I. PAST PARTICIPLES

Fill in each blank space with the correct past participle for each verb.

EX: write-->written

1. sing: _____________________

2. know: _____________________

3. try: _____________________

4. believe: _____________________

5. study: _____________________

6. see: _____________________

7. fall: _____________________

8. laugh: _____________________

9. cry: _____________________

10. understand: _____________________

11. bring: _____________________

12. say: _____________________

13. tell: _____________________

14. drive: _____________________

15. take: _____________________

16. walk: _____________________

17. come: _____________________

18. paint: _____________________

19. go: _____________________

20. finish: _____________________

II. Write the verbs in simple past.

1. The University of Oxford (be)_____________ the first British university.

2. The lecturers of the colleges (speak) _____________a very clear English.

3. That's why Oxford English (become) _____________known as the English of educated people.

4. In the 19th century, Lewis Carroll (write) ___________'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' in Oxford.

5. Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean) (study) ___________electrical engineering at Oxford.

III. Write the verbs in simple past.

1. The first settlers (be) ___________the Potawatomi.

2. They (call) ________this place Checagou (wild onion) because it (smell) ___________ like onions.

3. Constructions on the Sears Tower (begin) __________in 1970.

4. Until 1997, the Sears Tower (be) __________the highest building in the world.

IV. Write the past forms of the irregular verbs.

1. go →

2. come →

3. buy →

4. have →

5. do →

V. Complete the table in simple past.

positive	negative	question
Jane was tired.
	Sean did not work.
		Did I have a cat?
	Mary did not sing.
		Did she see us?

VI. Put the sentences into simple past.

1. We open the door. →

2. You write poems. →

3. Richard plays in the garden. →

4. Kerry does not speak English. →

5. Do you see the bird? →

VII. Write sentences in simple past.

1. you / cards / play

2. I / a car / want

3. we / the game / lose

4. not / I / early / get up

5. not / Jeff and Linda / home / cycle

VIII. „Was“ or „Were“?

1. I ___________ hungry.

2. You ___________ in Australia last year.

3. She __________ not there.

4. Charly Chaplin ___________ a famous actor.

5. Lisa and James ____________ at home.

IX. Ask for the bold part of the sentence.

1. Billy ate an apple.

2. The children played in the garden.

3. Laura came home at six o'clock.

4. The boy read a book.

5. The girl wrote five letters.

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