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