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Simple Past Tense

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Exercise 1: Choose the word /phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in each sentence ( 5 points)

1. I ____________ late this morning because my alarm didn’t go off.

a)

get up      

b)

got up

c)

getting up

d)

gets up

2.

2. It __________ heavily the day before yesterday.

a)

rain

b)

rains  

c)

raining

d)

rained

3.

3. My computer ___________ broken last week.

a)

was

b)

were

c)

had been

d)

has been

4.

4. He _____________ me a big teddy bear on my birthday last week.

a)

buyed

b)

buys

c)

bought

d)

buying

5.

5. ________________ in this mansion 5 years ago?

a)

Did you live

b)

You lived     

c)

Have you lived

d)

Did you lived

6.

Exercise 2: Rewrite the correct sentence which has THE SAME MEANING.

6. We have written to each other for three years.

---> We started (a)  

7.

7. It took him two hours to do his homework.

---> He spent (a)  

8.

8. He hasn’t had his eyes tested for a year.

---> He last (a)  

9.

9. The oral examination lasted three hours.

---> It took (a)  

10.

10. I used to live in Happy Valley.

---> I once (a)  

11.

Exercise 3: Answer the questions about yourself.

When did you start to learn English?

4 lines
12.

Write a short passage (3-5 sentences) describing a prank that you did on your friends or family.

4 lines