Grammar Exercises

Verb Training (3) – Past Simple

Level: A2 / B1

Change these present simple sentences to the past simple.

  1. You catch the train just in time.
  2. Does he walk to work every day?
  3. I hear the news on the radio.
  4. We fly to the United States.
  5. The homework doesn’t take long.
  6. She grows up on a farm.
  7. Where do you meet?
  8. He spends a lot of time at the library.
  9. Does your sister work there?
  10. I send everybody an email about it.
  11. I mean to phone him.
  12. We don’t live in the city.
  13. Do you know Paul?
  14. Are you interested?
  15. I enjoy working with him.
  16. He gives me a hug.
  17. She takes some beautiful photographs.
  18. Is she annoyed about the mistake?
  19. We choose the same dish.
  20. I don’t lend him my bike.
  21. Aren’t you curious?
  22. She comes from Italy.
  23. When do you get home?
  24. He smiles at me.
  25. It’s made in Spain.
  26. It feels different.
  27. I speak to them in English.
  28. The views are spectacular.
  29. The glass falls off the table.
  30. Do you forgive her?
  31. I find my keys.
  32. They go to the lakes every summer.
  33. We build sandcastles.
  34. I think about changing jobs.
  35. We leave at dawn.

















    Answers

  1. You caught the train just in time.
  2. Did he walk to work every day?
  3. I heard the news on the radio.
  4. We flew to the United States.
  5. The homework didn’t take long.
  6. She grew up on a farm.
  7. Where did you meet?
  8. He spent a lot of time at the library.
  9. Did your sister work there?
  10. I sent everybody an email about it.
  11. I meant to phone him.
  12. We didn’t live in the city.
  13. Did you know Paul?
  14. Were you interested?
  15. I enjoyed working with him.
  16. He gave me a hug.
  17. She took some beautiful photographs.
  18. Was she annoyed about the mistake?
  19. We chose the same dish.
  20. I didn’t lend him my bike.
  21. Weren’t you curious?
  22. She came from Italy.
  23. When did you get home?
  24. He smiled at me.
  25. It was made in Spain.
  26. It felt different.
  27. I spoke to them in English.
  28. The views were spectacular.
  29. The glass fell off the table.
  30. Did you forgive her?
  31. I found my keys.
  32. They went to the lakes every summer.
  33. We built sandcastles.
  34. I thought about changing jobs.
  35. We left at dawn.