TEACHER’S NOTES
WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Past Simple Review
Activity Type Introduction
Grammar Exercises: In this past simple review worksheet, students revise regular and
categorising, changing irregular past simple verbs as well as affirmative and negative
word forms, gap-fill, past simple sentences, and Wh questions.
rewriting sentences,
writing questions from Procedure
prompts
Give each student a copy of the two-page worksheet.
Focus Students begin by categorizing verbs as regular or irregular.
Students then write the past simple form of the verbs.
Past simple
Exercise A - Answer key (in any order)
Aim Regular verbs Irregular verbs
To review regular and
irregular past simple 1. try - tried 1. go - went
verbs as well as 2. visit - visited 2. eat - ate
affirmative and negative 3. wait - waited 3. see - saw
past simple sentences, 4. cook - cooked 4. fly - flew
and Wh questions. 5. watch - watched 5. drink - drank
6. lift - lifted 6. drive - drove
7. decide - decided 7. speak - spoke
Preparation 8. talk - talked 8. write- wrote
9. call - called 9. think - thought
Make one copy of the 10. move - moved 10. read - read
two-page worksheet for
each student. Next, students use the past simple verbs from Exercise A to
complete affirmative sentences.
Level Exercise B - Answer key
Pre-intermediate (A2)
1. went, visited 7. tried
2. drove, watched 8. read, cooked
Time 3. moved 9. waited
4. saw, flew 10. called, talked
30 minutes 5. ate 11. lifted, decided
6. drank 12. spoke, thought, wrote
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TEACHER’S NOTES
WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Past Simple Review
Activity Type Procedure continued
Grammar Exercises: Students then rewrite sentences in their past simple negative
categorising, changing form.
word forms, gap-fill,
rewriting sentences, Exercise C - Answer key
writing questions from
prompts 1. I didn't eat a big breakfast this morning
2. She didn't call her boyfriend last night
3. We didn't go to the shop before it closed
Focus 4. Raj didn't cook dinner for his family last night
Past simple 5. He didn't drive to work this morning.
6. I didn't read Harry Potter when I was a child
7. Kate didn't write an e-mail to her boss yesterday.
Aim 8. I didn't see you wave hello this morning
To review regular and In the last exercise, students write past simple Wh questions that
irregular past simple correspond to underlined information in responses.
verbs as well as
affirmative and negative Exercise D - Answer key
past simple sentences,
and Wh questions. 1. What did you make for dinner last night?
2. Where did you go for your family holiday?
3. Who decided to plan the birthday party?
Preparation 4. How much did those jeans cost?
Make one copy of the 5. When did Melissa call you?
two-page worksheet for 6. Why did she drink a lot of water?
each student. 7. Where did he stay during his trip?
8. What did you do this morning?
Level
Pre-intermediate (A2)
Time
30 minutes
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PAST SIMPLE
WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Past Simple Review
A. Are the verbs below regular or irregular? Categorize the verbs. Then, write the
past simple form of the verbs.
go try visit wait eat drink cook decide read move
drive speak write think watch lift talk see fly call
Regular verbs Irregular verbs
Present simple Past simple Present simple Past simple
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.
6. 6.
7. 7.
8. 8.
9. 9.
10. 10.
B. Use the past simple verbs from Exercise A to complete the affirmative sentences.
1. L
ast summer, I ............... to Paris. I ............... my brother there.
2. I ............... my car to the city center last week and ............... a horror film at the cinema.
3. My family and I ............... to a new house a few months ago.
4. A
few days ago, I ............... a plane fly over my house. It ............... really low to the
ground, almost as if it were landing in my garden!
5. Last weekend, my friends and I ............... Indian food at a new restaurant in town.
6. She ............... a lot of coffee this morning because she was tired.
7. When Eric was a child, he ............... playing football. He found out he was really good at it.
8. I ............... an interesting recipe in a magazine last week, and I ............... it for dinner
last night. It was delicious!
9. Claire ............... a long time for Marcus to ask her out.
10. Last night, I ............... my mum on the phone and we ............... for hours!
11. Eva ............... her rug and ............... to clean underneath it.
12. I ............... to my friend last night. She ............... it was a good idea to send out
invitations to the party, so I ............... them out this morning.
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PAST SIMPLE
WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Past Simple Review
C. Rewrite each sentence in its past simple negative form.
1. I ate a big breakfast this morning. ................................................................
2. She called her boyfriend last night. ................................................................
3. We went to the shop before it closed. ................................................................
4. Raj cooked dinner for his family last night. ................................................................
5. He drove to work this morning. ................................................................
6. I read Harry Potter when I was a child. ................................................................
7. Kate wrote an e-mail to her boss yesterday. ................................................................
8. I saw you wave hello this morning. ................................................................
D. Write past simple Wh questions to ask about the underlined information in each
response.
1. Q: .........................................................................................................................?
A: I made beef lasagna for dinner last night. It was good, but I think I need a bit more
practice making it.
2. Q: .........................................................................................................................?
A: We went to California for our family holiday. It was beautiful.
3. Q: .........................................................................................................................?
A: My brother and I decided to plan the birthday party. Everyone else was busy.
4. Q: .........................................................................................................................?
A: These jeans cost $200. They were so expensive!
5. Q: .........................................................................................................................?
A: Melissa called me last Saturday. She wanted to talk about the exam.
6. Q: .........................................................................................................................?
A: She drank a lot of water because she felt dehydrated.
7. Q: .........................................................................................................................?
A: He stayed in a five-star hotel during his trip. His company paid for it.
8. Q: .........................................................................................................................?
A: This morning, I flew my kite on the beach. It was a lot of fun.
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