Simple past tense

SIMPLE PAST TENSE * Complete the sentences with the Simple Past of the verbs in brackets.

Examples:

I ___________ [watch] TV last night.
I watched TV last night.

I _____________ [not watch] TV last night.
I didn’t watch TV last night.

1. On Saturday I did play [play] computer games with my cousins.
2. My mum didn’t cook [not cook] dinner last night.
3. I did walk [walk] to school because there weren´t any buses.
4. They didn’t dance [not dance] at the party.
5. My brother did travel [travel] to Ireland last summer.

* Write the past simple of these verbs.

1. copy copied
2. revise revised
3. cycle cycled
4. listen listenned 5. practice practiced
6. play played
7. like liked
8. move moved

* * Write the questions in the correct order.

Example:

Night? / meet / Did / you / them / last / → Did you meet them last night?

a) film? / like / you / Did / the /
Did you like the film? b) a / have / time? / they / Did / good /
Did they have a good time? c) party / on / your / go / Saturday? / he / Did / to /

Did he to go on your party Saturday? d) did / yesterday? / Who / you / see /

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Who did you see yesterday?

* Are these verbs regular or irregular?

1. fly Irregular
2. use Regular
3. study Regular
4. eat Irregular
5. make Irregular
6. travel Regular
7. see Irregular

* Complete the text with the Simple Past of the following verbs. Put the verbs in the right context.

be – get up – meet – have – go – run – drink – sleep – swim – eat |

Yesterday I did get up early, at about seven o´clock. I did have a shower and some fruit for breakfast.

Then I did go to the sports centre. I did swim 500 meters in the swimming pool and then I did run 5 kilometers.
At lunchtime I did meet my friends in a café. We did eat some pasta and did drink some juice.
After lunch I did sleep for a few hours, I did be tired!