Exercises connected with Past Simple Tense

THE AIMS OF THE LESSON:
-To train the usage of regular and irregular verbs in Past Simple Tense.
-To practise the usage of the following question words: Why, How, Where, What, When, Who.
-To learn how to make detailed questions to the underlined parts of the sentence.

TIME: 45 - 55 minut

INTRODUCTION:
T: Good morning students.
S: Good morning teacher.
T: How are you today?
S: We are fine, thank you.

The teacher explains students what is the subject of today’s lesson and asks one of the students to write the date and subject.

Lesson
Date: .....................
Subject: Exercises connected with Past Simple Tense.

1.Write the past simple form of these verbs in the correct place.

Finish, start, phone, try, play, recognize, miss,travel,arrive, stop, marry, stay

* Verb + d – e.g. like - liked
* Verb + ed – e.g walk - walked
* Consonant + y changed into ied – e.g. carry - carried
* Double consonant + ed – e.g. drop - dropped

2.Write the past simple forms of the given verbs.

a)have - ______________ f) eat - ________________
b)do - ________________ g) buy - _______________
c)leave - ______________ h) write - ______________
d)go - ________________ i) read - _______________
e)see - ________________ j) wear - _______________

3.Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets. Make true sentences.

a)I ________ (have) breakfast at _________ this morning.
b)Last week, I ________ (hear) a great song called ________ .
c)Last weekend, I ___________ (go) to _______ .
d)Yesterday I ________(see) a great film on TV called _______.


4.There is one mistake in each of the sentences. Find them and correct.
a)There was four people in the room. X _________________
b)She goed to Paris last week. X _________________
c)They tidyed their room on Saturday. X _________________
d)They were lots of trees in the park. X _________________
e)What did you bought for her? X _________________
f)I don’t play basketball yesterday. X _________________

5.Correct the sentences using the information given in brackets.

Example: Marie Curie discovered uranium. (radium)
Marie Curie didn’t discover uranium. She discovered radium.

a)The Paralympics began in 1948. (1960) - __________________
b)The Romans lived in Japan. (Italy) - _____________________
c)Magellan sailed around Africa. (South America) - _________
d)Shakespeare wrote Macbeth in 1564. (1606) - ______________

6.Order the words to make questions. Then answer the questions so they are true for you.
a)you / What / yesterday / eat / did / ? - _________________
b)Did / watch / you / last night / TV / ? - _______________
c)speak / English / Did / you / five years ago / ? - ________
d)you / swim / Could / you / were / seven / when / ? ________

7.Complete the questions with the given question words.

Why How Where What When

a)________ did you have for dinner today? Fish and chips.
b)________ were you last week? In London.
c)________ did she call you? Last Tuesday.
d)________ did you take an umbrella? Because it was raining.
e)________ did you come to school today? On foot.


8.Write questions to the underlined parts of the sentence.

James bought a CD yesterday.
4 2 1
_____________
3

General question - ______________________________________?
Question 1) - ______________________________________?
Question 2) - ______________________________________?
Question 3) - ______________________________________?
Question 4) - ______________________________________?

They built a house last year.
4 2 1
_______________
3

General question - ______________________________________?
Question 1) - ______________________________________?
Question 2) - ______________________________________?
Question 3) - ______________________________________?
Question 4) - ______________________________________?

HOMEWORK:

Write about your yourney. It can be a real trip or a fictious one. In your description include the following aspects.
- where did you go?
- who did you go with?
- how did you travel?
- did you enjoy it?

THE END:

T: Goodbye students. Have a nice day.
S: Goodbye teacher.