1 Complete the table with the past simple form of the verbs in the box.
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buy decide do go hear like text understand watch wear |
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Regular |
Irregular |
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Liked
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Answer
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Regular |
Irregular |
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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.
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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.
4 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
5 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.
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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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