English Class

EXERCISE 1, Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).

1. The receptionist (welcome)____________  the guests and (ask) _________ them to fill in the form.
2. The car ___________(break)  down and we____________ (have)  to walk home.
3. The boys_____________ (swim)  while the girls______________ (sunbathe) .
4. My father _______________(come)  in, (look)  around and______________ (tell)  me to tidy up my room.
5. As long as one group ______________(prepare)  dinner, the others (collect)  _____________wood for their campfire.
6. While the parents___________ (have)  breakfast, their children (run)____________-  about.
7. Martha (turn)______________  off the lights and (go)_____________  to bed.

EXERCISE 2 Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).

1. We___________ (wait)  for Jane, when suddenly Louis (come)______________  around the corner.
2. I (cycle)________________ through the park, when I _____________(hear)  a strange noise.
3. He______________ (pass)  her a message when the teacher __________________(look / not) .
4. I ____________(fall)  asleep while I ______________________________(watch)  TV last night.
5. When Mike and Jane__________________ (paint)  the walls, their dog (knock) _________________________- over the paint pot.
6. Tom _______________(break)  his leg when he_________________ (play)  frisbee.
7. The phone_________________ (ring)  when I ______________________(sit)  on the toilet.

Put the verbs into the correct form (simple past).

1. Last year I _____________(spend)  my holiday in Ireland.
2. It___________ (be)  great.
3. I____________(travel)  around by car with two friends and we____________ (visit)  lots of interesting places.
4. In the evenings we usually (go)____________  to a pub.
5. One night we even (learn) ____________ some Irish dances.
6. We (be) ______________ very lucky with the weather.
7.  It_______________ (not / rain)  a lot.

III. USE SIMPLE PAST.

But we (see)  some beautiful rainbows. We saw some beautiful rainbows.

Where (spend / you)  your last holiday? Where did you spend your last holiday?

1) I  __________my Maths homework yesterday. (to do)

2)  Susan ___________________ to England by plane? (to go)

3) They ____________ a farm two weeks ago. (to visit)

4) Jenny and Peggy  ______________their brother. (not/to help)

5) The children _______________ at home last weekend. (not/to be)

6) When______________  you  this wonderful skirt? (to design)

7) My mother _____________ into the van. (not/to crash)

8) The boys________________  the mudguards of their bicycles. (to take off)

9)  you _____________- your aunt last week? (to phone)

10) He_______________________  milk at school. (not/to drink)