I. Choose the right form.

1. He ____ your letter to the bin yesterday.

a) throws b) threw c) is throwing
2. We usually ____ trousers when we go to the mountains
a) wear b) wore c) are wearing
3. Last year Peter ____ a competition.
a) wins b) won c) is winning
4. He ____ newspapers here every day.
a) sells b) is selling c) sold
5. How many letters ____ yesterday?
a) did you write b) do you write c) are you writing
6. My brother ____ alone last night.
a) is sleeping b) sleeps c) slept
7. ____ his homework every day?
a) Does he do b) Did he do c) Is he doing
8. Mary ____ you lies yesterday.
a) didn’t tell b) doesn’t tell c) isn’t telling
9. There ____ any women at the police station yesterday.
a) aren’t b) weren’t c) isn’t
10. He ____ he ____ three messages yesterday.
a) said/ wrote b) is saying/ is writing c) says/ writes

II. Complete the sentences with the right verb. Choose from:

helped, followed, visited, walked, crossed,

arrived, served, finished, stopped, talked

1. We ……… Disneyland last year.

2. He ………. fast and ………… home earlier yesterday.
3. The boy ………… the street when the traffic light was red.
4. My classmates …………. me organize my birthday party at school.
5. We ………… cakes and orange juice to the other children.
6. 6. They ………… in front of Mike’s house and …………. for a long time.
7. John …………… my advice and …………… his composition for the English class.

III. Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple.

1. Mother (fry) fish yesterday.

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2. The little boy (cry) for his mother.
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3. The scientist (study) English when he was a child.
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4. They (play) tennis together last week.
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5. They (stay) at home because the weather was bad.
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6. John and Susan (try) to write a song for the school festival.
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IV. Put the verbs in the right tense (present simple, present continuous, past simple).

1. I (be) at home yesterday between 4 and 7.

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2. You (be) interested in dinosaurs?
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3. I not (get) any bad marks last year.
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4. Don’t make any noise! Jenny (sleep).
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5. They (have) lunch now.
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6. Sharon (buy) a dress last week? No, she (buy) a blouse.
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7. She (leave) home early yesterday.
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8. He (ride) his new bike every day.
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9. Yesterday Mary (tell) me a lot of interesting things about her Science project.
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10. I (want) to talk to them last week, but they (not be) at school.
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11. The dog (sit) under a tree now.
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12. Sally is a very gifted piano player. She (give) a concert every week.
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13. I (lose) my pen yesterday. You (find) it when you looked in my desk?
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14. Last summer we (go) to the seaside. We (swim) in the sea and (eat) ice cream.
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15. You (know) Mary? She is my classmate.
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16. It (rain) now.
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17. They (write) a letter to their parents now?
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18. They (not speak) English yesterday at school.
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19. The baby (cry) a lot yesterday, but he (not cry) now.
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20. He (like) Math? No, he (be) interested in History
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21. Peter (drink) two bottles of juice yesterday.
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22. He usually (drink) so much juice?
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