simple past exercices

fill the graps use simple past 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?. Complete the table in simple past. positive negative question Jane was tired. Sean did not work. Did I have a cat? Mary did not sing. Did she see us? Put the sentences into simple past. We open the door. →  You write poems. →  Richard plays in the garden. →  Kerry does not speak English. →  Do you see the bird? →  Write sentences in simple past. you / cards / play  I / a car / want  we / the game / lose  not / I / early / get up  not / Jeff and Linda / home / cycle  Ask for the bold part of the sentence. Billy ate an apple.  The children played in the garden.  Laura came home at six o'clock.  The boy read a book.  The girl wrote five letters.  Put the verbs into the correct form (simple past). Last year I (spend)  my holiday in Ireland. It (be)  great. I (travel)  around by car with two friends and we (visit)  lots of interesting places. In the evenings we usually (go)  to a pub. One night we even (learn)  some Irish dances. We (be)  very lucky with the weather. It (not / rain)  a lot. But we (see)  some beautiful rainbows. Where (spend / you)  your last holiday? .

Simple Past Tense explanation

USE 1 Completed Action in the Past

Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. Sometimes, the speaker may not actually mention the specific time, but they do have one specific time in mind.

Examples:

• I saw a movie yesterday.
• I didn't see a play yesterday.
• Last year, I traveled to Japan.
• Last year, I didn't travel to Korea.
• Did you have dinner last night?
• She washed her car.
• He didn't wash his car.

Affirmative sentences:

Use the same form of the verb every time regardless the subject.

regular verbs	irregular verbs
I played football.	I went to the supermarket.

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Negative sentences:

Use the auxiliary did (Simple Past of do) every time regardless the subject.

regular verbs	irregular verbs
I did not play football.	I did not go to the supermarket.

NOTE: Short forms in negative sentences in the Simple Past are used quite often.

regular verbs	irregular verbs
I didn't play football.	I didn't go to the supermarket.

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Questions:

Use the auxiliary did (Simple Past of do) every time regardless the subject.

regular verbs	irregular verbs
Did you play football?	Did I go to the supermarket?

exercices about there is and there are

Please fill in the gaps with either "there is" or "there are".

1.  a nice girl in our class.

2.  no cakes left on the table.

3.  a big car in front of our garden.

4. a lot of noisy (viele laute) children in the classroom.

5.  no books on your desk.

6.  a pencil on the floor.

7.  a knife in the kitchen.

8.  no eggs left.

9.  a new computer in Peter's room.

10.  a dog in the shop.

11.  a pump on your bike.

12.  some (einige) dog biscuits on the kitchen table.

13.  a clerk in the bank.

14.  no blue crayons in the cupboard.

1.  someanyaan carpets on the  floor. 2.  someanyaan window on the right. 3.  someanyaan chairs around the table. 4.  someanyaan children in the classroom. 5.  someanyaan bike near the play corner. 6.  someanyaan easel next to the sand tray. 7.  someanyaan books on the shelf. 8.  someanyaan water in the water tray. 9.  someanyaan crayons near the window. 10.  5 red cushions on the floor. 11.  someanyaan painting on the easel. 12.  someanyaan big window in the play corner. 13.  someanyaan toys on the table.
2. Correct the errors. Write the correct sentence in the long box below each sentence: 1. There isn't some water in the glass. 2. There are a 3 children talking with the teacher. 3. Are there some cars in the car park? 4. Is there any windows in this classroom? 5. There aren't some pencils in the pencilcase. 6. There is some people in the backyard. 7. There are any stickers in the album? (Question) 8. There is any parsley? (Question)	3. Write some/any/a/an in the following gaps. Look at Springfield's map and asnwer accordingly. 1. There are  people in the street. 2. There is  cinema on the right. 3. There isn't  internet café on the left. 4. There aren't  rivers running through the town centre. 5. There is  bar called Moe's. 6. There are  mountains in the horizon. 7. There are  parks.
4. Choose: 1. There isThere aren'tThere are an old man sitting on the bench in the park. 2. There isThere isn'tThere areThere aren't some students playing football. 3. There isThere isn'tThere areThere aren't any crayons on the desk. 4. There isThere isn'tThere areThere aren't some books in the library. 5. There isn'tThere areThere aren't a laptop in the cupboard. 6. There isThere areThere aren't an ice cream in the fridge. 7. There isThere isn'tThere areThere aren't some women in the shoe shop. 8. There isThere isn'tThere areThere aren't any students in the sports centre. 9. There isThere isn'tThere areThere aren't some people near the stadium.

there is/ there are (explanation)

explanation about there is and there are

	Singular	plural
positive	There is a beautiful lake	There are lots of things to do
Negative	There isn´t a park near our flat	There are any restaurants
Questions	Is there a hotel?	Are there any cheap places to stay?
Short answer	Yes, there is/ no, there isn´t	Yes, there are/ no, There aren´t

For singular we use a /an

we use a or an in poistive sentences, negatives and questions with singular countable nouns

• There is an apple in the basket
• There is a beautiful lake

some and any

• we usually use some in positieve sentences with plural countable nouns ande uncountable nouns

1. there are some chairs.

• we usually use any in negatives and questions with plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns

1. there aren´t any eggs in the fridge
2. are there any shops?

present simple and present continuos

EXERCISES
3.1 Are the underlined verbs right or wrong? Correct the verbs that are wrong.
1. Water boils at 100 degrees celsius. RIGHT
2. The water boils. Can you turn it off?
3. Look! That man tries to open the door of your car. ---
4. Can you hear those people? What do they talk about? ---
5. The moon goes round the earth. ---
6. I must go now. It gets late. ---
7. I usually go to work by car. ---
8. 'Hurry up! It's time to leave.' 'OK, I come.' ---
9. I hear you've got a new job. How do you get on? ---

3.2 Put the verb in the correct form, present continuous or present simple.
1. Let's go out. It  (not/rain) now.
2. Julia is very good at languages. She  (speak) four languages very well.
3. Hurry up! Everybody --- (wait) for you. –
4. '--- (you/listen) to the radio?' 'No, you can turn it off.' –
5. '--- (you/listen) to the radio every day?' 'No, just occasionally.' –
6. The River Nile --- (flow) into the Mediterranean. -
7. Look at the river. It --- (flow) very fast today - much faster than usual. –
8. We usually --- (grow) vegetables in our garden but this year we --- (not/grow) any.

present continuous

EXERCISES

1.1 Complete the sentences with one of the following verbs in the correct form:
come get happen look make start stay try work

1. 'You're working hard today.' 'Yes, I have a lot to do.'
2. I --- for Christine. Do you know where she is?
3. It --- dark. Shall I turn on the light?
4. They haven't got anywhere to I've at the moment. They --- with friends until they find somewhere.
5. 'Are you ready, Ann?' 'Yes, I ---.'
6. Have you got an umbrella? It --- to rain.
7. Why are all these people here? What ---?

1.2 Use the words in brackets to complete the questions.
1. 'Is Colin working this week?' 'No, he's on holiday.' (Colin/work)
2. Why --- at me like that? What's the matter? (you/look)
3. 'Jenny is a student at university.' 'Is she? What --- ?' (she/study)
4. --- to the radio or can I turn it off? (anybody/listen)
5. How is your English? --- better? (it/get)

1.3 Put the verb into the correct form. Sometimes you need the negative (I'm not doing etc.).
1. I'm tired. I (go) to bed now. Goodnight!
2. We can go out now. it (rain) any more.
3. 'How is your new job?' 'Not so good at the moment. I --- (enjoy) it very much.
4. Catherine phoned me last night. She's on holiday in France. She --- (have) a great time and doesn't
want to come back.
5. I want to lose weight, so this week I --- (eat) lunch.
6. Angela has just started evening classes. She --- (learn) German.
7. I think Paul and Ann have had an argument. They --- (speak) to each other.

present simple

EXERCISES

.1 Complete the sentences using one of the following:
cause(s) close(s) drink(s) live(s) open(s) speak(s) take(s) place
1. Ann speaks German very well.
2. I never --- coffee.
3. The swimming pool --- at 9 o'clock and --- at 18.30 every day.
4. Bad driving --- many accidents.
5. My parents --- in a very at small flat.
6. The Olympic Games --- every four years.

2 Put the verb into the correct form.
1. Jane doesn't drink (not/drink) tea very often.
2. What time --- (the banks/close) in Britain?
3. 'Where --- (Martin/come) from?' 'He's Scottish.'
4. 'What --- (you/do)?' 'I'm an electrical engineer.'
5. I --- (play) the piano but I --- (not/play) very well.
6. I don't understand this sentence. What --- (this word/mean)?

write the correct form

I work in a big office with twenty other people. We (spend)----------- all the day together. I (like)------ most
of them except for Neil.
Every day he (spend)--------- one hour talking about his holidays.
 Now he (want)---------- to go to some other country.
At 12.30 I usually (go)....................... out for lunch with Helen, the secretary. She (work) from 8am to
8pm.
 Today, she (have) a lot of things to do at home but she (want).......................... to stay late again.