Escola E. B. 2, 3 D. Manuel de Faria e Sousa

English – 7th

Form

Teacher: Fernanda Soares

PAST SIMPLE

A. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE PAST SIMPLE OF THE VERBS:

1. They __________________ (to stop) the car behind the trees.

2. Mark __________________ (to see) his friend at the stadium yesterday afternoon.

3. Sorry, I __________________ (not / to hear) you.

4. What __________________ (you / to do) last Saturday?

5. Yesterday she __________________ (to leave) the office very early.

6. __________________ (they / to enjoy) the show last weekend?

7. In the 19th

century, life __________________ (to be) very different from today.

8. She __________________ (to write) him a letter three weeks ago.

9. Where __________________ (you / to meet) Deborah?

10. The train __________________ (not / to get) into London on time.

11. Tom __________________ (to fly) for the first time in 1998.

12. We __________________ (to have) a great time at Mike’s party.

B. CHANGE THE SENTENCES INTO THE NEGATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE:

1. The children saw an elephant. NEG. The children didn’t see an elephant. /INT. Did the children see an elephant?

2. Mike took a shower before lunch. _______________________________________________________________

3. That tourist asked me the way to the station. ______________________________________________________

4. We knew everybody at the party. _______________________________________________________________

5. The bus arrived on time. ______________________________________________________________________

6. My mother lost her bag three days ago. __________________________________________________________

C. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, USING THE INFORMATION IN BRACKETS:

e.g. Where did Mary go? (to school) She went to school.

1. What did James see? (an exciting film) ___________________________________________________________

2. Was the soup hot or cold? (cold) ________________________________________________________________

3. Who did Nancy go to the party with? (her boyfriend) _______________________________________________

4. Who gave him that present? (his parents) ________________________________________________________

5. Did he repair the motorbike? (yes) ______________________________________________________________

6. When did Mary do her homework? (last night) ___________________________________________________

7. Why didn’t he come to school? (he was ill) ________________________________________________________

8. Whose fault was it? (that student’s) _____________________________________________________________

9. How did Susan travel to Spain? (by plane) ________________________________________________________

10. How many books did you buy? (three) __________________________________________________________

11. How long did they chat? (for a few minutes) _____________________________________________________

12. Did he enjoy the film? (no) _______________________________________________________________

D. NOW ASK QUESTIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING ANSWERS:

e.g. She lived in the north of London. Where did she live?

1. He wrote another novel. ______________________________________________________________________

2. That was uncle Ben’s car. _________________________________________________________________

3. The train left at 11a.m. ____________________________________________________________________

4. They felt angry. _________________________________________________________________________

5. Linda had an interview with the film director. _____________________________________________________

6. No, she didn’t give him a watch. _______________________________________________________________

7. I went to the cinema last night. _______________________________________________________________

8. My mother phoned me yesterday. ______________________________________________________________

9. I stayed at home because it was raining. _________________________________________________________