PAST SIMPLE TEST
Name _______________________ Score ______/50
Time expressions
1 Complete with ago, in or last.
a) I went to Spain _________ year.
b) Jack opened a shop two years _________ .
c) My friends moved to the USA _________ 2002.
d) Your letter arrived four days _________ .
e) I always go to the beach _________ the summer.
(5 points)
Grammar
Past simple: regular and irregular affirmative forms
4 Write the past simple form of the verbs.
a) like ______________ e) chat ______________
b) call ______________ f) drive ______________
c) make ______________ g) study ______________
d) can ______________ h) sit ______________
(8 points)
5 Write sentences with the past simple form of the verbs.
a) Sara / do / her homework / last night
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b) I / wear / my new shoes / yesterday
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c) We / start / this book / last September
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d) The children / lose / their dog / in the park
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e) Brian / sell / his car / a week ago
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f) You / go / to New York / with your parents
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g) He / take / his girlfriend / to Paris / last summer
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(7 points)
Past forms of verbs
[Track 15]
7 Listen and underline the verb in each group which has an extra syllable in the past form.
a) used loved started
b) called waited watched
c) pointed played worked
d) wanted asked washed
e) liked stopped shouted
(5 points)
Listening
[Track 16]
8 Listen to Matthew talking about his experience in Brazil. Underline the correct word.
a) Matthew had a holiday / lived in Brazil when he was a child.
b) Matthew went fishing with his mother and father / brother and father.
c) The boat started rocking because a boat knocked it / it was windy.
d) Matthew’s mother and sister were on the beach / in the water.
e) Some people on the beach / in a boat helped them.
(5 points)
Reading
9 Read the text. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?
a) On Bondi beach Valerie went windsurfing. ___
b) She watched beautiful people in Brazil. ___
c) In Thailand, the water was green. ___
d) There is a restaurant on Kalafatis beach. ___
e) She didn’t visit the shops in France. ___
The top 5 beaches in the world by Valerie Crupp of Travel Today magazine
Last year I visited forty beaches to decide which were the top 5 beaches in the world. These were my favourites:
1 Bondi beach, Sydney, Australia. I went surfing and drank a beer with friendly people.
2 Ipanema beach, Rio de Janiero, Brazil. I played football and watched beautiful people.
3 Maya beach, Phi Phi Le, Thailand. I took a boat to this beach, and went swimming in the beautiful blue water.
4 Kalafatis beach, Mykonos, Greece. I went windsurfing and diving, and had lunch in a small beach restaurant.
5 Promenade des Anglais, Nice, France. I went shopping and drank wine in a café.
(5 points)