1. Complete the email. Use the past simple affirmative form of the verbs in brackets.
To: mason@email.com
Dear Mason,
I really 1) _____ (enjoy) the safari holiday in Tanzania. We 2) _____ (arrive) by plane at Kilimanjaro Airport. Then we 3) _____ (travel) by bus to the Serengeti National Park. After that, we 4) _____ (explore) the park for five days in a Jeep with a guide. During that time, I 5) _____ (photograph) lots of elephants and giraffes, but I really 6) _____ (want) to see some big cats – lions or cheetahs. And then, so the last day, a family of cheetahs 7) _____ (walk) in front of our Jeep. We 8) _____ (stop) and 9) _____ (wait). The cheetahs 10) _____ (stay) near us and we 11) _____ (watch) them for about ten minutes. Amazing! We 12) _____ (return) home to the UK two days ago. What a fantastic holiday!
See you soon!
Madison
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1) enjoyed 2) arrived 3) travelled 4) explored
5) photographed 6) wanted 7) walked 8) stopped
9) waited 10) stayed 11) watched 12) returned
2. Complete the sentences with the past simple affirmative form of the verbs below.
cross invent marry sail start stop study watch
1) mum ________. chemistry at Oxford University.
2) Our clock ________. at exactly half past seven.
3) That comment nearly ________. a fight!
4) We ________. the Cup Final on TV in hotel room.
5) They ________. from Dublin to New York.
6) great-grandfather ________. a new kind of bicycle.
7) uncle ________. a woman from New Zealand.
8) They ________. Antarctica on foot.
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1) studied 2) stopped 3) started 4) watched 5) sailed
6) invented 7) married 8) crossed
3. Complete the past simple sentences. Use the words in brackets.
1) I usually walk to school. (cycle)
Yesterday, I cycled to school.
2) I usually watch TV before school. (listen to music)
This morning, _________
3) Most weekends, I play football. (play basketball)
Last weekend, _________
4) We’re visiting the USA. (live there)
Ten years ago, _________
5) She’s often late for school. (arrive early)
Yesterday morning, _________
6) This month, the weather is fantastic. (rain every day)
Last month, _________
7) I usually go on holiday with friends. (travel alone)
Last summer, _________
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2) This morning, I listened to music.
3) Last weekend, I played basketball.
4) Ten years ago, we lived there.
5) Yesterday morning, she arrived early.
6) Last month, it rained every day.
7) Last summer, I travelled alone.
4. Complete the sentences with your own ideas. Use the past simple form of the verbs from exercises 1-3.
1) Last weekend, _________
2) Two years ago, _________
3) Yesterday, _________
4) Last summer, _________
5) Yesterday morning, _________
6) Last month, _________
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1) I started school six years ago.
2) We trained for six months for this competition.
3) I chatted to cousins in Italy last night.
4) We planned our holiday this morning.
5) I watched a great DVD yesterday afternoon.
6) parents both studied maths.
7) uncle moved to Canada last summer.
8) The bus stopped in front of the town hall.
5 Underline one mistake in each sentence. Write the sentences correctly.
1) I started school ago six years. ✗
__________
2) We trained for six months for this competition. ✗
__________
3) I chat to cousins in Italy last night. ✗
__________
4) We planed our holiday this morning. ✗
__________
5) I watched a great DVD afternoon yesterday. ✗
__________
6) parents both studyed maths. ✗
__________
7) uncle moved to Canada last summer ago. ✗
__________
8) The bus stoped in front of the town hall. ✗
_________
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your own answers
6. Complete the text with the correct past simple affirmative form of the verbs below.
arrive carry chat decide describe finish start walk
When Cheryl Strayed was 26, she was very unhappy, so she 1) _________ to walk part of the Pacific Crest Trail, a 4,286 km path up the west coast of the USA. She 2) _________ her walk in June 1995, in the Mojave Desert in California. She 3) _________ all her food and clothes and a tent to sleep in. She 4) _________ alone most of the time, but sometimes she 5) _________ to other walkers. She 6) _________ the walk 94 days later, when she 7) _________ at the border between Oregon and Washington. She 8) _________ her 1,650 km walk in the book Wild, which today is also a film.
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1) decided 2) started 3) carried 4) walked 5) chatted
6) finished 7) arrived 8) described