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Simple Past Tense Parte 3

The document provides examples to practice using verbs in the simple past tense. It contains three exercises: 1) Filling in blanks with affirmative past tense verbs. 2) Putting verbs in brackets into negative past form. 3) Completing a passage about the year 1984 using verbs in simple past tense. The exercises are designed to help the reader practice conjugating verbs into their past tense forms in affirmative and negative statements.

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Simple Past Tense Parte 3

The document provides examples to practice using verbs in the simple past tense. It contains three exercises: 1) Filling in blanks with affirmative past tense verbs. 2) Putting verbs in brackets into negative past form. 3) Completing a passage about the year 1984 using verbs in simple past tense. The exercises are designed to help the reader practice conjugating verbs into their past tense forms in affirmative and negative statements.

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SIMPLE PAST TENSE: EXERCISES.

.A)Fill in the gaps with the affirmative past form of the verb in brackets:
1. My father __________ to Paris last week. (travel)
2. I __________ a dictionary yesterday. (buy)
3. Peter __________ an email. (send)
4. My mother ___________ French at school. (study)
5. Sue ___________ me a nice birthday present. (give)
6. We ___________ at home last night. (be)
7. It _________ a lot last week. (rain)
8. Lots of people ________ to Hawaii on holiday. (fly)
9. Dan _________ a nice poem. (write)
10. Mum _______ a great cake. (bake)

B) Put the verbs in brackets in the negative past form:


1. The children ____________ to school yesterday. (come)
2. Peter ___________ ill last week. (be)
3. We _______________ the film. (like)
4. Tom ______________ English fluently. (speak)
5. I _________ Sue at the pub. (meet)
6. Grandma ________ very fast. (drive)
7. Peter ___________ a birthday party. (have)
7. Paula _____________ Mr Smith’s explanation. (understand)
8. I ______________ a letter from Terry. (receive)
9. Mum _____________ pasta. (cook)
10. We ______________ to school. (go)

C) Complete the text about the year “1984”. Use the following verbs in simple past tense:
“WIN, SING, GET, BUY, SELL, LEAVE, BE, HAVE, MAKE, BECOME”.

1. James ………………….. born in 1984.


2. His parents moved to England because his father ……………….. a good job in London.
3. They ……………………… Hong Kong and went back to Britain.
4. In 1984 the sportsman, Carl Lewis ……………….. 4 gold medals at the Los Angeles Olympic Games.
5. Tiger Woods ……………………….. junior golf champion in 1984 when he was only 8 years old.
6. Michael Jackson …………………….. a lot of records in that year.
7. Madonna ……………………….. her famous song “Holiday” in the same year.
8. Tina Turner and David Bowie also ……………………. hit records in 1984.
9. Apple ……………………………. a new personal computer 27 years ago.
10. Lots of people ……………………….. Apple’s new computer. It was very popular.

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