Past Simple – Positive and Negative

Make sentences in both past simple positive and negative.

I ____________________ (cook) last night.
I ____________________ (cook) last night, but I will tonight.

She ______________________ (like) chocolate as a child.
She ______________________ (like) chocolate as a child, but she does now.

He ____________________ (play) sport when he was a teenager.
He ____________________ (play) sport when he was a teenager, but he does now.

We ____________________ (study) for the exam yesterday.
We ____________________ (study) for the exam yesterday, but we will today.

I ____________________ (work) in a restaurant last month.
I ____________________ (work) in a restaurant last month, but I will this month.

They _____________________ (stay) at home last weekend.
They _____________________ (stay) at home last weekend. But they will this weekend.

Lucy ____________________ (meet) her friends last week.
Lucy ____________________ (meet) her friends last week, but she will this week.

I ______________________ (go) out last night.
I ______________________ (go) out last night, but I will tonight.

You ____________________ (come) to the wedding.
You ____________________ (come) to the wedding, but you came to the reception party.

John ____________________ (do) his homework.

John ____________________ (do) his homework, because he worked until late.

 

Past Simple Worksheet.

Past Simple Worksheet Answers.

I have a headache!

We can use have to talk about possession, family (and other) relationships and illnesses.

 You have a car.  Ann has two sisters.  Pete has a nice girlfriend.  Joe had a cold last week.

You don’t have a car.  Ann doesn’t have two sisters.  Pete doesn’t have a nice girlfriend.  Joe didn’t have a cold last week.

Do you have a car?  Does Ann have two sisters?  Does Pete have a nice girlfriend?  Did Joe have a cold last week?

We also say that people have hair, eyes etc; and that things have parts.

You have brown hair.  Our old car had two doors. Her laptop has four USB ports.

You don’t have brown hair.  Our old car didn’t have two doors.  Her laptop doesn’t have four USB ports.

 Do you have brown hair?  Did our old car have two doors?  Does her laptop have four USB ports?

Circle the correct form

• John / I have two brothers.
• Mary has / had a cold yesterday.
• My father / My parents has two cars.
• We all / Sally have blue eyes.
• I had /have a headache yesterday evening.
• I can’t read The Lord of The Rings it had/ has  over 1000 pages!
• Ann had a good job now / last year.

 

Make questions (?) or negatives (-) with have.

• you / a cat (?)
• Mike /many friends (-)
• we / garden (-)
• Why / you / two cars (?)
• my aunt / a black cat (-)

 

Make sentences about Ann when she was six.

• a bicycle (?)
• a dog (+)
• a computer (-)
• many nice clothes (-)
• lots of friends (?)

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Teenage Catering Goblins from Outer Space

Here are a couple of links for a pair of elementary worksheets I have cobbled together for by teenage caterers.

My father was a dragon trainer.

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There’s a dragon in my garden.

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Have fun.

Past Perfect Simple or Past Perfect Continuous

I’m sorry I left without you last night, but I told you to meet me early because the show started at 8:00. I ____________________ (try) to get tickets for that play for months, and I didn’t want to miss it. By the time I finally left the coffee shop where we were supposed to meet, I ____________________ (have) five cups of coffee and I ____________________ (wait) over an hour. I had to leave because I ____________________ (arrange) to meet Kathy in front of the theatre.

 

When I arrived at the theatre, Kathy ____________________ (pick, already) up the tickets and she was waiting for us near the entrance. She was really angry because she ____________________ (wait) for more than half an hour. She said she ____________________ (give, almost) up and ____________________ (go) into the theatre without us.

 

Kathy told me you ____________________ (be) late several times in the past and that she would not make plans with you again in the future. She mentioned that she ____________________ (miss) several plays because of your late arrivals. I think you owe her an apology. And in the future, I suggest you be on time!

 

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Past Simple, Past Perfect and Present Perfect

1. When I ____________________ (arrive) home last night, I discovered that Jane ____________________ (prepare) a beautiful candlelight dinner.

 

2. Since I began acting, I ____________________ (perform) in two plays, a television commercial and a TV drama. However, I ____________________ (speak, never even) publicly before I came to Hollywood in 1985.

 

3. By the time I got to the office, the meeting ____________________ (begin, already) without me. My boss ____________________ (be) furious with me and I ____________________ (be) fired.

 

4. When I ____________________ (turn) the radio on yesterday, I ____________________ (hear) a song that was popular when I was in high school. I ____________________ (hear, not) the song in years, and it ____________________ (bring) back some great memories.

 

5. Last week, I ____________________ (run) into an ex-girlfriend of mine. We ____________________ (see, not) each other in years, and both of us ____________________ (change) a great deal. I ____________________ (enjoy) talking to her so much that I ____________________ (ask) her out on a date. We are getting together tonight for dinner.

 

6. When Jack ____________________ (enter) the room, I ____________________ (recognize, not) him because he ____________________ (lose) so much weight and ____________________ (grow) a beard. He looked totally different!

 

7. The Maya established a very advanced civilization in the jungles of the Yucatan; however, their culture ____________________ (disappear, virtually) by the time Europeans first ____________________ (arrive) in the New World.

 

8. I ____________________ (do) so many things this week. I ____________________ (be) to the cinema, I ____________________ (visit) old friends and on Monday I ____________________ (even, bake) a cake.

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