Past Simple Tense Exercises
1) Complete the sentences with the SIMPLE PAST of the verbs in parentheses:
a) They ____________________ (watch) TV last night.
b) Priscila ____________________ (talk) to her friends all day.
c) I ___________________ (have) a terrible headache yesterday.
d) Bob _____________________ (come) home from school late.
e) They ____________________ (arrive) late and ___________________ (miss) the bus.
f) She ____________________ (study) hard and ___________________(pass) the exam.
g) He ____________________ (call) the office to tell them he was sick.
h) I ___________________ (speak) to the director as he was leaving the room.
i) Dr. Johnson ______________________ (get up) early this morning.
j) Mary _____________________ (do) her homework and ________________ (go) to
school.
k) Chris ____________________ (find) a ten-dollar bill.
l) The dog ______________________ (follow) us down the road.
m) Those students _____________________ (work) hard last semester.
n) Lúcio ___________________ (stop) at the corner and __________________ (call) us.
o) I ___________________ (try) to talk to Helen last night.
p) I ___________________ (pay) the phone bill yesterday.
q) My dad ____________________ (catch) a cold when he ________________ (be) in
Canada.
r) She _____________________ (leave) home early yesterday.
s) They ____________________ (know) each other very well when they
________________ (be) kids.
t) The teacher _____________________ (bring) the exams corrected.
u) She was cleaning the vase when she ____________________ (drop) it.
v) We ___________________ (jog) in the park yesterday.
w) The fire ____________________ (occur) while we ___________________ (be) out.
x) I __________________ (meet) some nice people at the party last weekend.
y) Carol _____________________ (sleep) until late on the weekend. Then, she
_______________ (go) out to lunch.
z) We ______________________ (fly) to the USA on a great airplane.
2) Write questions or negatives sentences:
a) She visited her parents last weekend.



Question: __________________________________________________________?
b) He cleaned his room before school.
Question: ___________________________________________________________?
c) The teacher found the missing exams.
Negative: ____________________________________________________________?
d) Tom wanted to go to the movies alone.
Question: ___________________________________________________________?
e) Helena offered Henrique a piece of cake.
Negative: ___________________________________________________________?
f) I knew what to do.
Negative: ____________________________________________________________?
g) Alexandre helped Anita with her homework.
Question: ___________________________________________________________?
h) You ate cookies after dinner.
Negative: ____________________________________________________________?
i) You talked to her earlier.
Question: ___________________________________________________________?
j) We turned off the TV after the news.
Negative: ____________________________________________________________?

k) He drank only a coke at the party.
Question: ___________________________________________________________?
l) Mom made breakfast early.
Negative: __________________________________________________________?

watched / talked / had / came / arrived / missed / studied / past/ called/ spoke / got up  / did / went /found/ followed/ worked/ stopped/ called /tried / paid / caught /was / left / knew /were/ brought / dropped /jogged /occurred /were / met / slept / went / flew//.

2) Write questions or negatives sentences:

a) She visited her parents last weekend.  

Question: _Did she visit_her parents last weekend?

b) He cleaned his room before school.

Question: Did he clean his room before school?

c) The teacher found the missing exams.

Negative: The teacher didn't find the missing exams.

d) Tom wanted to go to the movies alone.

Question: Did Tom want to go to the movies alone_?

e) Helena offered Henrique a piece of cake.

Negative: Helena didn't offered Henrique a piece of cake.  

f) I knew what to do.

Negative: I didn't know what to do.

g) Alexander helped Anita with her homework.

Question: Did Alexander help Anita with her homework?

h) You ate cookies after dinner.

Negative: You didn't eat cookies after dinner.

i) You talked to her earlier.

Question: Did you talk to her earlier_?

j) We turned off the TV after the news.

Negative: We didn't turn off the TV after the news.  

k) He drank only a coke at the party.

Question: Did he drink only a coke at the party_?

l) Mom made breakfast early.

Negative: Mom didn't make breakfast early.