PAST SIMPLE EXERCISES

http://www.adelescorner.org/grammar/past_tense/past_simple_quests2.html
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/simple_past2.htm
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/simple_past.htm
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-exercise-6.html
http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/past-simple-questions.html
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-8184.php

Past Simple Vs. Present Simple

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5484
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs12.htm
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-43852.php
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-51619.php
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-87374.php
http://www.saberingles.com.ar/curso/lesson15/06.html

past simple

PAST SIMPLE 

Exceptions in Spelling when Adding ‘ed’

Exceptions in spelling when adding ed	Example
after a final e only add d	love – loved
final consonant after a short, stressed vowel or l as final consonant after a vowel is doubled	admit – admitted travel – travelled
final y after a consonant becomes i	hurry – hurried

Use of Simple Past

• action in the past taking place once, never or several times
  Example: He visited his parents every weekend.
• actions in the past taking place one after the other
  Example: He came in, took off his coat and sat down

infinitive	irregular past
be begin break bring buy build choose come cost cut do draw drive eat feel find get give go have hear hold keep know leave lead let lie lose make mean meet pay put run say sell send set sit speak spend stand take teach tell think understand wear win write	was/were began broke brought bought built chose came cost cut did drew drove ate felt found got gave went had heard held kept knew left led let lay lost made meant met paid put ran said sold sent set sat spoke spent stood took taught told thought understood wore won wrote

PRACTICE...

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simple-past/exercises?04

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-simple-past.php#.UwWAkP3L-5c

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/simple-past-1

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/simple-past-2

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/simple-past-3

Was and Were Usage

WAS AND WERE USAGE

To Be - Affirmative

Subject	To Be	Examples
I	was	I was tired this morning.
You	were	You were very good.
He	was	He was the best in his class.
She	was	She was late for work.
It	was	It was a sunny day.
We	were	We were at home.
You	were	You were on holiday.
They	were	They were happy with their test results.

To Be - Negative Sentences

The negative of To Be can be made by adding not after the verb (was or were).

Subject	To Be	Examples
I	was not	I was not tired this morning.
You	were not	You were not crazy.
He	was not	He was not married.
She	was not	She was not famous.
It	was not	It was not hot yesterday.
We	were not	We were not invited.
You	were not	You were not at the party.
They	were not	They were not friends.

To Be - Negative Contractions

The can make negative contractions of the verb To Be in the Past tense by joining the verb (was or were) and n't (e.g. were not = weren't). We don't make a contraction of the subject and the verb (e.g. I was).

I was not tired this morning.	OR	I wasn't tired this morning.
You were not crazy.	OR	You weren't crazy.
He was not married.	OR	He wasn't married.
She was not famous.	OR	She wasn't famous.
It was not hot yesterday.	OR	It wasn't hot yesterday.
We were not invited.	OR	We weren't invited.
You were not at the party.	OR	You weren't at the party.
They were not friends.	OR	They weren't friends.

* Notice that we don't have contractions for To Be in Past Tense affirmative sentences.

To Be - Questions

To create questions with To Be, you put the Verb before the Subject.

Affirmative	You	were	happy.
	Subject	Verb
Question	Were	you	happy?
	Verb	Subject

Affirmative	Question
I was late	Was I late?
You were sick.	Were you sick?
He was surprised.	Was he surprised?
She was from Italy.	Was she from Italy?
It was a big house.	Was it a big house?
We were ready.	Were we ready?
You were early.	Were you early?
They were busy.	Were they busy?

To Be - Short Answers

In spoken English, we usually give short answers in response to questions.

Was he from Japan? - Yes, he was (from Japan). The last part (from Japan) is not necessary. We use shorts answers to avoid repetition, when the meaning is clear.

Question	Short Answers**	Short Answers
Was I late?	Yes, you were.	No, you weren't.
Were you sick?	Yes, I was.	No, I wasn't.
Was he surprised?	Yes, he was.	No, he wasn't.
Was she from Italy?	Yes, she was.	No, she wasn't.
Was it a big house?	Yes, it was.	No, it wasn't.
Were we ready?	Yes, we were.	No, we weren't.
Were you early?	Yes, we were.	No, we weren't.
Were they busy?	Yes, they were.	No, they weren't.

** With To Be, We don't use contractions in affirmative short answers.

PHRASES TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT

yesterday	ayer
last night	anoche
last week	la semana pasada
last month	el mes pasado
last year	el año pasado
in 1970	en 1970

PRACTICE….
http://www.engvid.com/was-were/
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5133
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5135
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simple-past/exercises?03
http://suz.digitaleschulebayern.de/english/grammar/was_were1.htm

SOME AND ANY

SOME	We use "some" in positive sentences. We use some for both countable and uncountable nouns.Example: I have some friends.
ANY	We use "any" in negative sentences or questions. We use any for both countable and uncountable nouns.Example: Do you have any cheese? - He doesn't have any friends in Chicago.
EXCEPTION!	We use "some" in questions when offering or requesting something that is there.Example: Would you like some bread? (offer) - Could I have some water? (request)

PRACTICE...

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/confusing_words/some_any.htm

http://autoenglish.org/gr.some.i.htm

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/vocabulary/some-any

http://speakspeak.com/english-grammar-exercises/elementary/some-any-difference

http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/multi/some.htm

PRACTICE FOR QUIZ 1

here you are some exercises to practice for the text if you keep scrolling down you will find the answers. Hope this is helpful for you.