Testyourself (Past Simple)

Give three forms of the verbs:

To do, to be, to make, to see, to come, to buy, to get, to give, to eat, to go.

3. Put the verbs in brackets in the Past Simple Tense:

1. We (to be)__________ surprised to see our granny in the school. 2. You_____________(to want) to go to the party yesterday? I ________________(to phone) you last week, but you not ______________________(to answer). 3. What ___________Helen______________ (to do) on Sunday? She______________________ (to clean) her room as her friends promised to call her. 4. The town_________________ (to be) crowded at 12. 5._____________ the teacher _______________(give) the students much homework last Friday? 6. Many people _________________(to move) to the South last year.

4. Write the past simple of the verbs:

Translate, play, visit, close, open, move, listen, invite, cook, live, clean, travel, watch.

5. Read the text and say are the sentences true, false or not stated in the text.

I had a great day! I woke up at 8 o’clock and the sky was blue. I met Larry and George at the port at nine and we left for Little Island. The Sea was calm and the trip only took an hour. When we arrived, we went to the shore and then we had a picnic on the beach.

In the afternoon we went for a walk around the island. We found an empty house on the top of a hill. There were some strange paintings on the walls of the house. It was cool! When we came out of the house, the sky was grey and then it started to rain. We decide to leave the island but soon the sea became very rough. The boat moved up and down and from side to side. We were afraid but it was also fun. It took us two hours get back but we arrived safely.

When I got home, mum was very angry but I told her that I had had a really great day!

The boy stayed at home because the weather was bad.

The friends went to the Little Island by plane.

They found some interesting books in the empty house.

The boys lost their way and couldn`t get home.

The mother was angry because the boy didn`t do his homework.