Exercise/Simple Past Tense

Simple Past Tense It is to tell the past event Nominal Sentence of the past form Present Past Present Past Is Was Isn’t Wasn’t Are Were Aren’t Weren’t Choose the correct form of the verbs 1.      Yesterday, I (was/were) at the library. 2.      They (wasn’t/weren’t) hungry. 3.      (Was/Were) you tired last night? 4.      My parents (was/were) teachers. 5.      You look tired. (Was/Were) your homework difficult? 6.      Oranges (was/were) very expensive last year. 7.      Where (was/were) your brother last night? 8.      In 1945, there (wasn’t/weren’t) many cars. 9.      Why (was/were) your teacher angry? 10.  When I (was/were) a child, milk (wasn’t/weren’t) expensive. Change the verbs in the brackets into their past forms. 1.      Tom’s father (decide) to teach him how to drive when he was 17. 2.      Don (cook) in the kitchen this morning, and hurt his finger. 3.      We (need) some money so we (work) hard 4.      Ann (save) a lot of money. Yesterday, she bought a dress which (cost) $50. 5.      Jim (play) ball. 6.      Sue (smile) to her friends when she (enter) the classroom. 7.      The teacher (talk) to the naughty students. 8.      Lies (cry) when she listen to a story from radio. 9.      The painter (paint) our house a week. 10.  Barbara (shout) to Bill to open the door. She has (wait) for a long time.

Complete the letter using simple past tense of the verbs! Dear Karen,          Hi, there! My vacation …. (be) great! I … (visit) my friends in  Puerto Rico. I … (stay) at nice hotel near a beautiful beach.  We … (rent) a car and … (travel) around the island.  I … (try) to learn windsurfing, but it …(be) difficult.  I … (enjoy) the food and really … (like) the fresh fruit,  I talk to a lot of local people there. I’m really glad I … (study) Spanish in high school.  See you soon! Love, Ken Put the verbs in the brackets in the correct forms. We all (leave) the party at 11 o’clock. Yesterday, I (go) to London to see a friend of mine. George (wake) up late this morning. Jill (come) home very late two days ago. The fruit seller (sell) apple and orange. My mother (cut) the meat. My uncle (fall) off the ladder last Sunday. My little brother (break) a glass last night. Tom (take) a photograph of me. I (write) a letter last week.