English Exercises: practising simple past tense

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PAST SIMPLE TENSE
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
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PAST SIMPLE TENSE
Level: elementary
Age: 8-12
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Past simple wordsearch
Level: elementary
Age: 11-17
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Simple Past Tense test
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-14
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Past simple
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
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Simple Past - gap filling
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
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SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Fill in the blanks in the SIMPLE PAST:

1- She a cake an hour ago.(eat)

2- She a hat last week (buy)

3-The boy a letter last week. (write)

4- They in the sea for an hour.(swim)

5- They a lot of Coke last night.(drink)

Fill in the blanks with the SIMPLE PAST of the verbs in brackets:

Last Saturday my father …. took…. (take) my friends and me to the circus. We(see)

lots of things. My father (buy) us some popcorn and orange juice. We

(eat) the popcorn and (drink) the orange juice.

We (laugh) at the funny clowns. There (be) a lion-tamer.

The lions (do) tricks; they (jump) through hoops.

A girl (ride) an elephant around the ring. We all (have)

a wonderful time.

Read the following story:

Bob is a young sailor. He lives in England, but he is often away with his ship.

One summer he comes back from a long voyage and finds new neighbors

near his mother’s house. They have a pretty daughter, and Bob soon loves

her and he wants to marry her when he comes back. Bob promises the girl

to send a present from every port.

Bob’s first port is Capetown in Africa, and he sends the girl a parrot from there.

The parrot speaks three languages. When Bob’s ship reaches Australia, a letter

comes from the girl. The letter says, “Thank you for the parrot, Bob. It tasted much

better than a chicken.”

---Write the story again. Use THE SIMPLE PAST:

Bob was a young sailor. He lived in England, but he was often away with his ship

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