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Simple Past Exercises - Elementary 1




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Elementary 1
SIMPLE PAST EXERCISES 
 
 
01- WRITE THE PAST OF THESE REGULAR VERBS.
 
a. to want                      g. to need        
 
b. to use                            h. to seem       
 
c. to work                        i. to help         
 
d. to call                          j. to play         
 
e. to try                            k. to move       
 
f. to ask                            l. to live            
 
 
02.  Complete the sentences using one of the verbs from the box in the past simple.
 
                                                ________________________________________________________________ 
                                                    smoke      watch      start      stay      want      clean      rain      die     go
                                                
                                                          finish         open         happen     serve     live         enjoy       play      
                                                 _______________________________________________________________
 
 
 a. Barack Hussein Obama II  as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017.
 
b. Ayrton Senna  in Imola in 1994.
 
c. Yesterday evening I  Netflix.
 
d. The weather was terrible last week, so we  cards.
 
e. I hate dirty places. I  my house three times yesterday.
 
f. It was hot in the car so I  the windows.
 
g. Sara  3 cigarettes last class.  
 
h. We  to Cirque du Soleil last week. The show  at 9:00 and  at 11 o'clock.
 
i. When he was a child, he  to be a mermaid.
 
j. Amy Winehouse  from 1983 to 2011.
 
k. Everything   very fast but we  the trip.
 
 
03.  WRITE SENTENCES ABOUT THE PAST
 
a. She always goes to school by bus.    Yesterday,   .
 
b. They always wake up late.   This morning,  .
 
c.  We have classes every morning at 8 o'clock.      Yesterday, .
 
d. I talk to my friend by whatsapp everyday.      Last night,  .
 
e. Ann walks her dog every morning.         This morning,  .
 
f. He comes to my house every Saturday.      Last Saturday,  .
 
g. I drink some tea every night.      Last night,  .