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SIMPLE PAST                                                                                                                                                     Present             Past                Present            Past   1. read                                     6. swim                  2. sleep                                   7. go                                      3. climb                                 8. drink                  4. write                                  9. study                  5. buy                                  10. drive                     Transfrom the sentences to simple  past  tense.     1. They watched  a good film two days ago. (-) 2. She didn’t eat her sandwich two hours ago. (+) 3. I didn’t play basketball yesterday because it was cold (+) 4. Did he finish his homework? (+) 5. The children wrote a letter last week. (?)     Fill in the blanks with the given words in parenthesis.   1. My sister and I (help) our mother yesterday. 2. I (clean) my house  last weekend. 3. My brother  (not /wash) his car last week 4. We (play) football last Saturday. 5. They (not/watch) TV last night. 6. The children (read) a book in dormitory yesterday. 7. She (not /study) English last night. 8. He (sleep) two hours yesterday. 9. Fatih (drink) an apple  juice at lunch yesterday. 10. My brother (not /do) his homework after dinner last night.   CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER 1.   Did you .......... to the cinema?          went                 go          going                 to go   2.   When did little Tom ........ the milk? drink                 drank drunk                to drink   3.   When did Mr. Smith ...... to London? go                     went gone                  to go   4.   Where ...... you go yesterday? do                     does did                    went   5.   ...... she ...... the tennis match? Did/win            Did/won Does/win           Does/won   6.   She .....  ..... to the cinema          not went            didn’t went          didn’t go           doesn’t went   7.   We .....  ..... in the morning     don’t come     didn’t come     came not     not came   8.   We ..... the football match           didn’t win         didn’t won          don’t win          don’t won   9.   What .... they .... in London? did/see              do/saw did/saw             do/see   10.  When .... you .... to Madrid? did/go               did/went do/go                do/went   11.  They ........... to school yesterday          didn’t came      don’t come          didn’t come       don’t came