Simple past exercises

Do the exercises below on the simple past tense and click on the button to check your. Last year I (spend) my holiday in Ireland. Put the verbs into the correct form ( simple past ). I (travel) around by car with two friends and we (visit) lots of interesting places. In the evenings we usually (go) to a pub.

One night we even (learn) some Irish dances.

We (be) very lucky with the weather. William (visit) his grandparents last weekend. Jane (arrive) an hour ago. Past simple exercises - regular verbs elementary level esl.

Complète les phrases en conjuguant les verbes au simple past ou au present perfect simple. Il t’a déjà dit pourquoi il ne pouvait pas venir. It can also be used for actions taking place one after another or in the middle of another action.

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It includes all the materials and worksheets you need to teach this tense effectively. Past Tense simple - regular and irregular forms - free English online grammar exercises. This time you can practise all forms of the past simple (positive, negative and question). Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Watch the punctuation and form sentences or questions.

Example: she the Internet? We went to Spain for our holidays. They got home very late last night. When I was a boy, I walked a mile to school every day. We swam a lot while we were on holiday.

Le past simple est aussi appelé prétérit. Aucune différence donc, il s’agit de la même chose. En français, past simple signifie ‘passé simple’. Ma grand-mère m’a envoyé un cadeau d’anniversaire hier. Some of our past simple tense worksheets are just simple verb lists and grammar exercises - all complete with pronunciation guides and usage examples, of course.

Others use popular songs whose lyrics fall mostly into the past simple tense - freeing you from the hassle of tracking down a song that’s useful for teaching this tense. See more details about it on EFL Magazine. See also PDF exercises below.

Do you want to practise using past simple sentences in English? Play our grammar games and have fun while you learn. Negate the first sentence in each task. Simple Past – Negation of sentences in English – Exercise 1.