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EXPLORING THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE
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Variety worksheet 🍭
Read the sentences below carefully and fill in the gaps with the correct word or term.
1. Yesterday, Sarah _____ to school by bus and _____ her homework with her friends.
2. Tom _____ a delicious cake last night, but he _____ to share it with anyone.
3. We _____ a movie last weekend and _____ popcorn during the show.
4. Maria _____ her friend in the city and together they _____ shopping.
5. I _____ my glasses in the classroom and my teacher _____ me find them.
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Q6. Which sentence is correct in the past simple tense? Q7. Choose the correct past simple form: She ____ breakfast early yesterday.
a) They goes to the park. a) eat
b) They gone to the park. b) ate
c) They went to the park. c) eats
d) They going to the park. d) eating
Q8. Which is the past simple form of 'run'? Q9. How do you form a negative sentence in the past simple tense?
a) runned a) Subject + don't + verb
b) ran b) Subject + didn't + verb
c) runs c) Subject + not + verb
d) running d) Subject + wasn't + verb
Q10. Which word is the past simple form of 'think'? Q11. What did Jim do at the party last night?
a) thinking a) He sings a song.
b) thinks b) He sang a song.
c) thought c) He sing a song.
d) thinked d) He singing a song.
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Question 12:Write a sentence about what you did last weekend Question 13:Change this sentence to the past simple: 'She travels to
using the past simple tense. Japan every year.'
Question 14:Why do we use the past simple tense? Give one Question 15:Write the negative form of this sentence: 'He played
example. tennis yesterday.'