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Past Simple - Exercise

Fill in the past form.

1. Mammoths   big animals, bigger than elephants. (be)

2. Mammoths   100 years ago. (not live)

3. Mammoths   a long time ago. (live)

4. Mammoths   meat. They   grass. (not eat / eat)

5. They   two large tusks about three metres long. (have)

6. I   by credit card. I   cash. (pay / not pay)

7. He   some milk. He   any water. (drink / not drink)

8. She only   a pound. She   3 pounds. (spend / not spend)

9. I   some elephants. I   any lions. (see / not see)

10. They   in the sea, but they   in the lake. (swim / not swim)

Past Simple - Exercise 2

Fill in the correct simple past forms.

The students of class 8B   (do) a project last week. First the pupils   (choose)

what they wanted to do. Then they   (get) information from books and brochures, and

they   (talk) to a lot of people. They   (find) some interesting photos in the

library. Their teacher   (help) them when they   (ask) her. Then they   

(make) a poster and a video and   (tell) the other groups about their project.

A project about Cornwall - Fill in the correct simple past forms.

arrange • bring • choose • decide • find • get • go • say • start

Last month Jenny, Nick and Ben   to do a project together. They   Cornwall. First

Jenny   to a travel agency and   some brochures. Nick and Ben   some

interesting books in the library. Then they   work. A week later they   all their
material to school and   it on a poster. ‘Your presentation is interesting’,   Miss
Hunt.

Past Simple or Past Progressive - Exercise 3

Past simple or past progressive - write down the correct form.

1. They   (play) cards when the postman   (come).

2. I   (sweep) the floor when I   (hear) a noise.

3. She   (watch) TV when the doorbell   (ring).

4. We   (hear) a cry and   (run) into the kitchen.

5. First Sam   (buy) the newspaper, and then he   (take) the plane to
Chicago.

6. Susan and Sally   (play) tennis when it   (begin) to rain.

7. I think she   (wear) her new hat when I   (see) her at the zoo.

8. A lot of children   (wait) at the station when the star   (arrive).

9. They   (have) their supper when they   (hear) about the accident.

10. When the phone   (ring), mum   (work) in the garden.

11. Sally   (take) a photo when I   (dance).

12. They   (read) a book when the lights   (go) out.

13. While George   (repair) his bike, Bill   (play) computer games.

14. We   (talk) about the movie while we   (walk) home.

15. They   (forget) our lunch at home last Friday.

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