1. Write the past simple forms in the correct group.
chat phone plan play reply smile tidy walk
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add -ed |
1) _____2) _____ |
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add -d |
3) _____4) _____ |
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-y ➞ -ied |
5) _____6) _____ |
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double consonant and add -ed |
7) _____8) _____ |
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add -ed played, walked
add -d phoned, smiled
-y ➞ -ied replied, tidied
double consonant and add -ed chatted, planned
2. Complete the sentences. Use the past simple form of the verbs in the box.
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chat cry dance invite start study wash |
1) I __________ twenty friends to party.
2) I __________ to friends at the café.
3) dad __________ German at school.
4) Harriet __________ at the end of the sad film.
5) Sam __________ with Emma at the night club.
6) George __________ his hair this morning.
7) Our English lesson __________ at 9.30.
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1) invited 2) chatted 3) studied 4) cried 5) danced
6) washed 7) started
3. Complete the story. Use the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.
A police officer was in a park in the centre of the town. She 1) _____ (notice) a boy and girl with a baby elephant. The police officer was very surprised. ‘What are you doing with that elephant?’ she 2) _____ (ask). ‘You should take it to the zoo.’
‘OK,’ the boy and girl 3) _____ (agree), and they 4) _____ (hurry) off.
The next day, the police officer was in town again when the same boy and girl 5) _____ (appear). The elephant was still with them. The police officer was annoyed.
‘Hey!’ she called, ‘You 6) _____ (promise) to take that elephant to the zoo!’
‘Yes,’ 7) _____ (reply) the children, ‘we 8) _____ (visit) the zoo yesterday and the elephant 9) _____ (enjoy) it. So today we’re taking him to the museum.’
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1) noticed 2) asked 3) agreed 4) hurried 5) appeared
6) promised 7) replied 8) visited 9) enjoyed
4. Complete the time expressions with the words in the box.
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afternoon ago before last month years yesterday |
1) four years __________
2) _____ night
3) yesterday __________
4) two __________ ago
5) _____ morning
6) last __________
7) the day __________ yesterday.
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1) ago 2) last 3) afternoon 4) years 5) yesterday 6) month
7) before
5. Rewrite the sentences. Use the past simple and the time expressions in brackets.
1) I play volleyball at weekends. (last weekend)
I played volleyball last weekend.
2) I cycle to school every day. (yesterday morning)
________.
3) I usually stay in on Sunday evenings. (last night)
________.
4) Andy sometimes tidies his bedroom on Sunday evenings. (on Saturday evening)
________.
5) The bus stops outside our house. (five minutes ago)
________.
6) I listen to the radio every morning. (yesterday afternoon)
________.
7) It always rains a lot in Scotland. (last month)
________.
8) School finishes at four o’clock. (half an hour ago)
________.
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2) I cycled to school yesterday morning.
3) I stayed in last night.
4) Andy tidied his bedroom on Saturday evening.
5) The bus stopped outside our house five minutes ago.
6) I listened to the radio yesterday afternoon.
7) It rained a lot in Scotland last month.
8) School finished half an hour ago.
Challenge!
Write five sentences. Use the past simple and five time expressions from exercises 4 and 5.
1) _____
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2) _____
________
3) _____
________
4) _____
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5) _____
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