Exercises - Past Simple

A. Fill in the passages with the verbs in brackets. Use the past simple

A minute before we 1. ________ (leave) Casablanca, a women 2. ________

(get) on the plane. She 5. ________ (not have) much luggage for an
international flight. From the moment I 6.________ (see) her I 7. ________
(think) she was an interesting person. The only empty seat 8. ________ (be)
next to me. She 9. ________ (ask) me if she 10. ________ (can) sit there. She
11. ________ (speak) English but she 12. ________ (have) a foreign accent.
Later I 13. ________ (hear) her speak French and Italian. I 14. ________
(want) to talk to her but she 15. ________ (not say) much the whole flight. I 16.
________ (become) more and more curious as the trip 17. ________
(continue). I 18. ________ (watch) her carefully and 19. ________ (notice) that
she 20. ________ (have) two passports. From time to time she 21. ________
(read) her book, but most of the time she 22. ________ (seem) to be thinking
about something else. When we finally 23. ________ (arrive) in New York she
24. ________ (go) to the customs officer. He 25. ________ (look) quickly inside
her luggage. Then he 26. ________ (tell) her to go on. Later I 27. ________
(meet) her at the airport. She suddenly 28. ________ (wave) to someone and
29. ________ (smile) I 30. ________ (turn) around for a minute and she 31.
________ (disappear).

B. Write WH questions about the underlined words

1. The weather was awful yesterday.

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2. Many pupils were late for school this morning because of the traffic.
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3. Tony wrote about his grandparents.
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4. They thought about the problem all day.
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5. Mary knew all the answers.
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6. We left because it was boring.
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7. They sold their books at the end of the year.
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8. The company built a new factory in Tel Aviv.
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9. David had a party last week.
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 10. Dan found the little puppy in the park.
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11. They heard a strange noise in the middle of the night.
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12. Dan found the little puppy in the park.
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C. A car hit Bill’s bicycle. Write the policeman’s questions.

Policeman: (1) ____________________________________________
Bill : The accident happened 10 minutes ago.
Policeman: (2) ____________________________________________
Bill : A car hit my bicycle.
Policeman: (3) ____________________________________________
Bill : Yes, the driver tried to stop, but he didn’t succeed.
Policeman: (4) ____________________________________________
Bill : Yes, I wrote down his name.
Policeman: (5) ____________________________________________
Bill : No, he didn’t hurt me.
Policeman: You were very lucky. Try to be more careful next time !