Grammar Exercises

Grammar Exercises - Simple Past Tense.

Do the exercises below on the simple past tense and click on the button to check your answers.
(Before doing the exercises you may want to read the lessonon the simple past tense)
Put the verbs into the simple past:
1. Last year I (go) went to England on holiday.
2. It (be) was fantastic.
3. I (visit) visited lots of interesting places. I(be) was with two friends of mine .
4. In the mornings we (walk) walked in the streets of London.
5. In the evenings we (go) went to pubs.
6. The weather (be) was strangely fine.7. It (not / rain) did not rain a lot.
8. But we (see) saw some beautiful rainbows.
9. Where (spend / you) did you spend your last holiday?
Write the past forms of the irregular verbs.Infinitive | Simple Past |
1. | meet | met |
2. | drive | drove |
3. | speak | spoke |
4. | put | put |
5. | write | wrote |
6. | sing | sang |
7. | do | did |
8. | sit | sat |9. | stand | stood |
10. | run | ran |
Complete the table in simple past.
Affirmative | Negative | Interrogative |
He wrote a book. | He did not write a book(Check punctuation) | Did hewrite a book? |
John sang. | He did not sing | Did john sing? |
Betty was pretty. | She was not pretty (Check punctuation) | Was she pretty? |
Put the sentences into simple past.
1. Wemove to a new house. → We moved to a new house.
2. They bring a sandwich. → They brought a sandwich.
3. He doesn't do the homework. → He did not do the homework.
4. They sell cars. →They sold cars.
5. Does he visit his friends? → Did he visit his friends?.
Write sentences in simple past.
1. Janet / the bus / miss → Janet missed the bus.
2. she / her room / tidy → Shetidied her room.
3. Nancy / watch / not / television → Nancy did not wach television.
4. she / read / book → She read a book.
Choose "Was“ or "Were“:
1. The teacher was nice....