WORKSHEET 7
SUBJECT : Simple Past Tense
A) Fill in the blanks with a verb from the box in the SIMPLE PAST:
1.
She ………………….. a cake an hour ago.
2.
She ………………….. a hat last week.
3.
The boy ………………….. a letter yesterday.
4.
They ……………………. in the sea for an hour.
5.
They ………………….. a lot of Coke last night.
6.
She ………………… her arm last week.
7.
He ……………………. all his money last week.
8.
She …………………… a bath two minutes ago.
9.
He ……………………. his wallet last night.
10.
She ………………….. on the old chair a minute ago.
11.
She ………………….. the clothes yesterday.
B) Fill in the blanks with the SIMPLE PAST of the verbs in brackets:
Last Saturday my father
…. took….
(take) my friends and me to the circus. We ………(see)
lots of things. My father …………………. (buy) us some popcorn and orange juice. We
……………………. (eat) the popcorn and ………………………… (drink) the orange juice.
We …………………….. (laugh) at the funny clowns. There …………………. (be) a lion-tamer.
The lions …………………… (do) tricks; they ………………………… (jump) through hoops.
A girl ………………………. (ride) an elephant around the ring. We all ………………… (have)
a wonderful time.
C) Write what Jean DID or DIDN’T do yesterday:
go shopping ( - )
…………
Jean didn’t go shopping yesterday.
…………….
clean the house ( + ) ………………………………………………………………
feed the cat ( + ) .………………………………………………………………
telephone Mary ( - ) ………………………………………………………………
watch a film on TV ( - ) ………………………………………………………………
visit her grandparents ( + ) ………………………………………………………………
take them a cake ( + ) ………………………………………………………………
D) Fill in the blanks with the PAST form of the verbs:
Benjamin Franklin ……
was
born
…..
(be born) in Boston in 1706. He ………………… (be)
break swim have make sit write
spend buy drink lose wash