Past Simple
Fill in the gaps.
1. We … for an hour yesterday (wait) 2. Joan … her room on Friday (clean) 3. She … my letter yesterday (post) 4. She … when she saw me (stop) 5. I … of a new car last night (dream) 6. He … a lot as a baby (cry) 7. We … when we saw them (laugh) 8. He … the orders (obey) 9. We … into the house (hurry) 10. I … early yesterday (finish) 11. I … the door before I left (lock) 12. We … first class (travel) 13. He … a lot of countries on during his world trip. (visit) 14. They … to rehearse the play yesterday. (start) 15. He … a lot as a teenager. (smoke)
Ask questions to the sentences in ex. 16 and give negative answers.
Fill in the gaps with correct forms of the irregular verbs.
Mr. Bear (wake up) at six, (Brush) his hair and his teeth. (Take) his sandwich, (go) to the stop, (Sit) in his car and (drive) to work. There he (run), (write) and (draw) Until he (catch) a very bad flu. The doctor (say) it’s time for bed, But tired Bear disobeyed. He (buy) some syrup, (eat) his meal And (get) to work with extra zeal. He (work) until he (fall) unconscious Because he wasn’t enough cautious.
Fill in the gaps with correct forms of the irregular verbs.
1. He … (become) an engineer when he was 23. 2. She … (come) up to the piano and … (begin) to play. 3. He … (loose) his wallet and … (feel) terrible. 4. She … (find) the keys in her purse and … (give) them to the driver. 5. They … (break) a new vase but mother … (forgive) them. 6. He … (buy) some flowers (bring) them to her. 8. She … (feed) him and … (read) to him when he was in the hospital. 9. The wind … (blow) and the old tree … (fall) on the ground. 10. The criminal … (burn) the house, but soon the police … (catch) him. 11. The company … (build) a house in three months and … (sell) it for half a million pounds. 12. She … (choose) beige wallpapers. 13. When he was a child he … (draw) very well and … (dream) to become an artist. 14. He … (forget) to invite Mary and … (write) to her in the last moment. 15. The birds … (fly) to the south in September. 16. He … (hear) some noise and … (go) downstairs to see what was the matter. 17. He … (wake up) at seven, … (get up), … (eat), … (drink), … (take) the keys and … (leave) the house. 18. The criminal … (hit) the man on the head and he … (forget) everything. 19. The butcher … (cut) a big piece of meat, … (give) it to the customer who … (pay) in cash. 20. He … (come) in, … (shut) the door, … (turn on) the light and … (see) a man in black in front of him. 21. He … (get) a heart attack and the doctor … (put) him into hospital for a month. 22. The flowers … (grow) very slowly but finally Mary … (understand) the reason. 23. Every morning he … (run) or … (ride) a bicycle. 24. He … (make) a big mistake when he … (spend) all his money before the pay day. 25. She … (send) a letter to her mother on Wednesday and … (meet) her at the railway station on Sunday. 26. On Monday they … (learn) a lot about our solar system. 27. He … (put on) a sweater, … (wear) it for half an hour, but then … (take) it off – it was too hot. 28. A new car … (cost) him a lot of money, but he … (drive) it day and night. 29. For some time he … (lie) in the bed but soon he … (fall) asleep and … (sleep) like a child. 30. He … (speak) English very well and everybody … (understand) him perfectly.
Put the verb in Present Simple or in Past Simple.
1. He always … (shut) the door when he leaves the house. – He … (shut) the door and left the house. 2. She sometimes … (let) her daughter stay at friends’ house. – Yesterday she … (let) her buy a new car. 3. The car … (cost) too much, I can’t afford it. – The car … (cost) too much but he bought it anyway. 4. His knee always … (hurt) him and he can’t do sport. – His knee … (hurt) and he left professional sport. 5. She … (lead) an important research project in the 1990s. – She always (lead) people. It is her trait of character. 6. He … (read) very well even when he was a child. – Now every morning he … (read) a newspaper. 7. She … (cut) her finger and went to the doctor. – First, you … (cut) potatoes, then carrots.