

2. She’s in the park. ……………………………………………….
3. It’s a sunny day. ……………………………………………….
4. You’re late. .………………………………………………
5. They aren’t hungry. ……………………………………………….
6. We aren’t at work. ……………………………………………….
7. I’m thirsty. .………………………………………………
8. You aren’t at school. ……………………………………………….
9. We’re at the cinema. ……………………………………………….
10.Paula isn’t happy. ……………………………………………….

C) Choose WAS or WERE and circle it:

1. He was / were a policeman.

2. We was / were very happy.
3. Was / Were you happy?
4. They wasn’t / weren’t interested in.
5. I was / were at school.
6. It wasn’t / weren’t expensive.
7. Was / Were she your teacher?

E) Make questions about the text using WAS or WERE:

Example: a) How old / Bill / during the First World War?

How old was Bill during the First World War?
Were they happy? Was he your father?

b) / Bill / in the army? ………………………………………………………………?

c) Where / Bill? ……………………………………………………………………..?
d) Where / Bill’s wife and children? ………………………………………………..?
e) / It dangerous in London? ………………………………………………………..?
f) / there bombs? ……………………………………………………………………?
g) / there a lot of food? …………………………………………………………….. ?
h) How old / the children? …………………………………………………………. ?
I) / the children frightened? ……………………………………………………….. ?