Simple Past

1.-Write questions and answers with the past simple of be.

1. Where / you / at 8 o’clock last night? I / at home

2. Maria / at school / last week? No,

3. they / at the sports centre / two days ago? Yes,

2.-Complete the sentences with the past simple forms of the verbs in the box.

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1 I couldn’t sleep because my dad ……................. all night in the next room.

2 My friend ……................. things to me all through the film, so I couldn’t follow the plot.

3 I forgot to close the door and it suddenly ……................. in the wind.

4 The dog ……................. every time its owner left the house.

5 We didn’t know the words of the song, so we ……................. the tune.

3.-Complete the text with the past simple form of the verbs in the box.

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It (1) …................... my birthday yesterday and I (2) …................... a fantastic time! I (3) …................... a party this year because I (4) …................... to do something different. I (5) …................... my friends in town and we (6) …................... to the cinema and then to a restaurant. I (7) …................... the film because the actors (8) …................... very good (in fact, they were terrible!). We (9) …................... to bed before midnight, so this morning I (10) …................... very late

4.-Write questions with the past simple and then complete the answers.

1 What / Almodóvar / win / in 1999? He …................... (win) an Oscar for the film All About My Mother.

2 Who / Marilyn Monroe / marry / in 1954? She …................... (marry) Joe di Maggio, the baseball player.

3 What / Tom Hanks / do / in 1996? He …................... (direct) his first film.

4 Leonardo di Caprio / produce / Titanic? No, …................... . He was an actor in Titanic.

5 Where / Antonio Banderas / go / in 1998? He …................... (go) to Hollywood.

5.-Fill in the gaps with the past simple of the verbs

King Arthur and Excalibur

When Arthur was a baby, the wizard Merlin …………….. (carry) him away from the palace and …………………. (manage) to hide hm. This way, he ………………. (save) the future king from people who ……………………. (want) to take his throne. Merlin …………………. (stay) with the boy and ………………. (educate) him. Later, when Arthur ………………… (be) a teenager, Merlin ……………… (ask) him to go to a great stone to see the most glorious sword of all, the Excalibur. Arthur, …………….. (pull) it out and the people of England ……………….. (crown) him king

6.-Complete the text with the past simple of the verbs in the box.

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Last year my friends and I (1) ….................… a magazine. It (2) ….................… a competition about the cinema in it. We (3) ….................… the questions and I (4) ….................… our letter to the film company in London. The first prize was tickets to the Oscar ceremony. We (5) ….................… the tickets, but the film company (6) ….................… us to their offices in London as second prize. We (7) ….................… our favourite stars, but we enjoyed our visit. We (8) ….................… the Oscar ceremony on TV but we (9) ….................… anyone from the company.

7.-Complete the dialogue with the past simple of the verbs in brackets or with short answers.

J: Hi, Adam. You (1) …............................… (not be) at the computer club yesterday.

(2) …............................… (you / go) straight home from school?

A: No, I (3) …............................… . I (4) …............................… (go) to the library. I (5) …............................… (want) some information for a competition about the World Cup.

J: What are the questions?

A: Who (6) …............................… (be) the winners in 1998?

J: That’s easy – France.

A: I know, but I need information for the other questions. – Where (7) ............................… (be) the first tournament? Where (8) …............................… (the teams / come) from? And when (9) …............................… (Jules Rimet / become) president of FIFA?

J: Sorry, I don’t know. (10) …............................ (you / look) for the information on the

Internet yesterday?