Past Simple (1)

Grammar Exercise for B1, B2 students

Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple. 

1. Amelie __________ (bring) some delicious biscuits to work. We __________ (eat) them in no time at all!

2.The school __________ (hold) a parents’ meeting last night.  __________ (you / go)?

3.The meal __________ (smell) and _________ (taste) wonderful and it only __________ (cost) ten pounds.

4.Natasha always __________ (keep) a photo of her beloved grandmother in her purse.

5. The phone __________ (ring) several times before Mateo __________ (answer).

6. Kerry __________ (fall) and  __________ (hurt) her leg so she __________ (go) to see her doctor.

7. Adam __________ (drive) to London and then __________ (take) a plane from Gatwick to Milan.

8. Tim __________ (get) an invitation to the party but he __________ (choose) not to go.

9. “__________ (Carol / teach) French?”  – “No, she __________ (teach) German.”

10. We __________ (sit) for hours in the café, doing our homework.

11. Charlotte __________ (dress up) as a witch for the carnival parade while her brother __________ (wear) a hobbit costume.

12. I __________ (not / feel like) going shopping. I __________ (feel like) going to the cinema instead.

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Answers

1. brought; ate
2. held; Did you go?
3. smelled / smelt; tasted; cost
4. kept
5. rang; answered
6. fell; hurt; went
7. drove; took
8. got; chose
9. Did Carol teach; taught
10. sat
11. dressed up; wore
12. didn’t feel like; I felt like