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PAST SIMPLE TENSE

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

My sister  __________ home late last night.

a)

comes

b)

come

c)

came

d)

was come

2.

My father __________  tired when I __________ home.

a)

was – got

b)

is – get

c)

was – getted

d)

were – got

3.

What __________ you __________ two days ago?

a)

do – do

b)

did – did

c)

do – did

d)

did – do

4.

Where __________ your family __________ on the summer holiday last year?

a)

do – go

b)

does – go

c)

did – go

d)

did – went

5.

She  ___ the gold medal in 1986.

a)

win

b)

won

c)

to won

d)

A,B,C

6.

He had taught in this school before he ____ for London.

a)

left

b)

leave

c)

leaving

d)

had left

7.

I didn’t (see)_____ you before.

a)

see

b)

saw

c)

seing

d)

seen

8.

Jorge………………….to Brazil earlier this year.

a)

went

b)

gone

c)

go

d)

goes

9.

She probably …………. her keys while she was walking in the park

a)

lost

b)

has lost

c)

had lost

d)

losts

10.

The man got out the car, ……… ………..round to the back and opened the boot.

a)

walking

b)

walked

c)

walks

d)

walk

11.

Early signs of the rebirth of civilization in Western Europe………to appear in the 11th century as trade ……….. again in Italy.

a)

were beginning / will start

b)

began / started

c)

would begin / starts

d)

began / would be starting

12.

The author ………………… quite annoyed when she …………… that the publisher was very dishonest.

a)

will be / will determine

b)

was / determines

c)

would be / will determine

d)

was / determined

13.

He and his family ………… at our home in Canada when he ……….. to a conference, and that was a great experience, too.

a)

were staying / come

b)

will stay / came

c)

stayed / would come

d)

stayed / came

14.

For a long time people ………… that the world was flat and that people could fall off the edge.

a)

may think

b)

thought

c)

are thought

d)

will be thinking

15.

They __________ the bus yesterday.

a)

don’t catch

b)

weren’t catch

c)

didn’t catch

d)

not catch