Past simple | FT

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1,2

The Past Simple

What have you learned so far?

We ........... (to talk) about our holiday when we got home.

1. talk
2. talked
3. talkd
4. talks

Yesterday I ...... my boyfriend.

1. kiss
2. kisses
3. kissed
4. kisset

Last week was a test.
They ...... hard for it.

1. study
2. studyd
3. studied
4. studies

(to walk)
He ....... in the park.

(to hurry)
She ..... to the bus.

(to stop)
The baby finally ..... crying.

(to be)
Where ..... I?

1. am
2. are
3. is

(to be)
Derrek and Sheila ..... at work.

1. am
2. are
3. is

She (go) to Australia in 1994
and she liked it very much.

1. go
2. is going
3. gone
4. went

My father usually
(like) his steak well-done.

1. like
2. likes
3. liked
4. liking

The dog
(eat) its toy last night.

1. eat
2. ate
3. eats
4. eaten

The policeman
(talk) to the burglar yesterday.

1. talk
2. talks
3. talked
4. is talking

(you /have) a test last week?

1. Do you have
2. Did you have
3. Are you having
4. Have you

I often see her mother but she never
(speak) to me.

1. talk
2. spoke
3. spoken
4. speaks

When do you use the past simple?

You use the past simple
to talk about a past habit.

1. True
2. False

You can use the past simple
to tell a story.

1. True
2. False

You use the past simple
to talk about something in the past that is NOT finished.

1. True
2. False

You use the past simple when there is an indication of past time.

1. True
2. False

Use English Essentials to Practice the Past Simple

Finish a total of 6 Past Simple exercises by November 7th

(also 1 reading exercise and 1 listening exercise)