Exercise of Simple Past Tense

Exercise No 1:

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the simple past tense.

  1. He ________ sushi for dinner last night. (eat)
  2. She ________ her dog for a walk this morning. (take)
  3. I ________ to the grocery store yesterday. (drive)
  4. It ________ me an hour to get home from work yesterday. (take)
  5. They ________ tennis yesterday afternoon. (play)
  6. The car ________ smoothly down the highway. (drive)
  7. My ________ graduated from college last year. (graduate)
  8. We ________ a new city last month. (visit)
  9. You ________ for eight hours last night. (sleep)
  10. They ________ dinner at a fancy restaurant last night. (have)

Answers:

  1. ate
  2. took
  3. drove
  4. took
  5. played
  6. drove
  7. graduated
  8. visited
  9. slept
  10. had

Exercise 2:

  1. He ________ basketball with his friends yesterday. (play)
  2. I ________ my friend for coffee yesterday. (meet)
  3. She ________ for her exams all night. (study)
  4. They ________ to music at the party last night. (listen)
  5. You ________ to your friend on the phone yesterday. (talk)
  6. We ________ a barbecue in the backyard. (have)
  7. It ________ heavily yesterday. (rain)
  8. That was a challenging test we ________ yesterday. (take)
  9. The phone ________ loudly in the empty house. (ring)
  10. My grandmother ________ me a gift for my birthday. (give)

Answers:

  1. played
  2. met
  3. studied
  4. listened
  5. talked
  6. had
  7. rained
  8. took
  9. rang
  10. gave

Exercise 3:

  1. She ________ her friend how to cook. (teach)
  2. He ________ to the library to study. (go)
  3. They ________ to Asia last year. (travel)
  4. You ________ your friend in the hospital yesterday. (visit)
  5. It ________ all day last Saturday. (snow)
  6. The dog ________ loudly at the mailman. (bark)
  7. My car ________ down on the way to work. (break)
  8. We ________ the sunset at the beach. (watch)
  9. You ________ your room yesterday. (clean)
  10. They ________ a soccer game on TV last night. (watch)

Answers:

  1. taught
  2. went
  3. traveled
  4. visited
  5. snowed
  6. barked
  7. broke
  8. watched
  9. cleaned
  10. watched

Exercise 4:

  1. That was a great movie we ________ last night. (see)
  2. He ________ a basketball game last night. (watch)
  3. She ________ her homework yesterday. (do)
  4. I ________ for my exam all day yesterday. (study)
  5. They ________ their grandparents last weekend. (visit)
  6. You ________ dinner for your family last night. (cook)
  7. We ________ a concert last Friday. (see)
  8. That was a memorable concert we ________ last night. (attend)
  9. The coffee ________ delicious in the morning. (smell)
  10. My sister ________ married last month. (get)

Answers:

  1. saw
  2. watched
  3. did
  4. studied
  5. visited
  6. cooked
  7. saw
  8. attended
  9. smelled
  10. got
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