A. Write the simple past of the following verbs.
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Infinitive (Basic Verb) |
Simple Past |
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Watch |
watched |
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Clean |
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Stop |
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Arrive |
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Return |
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Cook |
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Walk |
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Visit |
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Work |
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Look |
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Like |
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Iron |
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Play |
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Study |
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Love |
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Open |
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Start |
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Water |
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Climb |
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Stay |
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Call |
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Kiss |
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Tidy |
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Wash |
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B. Put the verbs in brackets into the simple past.
Yesterday, my family and I ---visited---------- (visit) my grandparents. My mother (help) ------------ my grandmother with the housework. My father (clean) ------------- the windows outside. My brother and I --------- (watch) cartoons on TV and later we ------------- (play) outside in the garden. We ------------- (climb) the tree to our tree-house. We ---------- (stay) there all afternoon. Then our mother --------- (call) us because it was time to go home. We ---------- (arrive) home at 8 o’clock. Father --------- (look) for the key. He ------ (open) our front door and we all -----(walk) inside.
C. Fill in the blanks.
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Infinitive (Basic Verb) |
Simple Past |
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Be |
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Broke |
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Buy |
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Come |
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Cut |
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Caught |
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Drink |
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Drive |
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Ate |
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Have |
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Lose |
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Make |
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Read |
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Meet |
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Put |
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Taught |
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Ran |
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See |
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Tell |
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D. Choose the right verb, put it in the simple past and fill in the gaps.
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write, drink, do, see, buy, sit, go, drive, be, tell, come, take, meet |
Yesterday morning, we ---went------- to the market. We ----- our shopping bags. Father -------- us there in his car. At the market, Mother -------- some fruit and vegetables. I --------- some birds and wanted to buy one. Mother ----------- me they -------- too expensive. Then, we ------- some friends and we all ----------- to a café. We ------- at a table outside and I -------- some orange juice. Then Mum and I ------ home. In the afternoon, I --------- my homework and ------- a letter to my grandparents.
E. Make the following sentences negative.
1. Vince was ill yesterday.
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2. Terry forgot his homework.
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3. Emily saw Vince with a girl.
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4. Sue played badminton last night.
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5. Casey and Terry went to the cinema.
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6. I had salad for lunch.
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7. We were late for the train.
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8. I did my homework last night.
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9. Mum drove us to school.
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10. He put his passport in his pocket.
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F. Now write six things that you did and six things that you didn’t do yesterday. Each time you must use a different verb.
Example:
I went to the theatre yesterday. I didn’t go to the cinema.
