Exercises - 9º ano

Exercise on Simple Past

Exercise Was or Were?

Complete the sentences with was or were.

1. I waswere happy.
2. You waswere angry.
3. She waswere in London last week.
4. He waswere on holiday.
5. It waswere cold.
6. We waswere at school.
7. You waswere at the cinema.
8. They waswere at home.
9. The cat waswere on the roof.
10. The children waswere in the garden.

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Exercise on positive sentences

Write positive sentences in simple past.

1. he / the question / answer 
2. you / a question / ask 
3. the dog / bark 
4. they / us / call 
5. we / a mountain / climb 
6. John / stamps / collect 
7. we / in London / live 
8. I / hungry / be 
9. they / a hamster / have 
10. he / to school / go 

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Have a look at James's last week's diary and answer the questions in complete sentences. Put the time expression at the end of the sentence.

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
football	shopping	meeting	ring Jane	buy flowers	concert	sailing
	cinema	tennis	English	Italian restaurant

1. When was his English course? → 
2. When did he go shopping? → 
3. When did he buy flowers? → 
4. When was his meeting? → 
5. When did he play football? → 
6. When did he go to the Italian restaurant? → 
7. When did he ring Jane? → 
8. When did he go to the cinema? → 
9. When did he play tennis? → 
10. When was the concert? → 
11. When did he go sailing? → 

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Exercise on negative sentences

Rewrite the sentences in the negative.

1. They collected postcards. → 
2. You jumped high. → 
3. Albert played squash. → 
4. The teacher tested our English. → 
5. Fiona visited her grandma. → 
6. He washed the car. → 
7. You were thirsty. → 
8. He had a computer. → 
9. I bought bread. → 
10. You saw the house. → 

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Erxercise on questions

Write questions in simple past.

1. Anna / the window / open 
2. she / home / walk 
3. you / in the garden / work 
4. you / a song / sing 
5. she / on a chair / sit 
6. you / the castle / visit 
7. Jenny / the door / lock 
8. she / happy / be 
9. Greg / the ball / kick 
10. the car / at the corner / stop 

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Put the verbs into the correct form (simple past).

1. Last year I (spend)  my holiday in Ireland.
2. It (be)  great.
3. I (travel)  around by car with two friends and we (visit)  lots of interesting places.
4. In the evenings we usually (go)  to a pub.
5. One night we even (learn)  some Irish dances.
6. We (be)  very lucky with the weather.
7. It (not / rain)  a lot.
8. But we (see)  some beautiful rainbows.
9. Where (spend / you)  your last holiday?

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Exercise on Past Progressive

Form positive sentences in Past Progressive.

1. you / a box / carry
   → 
2. Jenny / the door / lock
   → 
3. Albert / squash / play
   → 
4. the policeman / the thief / arrest
   → 
5. he / around / turn
   → 
6. you / English / speak
   → 
7. she / a poem / write
   → 
8. they / at the corner / stand
   → 
9. she / a friend / phone
   → 
10. his mother / dinner / cook
    → 

  

Form negative sentences in Past Progressive.

1. they / us / call
   → 
2. John / money / collect
   → 
3. you / in the garden / work
   → 
4. his head / ache
   → 
5. the teacher / our homework / check
   → 
6. the teacher / the tenses / explain
   → 
7. she / down the stairs / rush
   → 
8. my crush / at me / smile
   → 
9. the train / the station / leave
   → 
10. Tina / a wonderful picture / paint
    → 

      

Form questions in Past Progressive.

1. Mary / in a musical / dance
   → 
2. we / in the mountains / walk
   → 
3. I / a magazine / read
   → 
4. they / a race / run
   → 
5. Christine / her home / decorate
   → 
6. The children / about the joke / laugh
   → 
7. he / around / turn
   → 
8. the children / on the floor / sleep
   → 
9. she / a friend / phone
   → 
10. his mother / dinner / cook
    → 

      

Irregular verbs - English - Exercise 5

Write the missing verb form into the gaps. Example: break - _____ - ______ Answer: break - broke - broken 1) fly -  -  2) hold -  -  3) steal -  -  4) sink -  -  5) hide -  -  6) rise -  -  7) spring -  -  8) let -  -  9) send -  -  10) tear -  -  11) grow -  -  12) sweep -  -  13) lend -  -  14) become -  -  15) swear -  -

Forms of irregular verbs - Exercise 3

Explanation: Learn irregular verbs effectively

Are the following forms of the irregular verbs used as Infinitive, Simple Past and/or Past participle? 1) taught -  Infinitive  Simple Past  Past participle 2) written -  Infinitive  Simple Past  Past participle 3) sang -  Infinitive  Simple Past  Past participle 4) stolen -  Infinitive  Simple Past  Past participle 5) shut -  Infinitive  Simple Past  Past participle 6) beat -  Infinitive  Simple Past  Past participle 7) hit -  Infinitive  Simple Past  Past participle 8) lost -  Infinitive  Simple Past  Past participle 9) become -  Infinitive  Simple Past  Past participle 10) shoot -  Infinitive  Simple Past  Past participle

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