TASK 1 SIMPLE PAST TENSE "NINTH GRADE" S.Q.

COMPLETE THE GAPS WITH THE CORRECT VERB IN PAST TENSE.

1. Those cakes ........... (be) very good. I .......... (have) three yesterday.

• was / had

• is / had

• were / had

2. John............ (see) three big fish last week.

• see

• saw

• sees

3. Last Monday Nicholas ............. (find) some green apples and later he .......... (have) a stomach ache.

• find / had

• found / has

• found / had

4. I ........... (go) to a Christmas party. There ......... (be) a present in a box.

• went / were

• went / was

• went / is

5. Yesterday they ........... (run) very fast in the marathon.

• runs

• run

• ran

6. Maud ........... (go) to dinner last week to a restaurant and we .......... (have) pasta.

• went / have

• go / had

• went / had

7. George ........... (find) a unicorn in the garden. It ........ (run) away when it saw us.

• found / ran

• found / run

• find / run

8. Paul ........... (like) his last holiday. He ........... (go) to Poland.

• liked / go

• like / went

• liked / went

COMPLETE THE GAPS WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB IN PAST TENSE.

1. When _______ ________ _________ (she /write) a letter to her Granny? She _________ (write) it two days ago.

• When did she write a letter to her Granny? She wrote it two days ago.

• When she did write a letter to her Granny? She writes it two days ago.

• When does she write a letter tot her Granny? She wrote it two days ago.

2. Alice _______ __________ (not / drink) milk in the morning, she ________ (drink) it at noon.

• Alice not drank milk in the morning, she drank it at noon.

• Alice didn´t drank milk in the morning, she drank it at noon.

• Alice didn´t drink milk in the morning, she drank it at noon.