Past Simple Tense Exercises for Practice and Mastery | Nhập môn Ngôn ngữ Anh | Đại học Hàng hải Việt Nam

1) Complete the conversation with the past tense of the verb in brackets. Be careful with +, - and ? – A NEW LIFE –
INSPECTOR GRANGER OK Mr Thomas. Relax and tell me the problem.
MR THOMAS It’s my wife. She went (go) out
yesterday to buy some milk. And she __________ (not/come) back.
INSPECTOR GRANGER When ___________ (/you
see) your wife for the last time?
MR THOMAS Yesterday evening.
INSPECTOR GRANGER Tell me what happened yesterday.
MR THOMAS Well, we ___________ (wake up) at about 8.00 as usual. We _______
(have) breakfast and then I ____________ (drive) to work. I think she _________
(go) shopping. It ___________ (be) a Wednesday. She always goes shopping on
Wednesdays. Then she ____________ (make) dinner.
INSPECTOR GRANGER When ______________ home? (/you come)
MR THOMAS I ____________ (come) home at six o’clock. I ________ (sit) down in
my chair and ___________ (read) the newspaper. Then we __________ (have) dinner.
After dinner, my wife __________ (go) to the kitchen. I __________ (have) a glass of
whisky and __________ (sleep) in my chair.
INSPECTOR GRANGER __________ (/you speak) to your wife when you
__________(come) home? Or ___________ (/she say) anything to you?
MR THOMAS I ____________ (not/speak) to her, but after
about an hour she __________(say), “This isn’t a life. I’m going
out”. She ___________ (take) her bag and her coat. She
__________ (not/say) goodbye. I ___________ (hear) the door
close. But I _____________ (not/see) her again.
INSPECTOR GRANGER I see sir. I think I can guess the answer to this mystery. iSLCollective.com
A Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets
1. My cat Mimi _________________ (sleep) on my bed last night.
2. Susan _________________ (see) Tom when she was walking home from work.
3. Somebody _____________________ (steal) my mobile phone last week.
4. I _________________ (have) a wonderful time on our date last Friday.
5. My brother ________________ (break) his arm while skiing last winter.
6. We __________________ (buy) organic ingredients for our lunch.
7. I _________________ (feel) awful after we _______________ (have) our fight 3 days ago.
8. Bella __________________ (teach) her daughters how to cook.
9. They __________________ (hear) some noise so they _______________ (get) scared.
10. He ___________________ (know) the answer to all the questions.
11. Sarah __________________ (make) a beautiful necklace for her sister`s birthday.
12. My mother _________________ (forbid) me to go out with my friends.
13. They ________________ (go) to India last summer.
14. He __________________ (build) his house near the lake.
15. We __________________ (meet) our neighbours last week.
16. I __________________ (pay) a lot of money for your education.
17. We __________________ (read) a really great book for our English class.
18. The phone ________________ (ring) very loudly and scared me.
19. My cooking class ________________ (begin) last April.
20. My grandparents _________________ (give) me money for Christmas.
21. Peter _________________ (send) an angry e-mail to customer service.
22. Sandra _________________ (wake up) late for school.
23. I _________________ (write) a letter to my friend Tina last month.
24. They _________________ (grow) vegetables in their garden.
25. Helen and Randy _________________ (do) their homework last night.
26. I ________________ (catch) a cold 3 days ago from Claude.
27. My family ________________ (come) from Japan.
28. He _________________ (be) a chubby kid.
29. My friends __________________ (leave) a few hours ago.
30. Billy ________________ (win) a prize for his chemistry project.
31. We _________________ (drive) slowly past the children walking.
32. The bee __________________ (sting) me last spring.
33. I _________________ (choose) the wrong shoes for this dress. iSLCollective.com iSLCollective.com iSLCollective.com