Past Simple (1)

Exercise One


Complete the chart with the verbs in the past tense

Present Tense	Past Tense
ask
be
buy
drink
eat
feel
go
had
hear
invite
look
meet
need
open
play
see
sit
spend
swim
taste
turn
wake up
watch

Exercise Two

Complete the text about Patrick's Easter holidays.

 

EASTER HOLIDAYS

Fill in the blanks with the right forms of the verbs in brackets.

       Last Easter holidays Jimmy and Paul ___________(go) camping in the mountain.

They _________________(spend) a wonderful time there. They ______________(wake up)  early in the morning and then they ________________(go) for a walk. In the village they __________________(buy) everything they _______________(need).

       In the afternoon they ___________________(play) football, ____________(watch) the birds and ________________(swim) in the river.

      They ________________(not have) a TV set, so after dinner they ______________(talk) for a while and then they ________________(go) to sleep.

      One night, Jimmy _______________(have)  a very strange dream: they ______(be)by the river watching the moon.

       Suddenly they ______________(hear) someone calling “Hello! Hello!” They _____________(turn) around and they ______________(see) a strange creature.

       It _____________(be) green and very small. He ________________( invite) them to go to his spaceship. There they ______________(meet) other strange creatures and a beautiful princess.

       They ______________(sit) down round a table and they _____________(eat) some strange food. Jimmy _______________(drink) a glass of fruit juice. It ______________(taste) good so he ________________(ask) for another glass of it.

       After a while he ______________(feel) a bit strange. Oh, dear…he ________________(turn) green and small like the others. The princess _______________(not be) beautiful anymore and she ______________(look) horrible.

       What was happening?        He ________________(open) his eyes and … what a relief! It ___________(be) only a dream!