Simple past tense exercise

This grammar exercise tests your ability to use tenses correctly. You have to write sentences in the simple past tense using the appropriate form of the verb given in the brackets.

1. He ……………….. for Delhi yesterday. (leave)

2. The ……………………. (quarrel) the whole time they were together.

3. I ……………………. (live) with my grandparents when I was a child.

4. We ………………….. (perform) in front of an audience of 2,000 students.

5. She ……………………. (spend) the whole day working in the garden.

6. We ………………….. (play) for an hour.

7. Our school team …………………… (win) the football trophy last year.

8. …………………… you not ………………… (receive) the invite?

9. She ………………….. (not know) what she was supposed to do.

10. When the students ………………………… (perform) the experiment, they ………………… (hear) an explosion.

Answers

1. He left for Delhi yesterday.

2. The quarreled the whole time they were together.

3. I lived with my grandparents when I was a child.

4. We performed in front of an audience of 2,000 students.

5. She spent the whole day working in the garden.

6. We played for an hour.

7. Our school team won the football trophy last year.

8. Did you not receive the invite?

9. She did not know what she was supposed to do.

10. When the students performed the experiment, they heard an explosion.