English Exercises > past simple exercises > Practising Past Simple with regular verbs

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THE PAST TENSE

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�� 1 Put the sentences into simple past

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They water the plants

She helps in the garden

Lisa uses her old dictionary

We start school at half past eight

Paul and Cathy tidy their room

� 2 Order the sentences

cooked /last Monday /Sarah /spaghetti

John /last night/ English / studied

every Saturdays /washed /I /my car

yesterday /Susi / to music / listened�

climbed /two weeks /We /ago /a high mountain

�3 Rewrite the sentences into negative�form (use the contract form)

They cleaned the windows last week

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Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone�

She worked on her project last Saturday

I opened my bedroom door�

Before money people exchanged food�

� 4 - Change the sentences into questions

�� They studied Maths with a teacher
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�� Laura and John protected the animals
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�� People recycled plastic and paper
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�� They children played in the garden last Saturday
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�� My family walked in the park yesterday
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� 5 Ask for the underlined part of the sentence

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�� Example�� Question- When did Jenny climb a mountain?��

�� Answer� - Jenny climbed a mountain last Saturday

�� Question- ��
�� Edward played football very well