All for Learning and sharing: Exercise E

Exercise E

1. Using the Simple Past tense, fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verb to be. For example:
-I ___ calm.
I was calm.
-You ____ right.
You were right.

1. He ________ happy.
2. We _________ students.
3. They ________ ambitious.
4. You _________ clever.
5. It _________ hot.
6. I _________ busy.
7. We _________ patient.
8. She _________ eleven years old.
9. They ________ intelligent.
10. He _________ in a hurry.

2. Rewrite the following affirmative statements as questions, negative statements, negative questions without contractions, negative questions with contractions, and affirmative statements followed by negative tag questions. For example:
-You were on time.
Were you on time?
You were not on time.
Were you not on time?
Weren't you on time?
You were on time, weren't you?
- It was warm enough.
Was it warm enough?
It was not warm enough.
Was it not warm enough?
Wasn't it warm enough?
It was warm enough, wasn't it?

1. I was late.
2. They were in a hurry.
3. He was an artist.
4. We were right.
5. She was there.

3. Paying attention to the correct spelling, fill in the blanks with the Simple Past of the regular verbs shown in brackets. For example:
- It _______ raining. (to stop)
- It stopped raining.
- I _________ myself. (to disguise)
- I disguised myself.

1. She _____________ through the book. (to flip)
2. We _____________ the traffic. (to watch)
3. You _____________ the flowers carefully. (to arrange)
4. He _____________ about his success. (to brag)
5. They _____________ sightseeing. (to enjoy)
6. He _____________ us with pencils. (to supply)
7. I _____________ the child. (to reassure)
8. We _____________ for them. (to wait)
9. They _____________ the books overseas. (to ship)
10. She ____________ too much. (to worry)

4. Referring to the table of English irregular verbs if necessary, fill in the blanks with the Simple Past tense of the irregular verbs shown in brackets. For example:
They _____ a song. (to write)
They wrote a song.
We _____ the floor. (to sweep)
We swept the floor.

1. She ____________ the dishes. (to do)
2. They ___________ for a walk. (to go)
3. He __________ his time. (to take)
4. I ___________ the beds. (to make)
5. They ___________ to catch the bus. (to run)
6. She ___________ up quickly. (to get)
7. You ___________ the coffee. (to drink)
8. We ___________ soundly. (to sleep)
9. He ___________ his books. (to forget)
10. I ___________ the house. (to leave)

5. Paying attention to the correct forms of the bare infinitives, change the following affirmative statements into questions. For example:
He lifted the suitcase.
Did he lift the suitcase?
I paid the rent.
Did I pay the rent?

1. She hurried to school.
2. They carried the parcels.
3. You closed the door.
4. I plugged in the lamp.
5. They planned the party.
6. We taught the class.
7. She told a story.
8. They struck a bargain.
9. He met his friends.
10. I shook hands.

6. Paying attention to the correct forms of the bare infinitives, change the following affirmative statements into negative statements. For example:
I scanned the newspaper.
I did not scan the newspaper.
They flew to Toronto.
They did not fly to Toronto.

1. We enjoyed ourselves.
2. She pinned on the brooch.
3. I fanned myself.
4. They emptied their pockets.
5. You replied at once.
6. He went to work.
7. We swam across the river.
8. They took the bus.
9. I shut the windows.
10. You ran fast.

7. Paying attention to the correct forms of the bare infinitives, change the following affirmative statements into negative questions. Give both the forms without contractions and the forms with contractions. For example:
You walked quickly.
Did you not walk quickly?
Didn't you walk quickly?
He burst the balloon.
Did he not burst the balloon?
Didn't he burst the balloon?

1. You watched the game.
2. I climbed the ladder.
3. We pleased the visitors.
4. They canned the peaches.
5. He received the letter.
6. You saw the fireworks.
7. It cost five dollars.
8. She hit the ball.
9. He did his homework.
10. They cut the ribbon.

8. Rewrite the following sentences, changing the underlined verbs from the Simple Past to the form with used followed by the infinitive. For example:
They took the bus.
They used to take the bus.
She traveled every year.
She used to travel every year.

1. It snowed heavily.
2. I came often.
3. We were neighbors.
4. He wrote many letters.
5. They walked to work.
6. He teased us.
7. She told us stories.
8. You rode a bicycle.

9. Choose the past simple or the present perfect:

1. Last night I __________________ (lose) my keys – I had to call my flatmate

to let me in.

2. I __________________ (lose) my keys – can you help me look for them?

3. I __________________ (visit) Paris three times.

4. Last year I __________________ (visit) Paris.

5. I __________________ (know) my great grandmother for a few years - she

died when I was eight.

6. I __________________ (know) Julie for three years – we still meet once a

month.

7. I __________________ (play) hockey since I was a child – I’m pretty good!

8. She __________________ (play) hockey at school, but she

__________________ (not / like) it.

9. Sorry, I __________________ (miss) the bus, so I’m going to be late.

10. I __________________ (miss) the bus, and then I __________________

(miss) the aeroplane as well!

11. Last month I __________________ (go) to Scotland.

12. I’m sorry, John isn’t here now. He __________________ (go) to the shops.

13. We __________________ (finish) this room last week.

14. I __________________ (finish) my exams finally – I’m so happy!

15. Yesterday, I __________________ (go) to the library, the post office and the

supermarket.

16. I __________________ (go) to the supermarket three times this week!

17. She __________________ (live) in London since 1994.

18. She __________________ (live) in London when she was a child.

19. I __________________ (drink) three cups of coffee this morning.

20. I __________________ (drink) seven cups of coffee yesterday.

10. Make the past simple, positive, negative or question:

1. I _________________ (work) in a bank for ten years.

2. Where _________________ (you / live) when you were young?

3. She _________________ (not / study) French at university.

4. He _________________ (travel) through the Middle East last year.

5. _________________ (they / visit) the Louvre in Paris?

6. She _________________ (not / watch) TV yesterday.

7. We _________________ (buy) a new car last weekend.

8. Where _________________ (you / teach) before you came here?

9. He _________________ (not / think) that he was right.

10. I _________________ (cook) steak last night.

11. _________________ (Lucy / read) ‘War and Peace’ at school?

12. She _________________ (not / write) to her grandmother.

13. We _________________ (have) a computer when I was a child.

14. Where _________________ (you / go) on holiday?

15. I _________________ (love) ice cream when I was a child.

16. They _________________ (not / meet) yesterday.

17. _________________ (she / swim) in the sea in Greece?

18. We _________________ (not / play) tennis yesterday because it was raining.

19. He _________________ (try) to lift the box but he couldn’t.

20. What _________________ (you / eat) for lunch?

11. Make the sentences passive (past simple):

1. Somebody lost the letter.

__The letter was lost __________________________________________

2. Somebody found the key.

_______________________________________________________________

3. Somebody made mistakes.

_______________________________________________________________

4. Somebody loved that woman.

_______________________________________________________________

5. Somebody cleaned the rooms.

_______________________________________________________________

6. Somebody fixed the computer.

_______________________________________________________________

7. Somebody built that house.

_______________________________________________________________

8. Somebody wrote ‘War and Peace’.

_______________________________________________________________

9. Somebody painted The Mona Lisa.

_______________________________________________________________

10. Somebody stole my wallet.

_______________________________________________________________

11. Somebody prepared lunch.

_______________________________________________________________

12. Somebody drank a lot of coffee.

_______________________________________________________________

13. Somebody forgot the papers.

_______________________________________________________________

14. Somebody closed the windows.

_______________________________________________________________

15. Somebody invited Julie and Luke to a party.

_______________________________________________________________

16. Somebody built a website.

_______________________________________________________________

17. Somebody ate all the cakes.

_______________________________________________________________

18. Somebody told me to wait.

_______________________________________________________________

19. Somebody employed a lot of new waiters.

_______________________________________________________________

20. Somebody opened a shop.

_______________________________________________________________

12. The Passive: Verbs with Two Objects

This time there are two answers:

1. John gave a bar of chocolate to Jill.

a:________________________________________________________________