1  Complete the table with the past simple form of the verbs in the box.

buy     decide     do     go     hear     like

text     understand     watch     wear

 

Regular

Irregular

Liked 

 

 

 

 

Answer

Regular

Irregular

liked   decided

texted   watched

bought   did   heard

understood   went

wore 

2  Complete the sentences with the past simple positive form of the verbs in the box.

be     buy     get     listen     read     study

1   Tom ……was…… really well-dressed at the party.

2   We ……………… ten out of ten for effort.

3   Jake ……………… to music on his MP3 player.

4   She ……………… the book quickly.

5   Zoe ……………… hard for the exams.

6   You ……………… a trendy pair of boots in the sale.

Answer

1 was   2 got   3 listened   4 read   5 studied

6 bought

3  Rewrite the sentences with the negative past simple form of the verbs.

1   My dad was a teenager in the 1970s.

      ……My dad wasn’t a teenager in the 1970s. ……

2   The youth in the 1980s wore smart suits.

      …………………………………………………

3   Adele and Rihanna were famous in the 1960s.

      …………………………………………………

4   The older generation understood punk music.

      …………………………………………………

5   My mum listened to boy bands as a teenager.

      …………………………………………………

6   Singers in the rock ‘n’roll era had long hair.

      …………………………………………………

Answer

1   My dad wasn’t a teenager in the 1970s.

2   The youth in the 1980s didn’t wear smart suits.

3   Adele and Rihanna weren’t famous in the 1960s.

4   The older generation didn’t understand punk music.

5   My mum didn’t listen to boy bands as a teenager.

6   Singers in the rock ‘n’roll era didn’t have long hair.

Underline the mistakes and write the correct words.

1   My friend tried on the second-hand dress and I said that it really suits her.   ……suited……

2   She never buy the skinny jeans.   ……………….

3   I choosed this CD because I like his music.   ……………….

4   I lost my brand new watch last night. I realised I had not it this morning.   ……………….

5   Did you bought some new clothes in the sale?   ……………….

Answer

1   suits, suited

2   buy, didn’t buy

3   choosed, chose

4   had not, didn’t have

5   bought, buy

Write past simple questions.

1   you / go / cinema / last night

      ……Did you go to the cinema last night?……

2   where / you / find / necklace I / lose

      ……………………………………………..

3   Jenny and Lena / be / at / concert

      ……………………………………………..

4   how / you / go / school / this morning

      ……………………………………………..

5   Robbie / listen / his / brand new / rap CD

      ……………………………………………..

Answer

1   Did you go to the cinema last night?

2   Where did you find the necklace I lost?

3   Were Jenny and Lena at the concert?

4   How did you go to school this morning?

5   Did Robbie listen to his brand new rap CD?

6  Complete the conversation with the correct form of the verbs in the box in the past simple.

be (x3)     (not) do     know     (not) like

perform     play     sing (x2)     (not) be     write

Anna:   1……Did…… you ……know…… that my dad was a musician in his youth?

Harry:   No way?! That’s so cool!

Anna:   I know! He 2……………… the drums in a rock band.

Harry:   3……………… they famous?

Anna:   Not really. They 4……………… in local bars and clubs in our town, but they 5……………… big concerts or anything like that.

Harry:   It’s still cool though! 6……………… your dad in the band, too?

Anna:   No, my uncle Joe, Dad’s brother, 7……………… the lead singer.

Harry:   And 8……………… the band their own lyrics?

Anna:   I think they mainly 9……………… cover songs of famous bands from the 1960s and 1970s.

Harry:   My parents 10……………… rock music, they 11……………… more into classical music!

Anna:   Oh, my dad 12……………… into that kind of music at all!

Answer

1 Did, know   2 played   3 Were   4 performed

5 didn’t do   6 Did, sing   7 was   8 did, write

9 sang   10 didn’t like   11 were   12 wasn’t

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