I) Choose the right variant.
Did your father get the letter last Friday?
Yes, he did.
Yes, my father did.
No, he did.
Yes, he didn't.
When ... you …(to get up) yesterday?
a) did ... get up b) were ... get up c) did ... got up d) got up
Who... worked at this factory at that time?
a) didn't b) did c) - d) does
... (to be) Frank at home at 9?
a) Be b) Was c) Were d) Did be
We (not to have) the test two days ago.
a) hadn’t b) haven’t c) didn’t have d) didn’t had
Our team the match last week.
a) win b) won c) wins d) wined
Yesterday she (to try) to find her key.
a) tried b) trying c) tryed d) trieyed
They (to be) in Paris last month.
a) was b) been c) were d) beed
She (to write) a letter to her friend on Wednesday.
a) wrote b) writes c) writing d) writed
II) Fill in the gaps with “in”, “on”, “at”:
___1991, ___7 o’clock, the 31st of December, the evening, summer, Tuesday, 6.30
III) Fill in the gaps with “in”, “of”, “at”, “about”, “by”:
good , devastated , interested , proud , crazy , sorry , fond .
IV) Fill in the gaps with “to have”, “to be”, “to sleep”, “to go”, “to see”, “to walk”, “to take”, “to come”, “to live” in the Past Simple:
Yesterday Mary (1) a day off so she decided to visit her friend who (2) on an island. She (3) a ferry to the island. When she (4) her friend she (5) happy. First, they (6) for a drink. Then they (7) along the streets. In the evening Mary (8) home very tired but happy. At night she (9) like a baby.
Make your own story with the verbs in the Past Simple. You may use also other verbs.