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past simple tenses

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I ___ to the coffee shop after class.

a)

gone

b)

was go

c)

went

d)

didn't went

2.

___ you watch the football match last night?

a)

Were

b)

Did

c)

Had

d)

Was

3.

Mario didn’t ___ badminton last weekend.

a)

played

b)

to play

c)

play

d)

playing

4.

They ___ happy after hearing the bad news.

a)

didn't

b)

were

c)

weren't

d)

hadn't

5.

Sorry, I ___ to what you said last hour.

a)

wasn’t listen

b)

weren’t listened

c)

didn't listen

d)

didn't listened

6.

What ___ you ___ last week?

a)

did / did

b)

do / did

c)

did / do

d)

do / do

7.

Diana ________ so fat, but now she is shapely.

a)

didn't

b)

wasn't

c)

was

d)

were

8.

I __________ work at this grocery last year.

a)

used to

b)

use to

c)

had

d)

was

9.

Toby and I are friends when we __________in University.

a)

was

b)

did

c)

were

d)

had

10.

The game wasn’t good. We ___ it.

a)

enjoyed

b)

wasn’t enjoy

c)

didn’t enjoyed

d)

didn’t enjoy

11.

I ___ 10,000 bath yesterday. I ___ my new shoes.

a)

spended / didn’t buy

b)

spent / bought

c)

didn’t spend / bought

d)

wasn’t spend didn’t buy

12.

We __ to the market. It rained a lot yesterday.

a)

wasn’t walk

b)

didn’t walked

c)

not walk

d)

didn’t walk

13.

(A) ___ you ___ homework last night?

(B) Yes’ I ___.

a)

Did / finish / did

b)

Did / finished / did

c)

Were you / finished / was

d)

Were / finish / was

14.

My mom ___ the phone because she ___ it ring.

a)

answered / didn’t hear

b)

didn’t answer / hear

c)

answered / hear

d)

didn’t answer / didn’t hear

15.

(A) ___ she and John tired this after working so hard?

(B) No, they ___.

a)

Did / didn’t

b)

Were / weren’t

c)

Was / didn’t

d)

Did / weren’t

16.

The follwing words end in ed. How do you pronounce this ending correctly?


started

a)

/d/

b)

/t/

c)

/Id/

17.

The follwing words end in ed. How do you pronounce this ending correctly?


played

a)

/t/

b)

/d/

c)

/Id/

18.

The follwing words end in ed. How do you pronounce this ending correctly?


fixed

a)

/t/

b)

/d/

c)

/Id/

19.

The astronauts who were not allowed(1) to join(2) the shuttle mission for medical reasons monitored the orbits(3) of the Columbia from Houston after it is launched(4) .

a)

were not allowed

b)

to join

c)

the orbits

d)

is launched

20.

In 1995, President Clinton doing(1) more to promote peace in the(2) Middle East and Ireland than any of (3)his predecessors, yet domestically (4)he remained unpopular.

a)

doing

b)

in the

c)

any of

d)

domestically