week 7 - Grammar Exercises - Simple Past Tense.

Put the verbs into the simple past:

1. Last year I (go) went to England on holiday.
2. It (be) was fantastic.
3. I (visit) visited lots of interesting places. I (be) was with two friends of mine .
4. In the mornings we (walk) walked in the streets of London.
5. In the evenings we (go) went to pubs.
6. The weather (be) was strangely fine.
7. It (not / rain) did not rain a lot.
8. But we (see) saw some beautiful rainbows.
9. Where (spend / you) did you spend your last holiday?

Write the past forms of the irregular verbs.

Infinitive		Simple Past
1.	meet	met
2.	drive	drove
3.	speak	spoke
4.	put	put
5.	write	wrote
6.	sing	sang
7.	do	did
8.	sit	sat
9.	stand	stood
10.	run	ran

Complete the table in simple past.

Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative
He wrote a book.	He did not write a book.	Did he write a book?
John sang.	He did not sing	Did john sing?
Betty was pretty.	Betty was not pretty.	Was she pretty?

Put the sentences into simple past.

1. We move to a new house. → We moved to a new house.
2. They bring a sandwich. → They brought a sandwich.
3. He doesn't do the homework. → He did not do the homework.
4. They sell cars. → They sold cars.
5. Does he visit his friends? → Did he visit his friends?

Write sentences in simple past.

1. Janet / the bus / miss → Janet missed the bus.
2. she / her room / tidy → She tidied her room.
3. Nancy / watch / not / television → Nancy didn't watch television  (Check punctuation)
4. she / read / book → She read a book.

Choose "Was“ or "Were“:

1. The teacher was nice.
2. The students were very clever.
3. But one student was in trouble.
4. We were sorry for him.
5. He was nice though.

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