LESSON 6: PAST SIMPLE NAME: GV: Nguyễn Hồng Quân Exercise 1: Make the past simple with 'be' 1) It _ (be) cold yesterday 2) She _ (be) hungry 3) We _ (be) late for the meeting 4) I _(be) tired last night 5) The exam _(be) difficult 6) They _(be) in Berlin 7) You _(be) in the library when I called you 8) The holiday _(be) fun 9) He _(be) early for the interview 10) The people we met last night _(be) French 11) That woman _(not/be) Spanish 12) Julie _(not/be) late for the class 13) The food _(not/be) very good 14) They _(not/be) my uncle and aunt 15) I _(not/be) rude to the waitress 16) The test _(not/be) easy 17) We _(not/be) tired when we arrived 18) They _(not/be) on the bus when I called 19) You _(not/be) here when she came 20) He _(not/be) my boyfriend Exercise 2: Past Simple 'Be' Questions 1) (you / be / tired yesterday)? - 2) (the weather / be / good)? - 3) (we / be / too noisy)? - 4) (he / be / a doctor when he was young)? - 5) (they / be / in the class last week)? - 6) (she / be / a good student)? - 7) (I / be / on time)? - 8) (Julie and Lucy / be / at the meeting)? - 9) (we / be / in Paris)? - 10) (where / you / be)? - Exercise 3: Make the past simple with 'be' - it could be positive, negative or question 1) (I / be / at the cinema last night) - 2) (the children / be / naughty)? - 3) (we / be / in a cafe when you called)? - 4) (I / be / late)? - 5) (she / be / a teacher when she was young) - 6) (where / we / be)? - 7) (you / be / okay)? - 8) (we / be / too tired) - 9) (how / the party / be)? - PAST SIMPLE WITH ACTION VERBS Exercise 1: Change the verb into the past simple 1) I (hear) a new song on the radio 2) I (read) three books last week 3) They (speak) French to the waitress 4) He (understand) during the class, but now he doesn't understand 5) I (forget) to buy some milk 6) She (have) a baby in June 7) You (lose) your keys last week 8) They (swim) 500m 9) I (give) my mother a CD for Christmas 10) At the age of 23, she (become) a doctor 11) I (know) the answer yesterday 12) He (tell) me that he lived in Toronto 13) We (lend) John £200 14) She (drink) too much coffee yesterday 15) The children (sleep) in the car 16) He (keep) his promise 17) I (choose) steak for dinner 18) The film (begin) late 19) We (fly) to Sydney 20) They (drive) to Beijing 21) He (teach) English at the University 22) I (send) you an email earlier 23) We (leave) the house at 7am 24) He (feel) terrible after eating the prawns Exercise 2: Make the past simple 1) I (come) to England in 1993 2) She (stand) under a tree to shelter from the rain 3) They (do) their homework yesterday 4) We (sing) too much last night - I have a sore throat! 5) He already (eat) all the cake 6) The child (fall) off his bicycle 7) It (take) three hours to drive to Paris 8) I (find) your keys under the table 9) She (get) a new bike for her birthday 10) She (sell) her house last year 11) We (go) to New York in January 12) Finally my mother (let) me go to a party 13) It (be) cold last night 14) I (meet) John at the weekend 15) Lucy (pay) the bill before leaving the restaurant 16) We (see) the new film yesterday 17) She (wear) her new coat to the party 18) I (think) my football team would win 19) They (put) their bags in the bedroom 20) Billy (run) after the bus 21) She (say) that she would come later 22) I (buy) some books this morning 23) We (make) a cake - it was delicious 24) He (sit) on the old chair and it broke 25) They (write) a letter to their parents Exercise 3: Make the past simple negative 1) I (not/go) out last night 2) You (not/come) to the party 3) She (not/love) chocolate as a child 4) He (not/like) sport 5) We (not/study) for the exam 6) They (not/cook) at the weekend 7) Lucy (not/meet) her friends last week 8) I (not/stay) at home 9) You (not/do) your homework 10) John (not/work) in the bank at the same time as me Exercise 4: Make past simple questions 1) Where (you/go) to school? 2) When (she/arrive) ? 3) Why (he/eat) so much? 4) What (they/do) yesterday? 5) Who (you/meet) at the party? 6) How (she/come) to work this morning? 7) Where (I/leave) my glasses? 8) When (he/get) home last night? 9) What (you/do) at the weekend? 10) Why (she/get) angry? 11) Who (they/talk) earlier? 12) What (we/do) last Christmas? 13) Why (it/rain) on my birthday? 14) How (she/finish) so quickly? 15) Where (he/go) after the class last week? 16) What (I/do) last Tuesday? 17) When (you/start) your job? 18) How (she/get) here? 19) What (he/do) last summer? Exercise 5: Make the past simple, positive, negative or question 1) I (not/drink) any beer last night 2) She (get on) the bus in the centre of the city 3) What time (he/get up) yesterday? 4) Where (you/get off) the train? 5) I (not/change) trains at Victoria 6) We (wake up) very late 7) What (he/give) his mother for Christmas? 8) I (receive) £300 when my uncle died 9) We (not/use) the computer last night 10) (she/make) good coffee? 11) They (live) in Paris 12) She (read) the newspaper yesterday 13) I (not/watch) TV 14) He (not/study) for the exam 15) (he/call) you? 16) (I/forget) something? 17) What time (the film/start)? 18) He (have) a shower 19) Why (you/come)? 20) (he/go) to the party? Exercise 6: Make the past simple, positive, negative or question 1) She _(go) home 2) We _(watch) a film 3) When _(he/arrive)? 4) I _(buy) a new car 5) Where _(you/live)? 6) I _(play) tennis 7) Where _(you/work) before? 8) (they/come) for lunch? 9) _(we/study) this last year? 10) They _(drink) coffee 11) _(you/see) that film?