1. Complete the sentences with the past simple affirmative form of the regular verbs below.
decide die drop look marry move stop study talk want
1) dad ____________ maths at university.
2) We live in Oxford. We ____________ here five years ago.
3) Jason ____________ at me and smiled.
4) The train ____________ at the station and we got off.
5) Jenny ____________ on the phone with her friend for over two hours!
6) In the end, we ____________ to go on holiday to Italy, not to France.
7) The goalkeeper had the ball, but then he ____________ it.
8) mum ____________ dad in 1988.
9) I ____________ to go to the shopping mall, but mum said to.
10) Sadly, grandma ____________ last year. She was 98.
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1) studied 2) moved 3) looked 4) stopped 5) talked
6) decided 7) dropped 8) married 9) wanted
10) died
2. Complete the sentences. Use the past simple affirmative form of the irregular verbs in brackets.
1) Emma tried on a green dress and a blue dress in the clothes shop, and ____________ (choose) the blue one.
2) I ____________ (find) £20 in the street last Saturday.
3) We ____________ (go) bowling yesterday evening.
4) Somebody ____________ (steal) smartphone from schoolbag.
5) The film ____________ (begin) at seven and finished at ten.
6) It ____________ (take) six hours to drive from London to Edinburgh.
7) Hannah ____________ (feel) relieved when she got her exam results.
8) Tom and Matt ____________ (be) upset that George didn’t invite them to his party.
9) We ____________ (get) home at eight o’clock on Sunday.
10) Millie ____________ (spend) all her money on computer games.
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1) chose 2) found 3) went 4) stole 5) began
6) took 7) felt 8) were 9) got 10) spent
3. Complete the texts with the past simple affirmative of the verbs in brackets.
Callie Rogers 1) _____. (be) just sixteen when she 2) _____. (win) the lottery in 2003. She 3) _____. (give) up her job as a shop assistant and 4) _____. (start) to spend her money. She 5) _____. (take) her family on expensive holidays, 6) _____. (invite) all her friends to big parties every weekend and 7) _____. (have) cosmetic surgery. Ten years later, she 8) _____. (have) just £2,000 left. But she’s happy now. ‘I 9) _____. (be) too young to win the lottery,’ she 10) _____. (say).
Tom Crist 11) _____. (get) a big surprise when he 12) _____. (answer) his phone on 16 December 2013. He 13) _____. (be) a lottery winner, and the prize 14) _____. (be) enormous – $40 million! He 15) _____. (decide) not to tell anyone about the win. He immediately 16) _____. (give) all the money to charities. ‘I don’t really need that money,’ he 17) _____. (say). ‘ wife 18) _____. (die) earlier in the year so I 19) _____. (choose) cancer charities that 20) _____. (help) her.’
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1) was 2) won 3) gave 4) started 5) took
6) invited 7) had 8) had 9) was 10) said 11) got
12) answered 13) was 14) was 15) decided 16) gave
17) said 18) died 19) chose 20) helped
4. Correct the verbs in sentences 1-5.
1) We was at home last night. ✗ ________
2) I droped phone on the floor. ✗ ________
3) I gived brother a book for his birthday. ✗ ________
4) sister studyed maths at university. ✗ ________
5) I spended all pocket money on sweets. ✗ ________
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1) were 2) dropped 3) gave 4) studied 5) spent
5. Write five true sentences about what you did last weekend. Use past simple forms of the verbs below to help you, or your own ideas.
be get go have phone play study
take talk visit watch
1 ________
________
2 ________
________
3 ________
________
4 ________
________
5 ________
________
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your own answers
6. Complete the dialogues with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.
Jane Tim 1) _______ (tell) me about your holiday. Is it true you 2) _______ (go) to Spain?
Chris Yes! We 3) _______ (have) a fantastic time. We 4) _______ (visit) some amazing museums, and we 5) _______ (have) some truly amazing food!
Mike I 6) _______ (buy) a new tablet yesterday. Someone 7) _______ (steal) old one out of bad.
Laura That’s a shame! You 8) _______ (report) the theft to the police, didn’t you?
Mike No. I 9) _______ (want) a new tablet anyway, and I actually 10) _______ (spend) less on the new one than the old one.
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1) told 2) went 3) had 4) visited 5) had 6) bought
7) stole 8) reported 9) wanted 10) spent
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