Past+Simple.+Exercises

__ 1. Write the past tense next to each of the verbs below. Then, find the past tense of the verb in the grid. __




 * < begin  ||> ................... ||>  get  ||> ................... ||<  say  ||> ........................ ||
 * < blow  ||>   ||>  give  ||>   ||<  see  ||>   ||
 * < bring  ||>   ||>  go  ||>   ||<  send  ||>   ||
 * < buy  ||>   ||>  grow  ||>   ||<  sing  ||>   ||
 * < catch  ||>   ||>  hear  ||>   ||<  sit  ||>   ||
 * < come  ||>   ||>  know  ||>   ||<  sleep  ||>   ||
 * < do  ||>   ||>  make  ||>   ||<  swim  ||>   ||
 * < draw  ||>   ||>  meet  ||>   ||<  take  ||>   ||
 * < drink  ||>   ||>  read  ||>   ||<  throw  ||>   ||
 * < eat  ||>   ||>  run  ||>   ||<  write  ||>   ||
 * < eat  ||>   ||>  run  ||>   ||<  write  ||>   ||

__2. Complete the table in simple past. __

 * POSITIVE || NEGATIVE || QUESTION ||
 * Jane was tired ||  ||   ||
 * || Sean did not work. ||  ||
 * ||  || Did I have a cat? ||
 * || Mary did not sing. ||  ||
 * ||  || Did she see us? ||

__3. Put the sentences into simple past. __

 * 1) We open the door. →
 * 2) You write poems. →
 * 3) Richard plays in the garden. →
 * 4) Kerry does not speak English. →
 * 5) Do you see the bird? →

__ 4. Ask for the bold part of the sentence . __

 * 1) Billy ate an **apple **.
 * 2) The children played **in the garden **.
 * 3) Laura came home **at six o'clock. **
 * 4) **The boy ** read a book.
 * 5) The girl wrote **five **letters.