Change the sentences into Past Simple sentences. 1.We swim in the river. .......................in the river. 2.They

3.mushroom soup (water)

began at 9 o'clock. (When?)

Sally wrote a dictation yesterday. (not)

The cat lay on the bed. (Where?)

John knew her address. (not)

Tim lost his money in the shop. (Yes/No?)

Ann understood the teacher very well. (Who?)

Jack bought a new computer last week. (What?)

We went to the circus two days ago. (not)

Our group had a party last week. (not)

Sally bought a new dress, (not)

Tom lost his bag. (Where?)

Jane forgot about my birthday, (not)

Sam wrote a long letter. (Yes/No)

Bob knew about this house, (not)

Ashley brought a big cake. (When?)

Alice understood him very well. (Why?)

Fred saw a horrible dog. (Yes/No)

Jack found a beautiful stone. (Where)

George lay on a small sofa. (not)

Fill in the proper verb in Past Simple

What (the teacer, say) ........................................?

(you,not,tell) ................................... us your name.

Ann (not, know) ....................... the other girl's name.

I think you (do) ..............................the wrong thing.

The student (stand) .......... up when the teacher arrived.

1. Andrew (ask) if John (see) any skyscrapers. 2. While the tailor (measure) him, Mr Brown (try) to be calm. 3. They (shoot) in the forest when John (arrive). 4. We (be) sure they (finish) their work by ten. 5. She (work) as a nurse in 1998. 6. Who (watch) television when Dad (come) in? 7. What (happen) next? 8. Nobody (know) what (happen). 9. I (not, know) when Mrs Padley (be) born. 10. When Nick and I (meet), he (write) a very interesting project.

It (to happen) two years ago. Martha (my sister) and I (to decide)to make a trip to Canada. We (to pack) our suitcases rather quickly. Martha (not to be fond of) ironing very much that time so, she (to be) very surprised that I (to iron) all her clothes beforehand. When we arrived in Toronto we suddenly (to understand) that we (to leave) the address of our hotel on the table at home. Martha (to be) in panic of course I (to try) to pull myself together. We (to start) searching for our hotel. It (to turn) out that they have six hotels with the same name located in different parts of the city. We (to take) a taxi and (to go) around the city. As I (to know) the city well we (to find) our hotel soon. Surprisingly, the driver who (to give) us a drive round the city (to offer) me to work as a tour guide for those who (to come) from Paris. I (to agree), moreover, I (to have) an experience in Morocco. I (to be) in charge of different tours around the city and fortunately I never (to deal) with complaints. Our trip (to be) fascinating and we (to be) glad that we (to forget) our hotel’s address at home.

E. Supply the suitable form of past tenses.
1) It (to rain) heavily so, we (to decide) not to go hiking but to invite friends to our house and cook dinner together.2) I (to refer) to John when I told the meeting about our current problem. 3) No, I (to go) to Italy two years ago. 4) When I last went to Italy, a team of scientists (to examine) the falling tower of Pisa. 5) What you (to do) when I phoned yesterday? 6) By the time we got to the cinema the film (to start), so we missed the first five minutes. 7) I spent a week in Miami recently. I (not to be) there before.8) She told me she (to attend) a lot of meetings in Prague.

1) We take books from the libraries.
2) They show this TV programme every evening.
3) They sell beautiful flowers in this shop.