Question

Past Simple Tense Exercises

1) Complete the sentences with the SIMPLE PAST of the verbs in parentheses:



a) They ____________________ (watch) TV last night.

b) Priscila ____________________ (talk) to her friends all day.

c) I ___________________ (have) a terrible headache yesterday.

d) Bob _____________________ (come) home from school late.

e) They ____________________ (arrive) late and ___________________ (miss) the bus.

f) She ____________________ (study) hard and ___________________(pass) the exam.

g) He ____________________ (call) the office to tell them he was sick.

h) I ___________________ (speak) to the director as he was leaving the room.

i) Dr. Johnson ______________________ (get up) early this morning.

j) Mary _____________________ (do) her homework and ________________ (go) to school.

k) Chris ____________________ (find) a ten-dollar bill.

l) The dog ______________________ (follow) us down the road.

m) Those students _____________________ (work) hard last semester.

n) Lúcio ___________________ (stop) at the corner and __________________ (call) us.

o) I ___________________ (try) to talk to Helen last night.

p) I ___________________ (pay) the phone bill yesterday.

q) My dad ____________________ (catch) a cold when he ________________ (be) in Canada.

r) She _____________________ (leave) home early yesterday.

s) They ____________________ (know) each other very well when they ________________ (be) kids.

t) The teacher _____________________ (bring) the exams corrected.

u) She was cleaning the vase when she ____________________ (drop) it.

v) We ___________________ (jog) in the park yesterday.

w) The fire ____________________ (occur) while we ___________________ (be) out.

x) I __________________ (meet) some nice people at the party last weekend.

y) Carol _____________________ (sleep) until late on the weekend. Then, she _______________ (go) out to lunch.

z) We ______________________ (fly) to the USA on a great airplane.

Answer 1

a)watched
b)talked
c) had
d) came
e)arrived/missed
f)studied/passed
g)called
h)spoke
i)got uo
j)did/went
k)found
l)followed
m)worked
n)stoped/called
o)tried
p)paid
q)cought/was
r)left
s)knew/were
t)brought
u)dropped
v)jogged
w)occurred/were
x)met
y)slept/went
z)flew
Se alguma estiver errada, me perdoe

Answer 2

a)watched

b)talked

c) had

d) came

e)arrived/missed

f)studied/passed

g)called

h)spoke

i)got uo

j)did/went

k)found

l)followed

m)worked

n)stoped/called

o)tried

p)paid

q)cought/was

r)left

s)knew/were

t)brought

u)dropped

v)jogged

w)occurred/were

x)met

y)slept/went

z)flew