Дидактичний граматичний матеріал з англійської мови. Past Simple. Use of English

1 Past Simple

Tom (buy) a new house last month.

When (they/arrive) last week?

She (not/understand) the question yesterday.

Fred (take) a lot of pictures on his holiday last summer.

What (you/get) for your birthday?

(they/forget) the bread this morning!

Alice (play) tennis this morning.

Where (you/go) last weekend?

I (want) to buy that computer, but it was too expensive.

Why (they/not/come)?

2 Past Simple

Tom _____ (visit) his mother last weekend.

We _____ (not buy) that TV yesterday because it was too expensive.

_____ (you / be) at the meeting on Tuesday?

Where _____ (Sheila / stay) in New Orleans?

Alan _____ (understand) the situation two days ago.

They _____ (not finish) the project on time last month.

When _____ (Mary / fly) to New York?

Henry _____ (read) Harry Smith's latest book last month.

I _____ (not write) that letter to him last week.

What _____ (you do) yesterday afternoon?

You _____ (think) he couldn't win, didn't you?

She _____ (not win) the prize two weeks ago.

Where _____ (Andy / go) last week?

Thomas _____ (come) to visit us in May.

Susan _____ (not telephone) in time to get a ticket.

How _____ (you meet) him?

David _____ (get up) early on Saturday to play golf.

Betty _____ (not draw) that picture.

_____ (Peter forget) his books yesterday?

She _____ (give) him a present for his birthday yesterday.

3   Choose the correct time expression 

Cathy left on holiday (last / ago) week.

I played football (when / last) I was in high school.

Were you able to go to the meeting (ago / in) May?

She didn't think about those problems two days (last / ago).

There weren't any children at the party (last / when) Saturday.

Jennifer wanted us to come and help three weeks (ago / when).

Peter went to a meeting in Chicago (last / ago) Tuesday.

Alexander made a number of mistakes (yesterday / tomorrow).

Tom was born (at / in) 1987.

Our teacher helped us understand the problem (this morning / tomorrow morning).

I bought a new chair for my office (last / next) week.

Did you finish the meeting on time (yesterday / last) evening?

Susan visited her aunt in Seattle (last / ago) Sunday.

My father took me to the zoo (when / last) I was a child.

They opened a new store (in / on) Tuesday.

She drove to New Mexico (in / on) February.

We enjoyed a lunch with our friends (yesterday / tomorrow).

Annabelle played the piano for two hours (on / in) Tuesday.

Fred didn't attend the meeting (last / ago) week.

Anne opened a bottle of wine two hours (ago / last).

4Put in correct order

1. night / meet / did / you / them / last /

 2. film / like / you / did / the

 3. you / many / did / ask / how / people

 4. a / have / time / they / did / good /

 5. did / weekend / the / what / do / we / at

6. she / DVD / where / that / did / buy

 7. party / on / your / go / Saturday/ he / did / t

 8. did / yesterday / who / you / see /

5 Correct in Past Simple

1.Who do you met on Saturday morning?

2. Did he went to school yesterday?

3. Why do you  go to home early?

4. Where you did learn English?

5. Did she works today?

6. What do you this yesterday?

7. Did they last night phone you?

6       be – get up – meet – have – go – run – drink – sleep – swim – eat

1. Yesterday I   ________ early, at about seven o´clock.

2. I ________ a shower and some fruit for breakfast.

3. Then I ________ to the sports centre.

4. I ________ 500 meters in the swimming pool and then

5. I ________ 5 kilometers.

6. At lunchtime I ________ my friends in a café.

7. We ________ some pasta and ________ some juice.

8. After lunch I ________ for a few hours, I ________ tired!