Berikut soal-soal latihan simple past tense. Pembahasan tentang bentuk waktu simple past bisa dibaca di postingan ini.
Exercise 1
Change the words in brackets into their correct forms!
1. Mandy (watch) a movie last night.
2. They (be) present at yesterday's meeting.
3. The man whom you (meet) is here now.
4. The manager (decide) to give a warning letter to Joe.
5. We (hire) a plumber to fix the faucet.
6. She (not, be) satisfied with the outcome.
7. Where (be) you last night? All of us were looking for you.
8. (not, be) you there at the reception last night?
9. Who (take) my English book?
10. Tim (not, buy) the newspaper.
Exercise 2
Find any grammatical errors in the sentences and correct them!
1. She was not agreed to our proposal.
2. They went to the market to bought flour.
3. We didn't be happy with his intervention.
4. When were you go to Surabaya?
5. Dave were at the concert last night.
Exercise 3
Select one of the words in brackets to make the sentences grammatically correct!
1. Sarah (didn't/wasn't) keen on attending the party.
2. They didn't (helped/help) us at all during the project.
3. Someone (broke/broken) into our room while we were away.
4. She (must/had to) pay for last week's trip expense herself.
5. We (be/were) determined to win the match.
Exercise 4
Select the correct options for each of the questions!
1. Greg ... to buy some eggs yesterday.
A. Need
B. Needs
C. Needed
D. Was needed
E. Was need
2. The football competition officially ... last night.
A. Begin
B. Begins
C. Was began
D. Did began
E. Began
3. How ... you manage to ... his address?
A. Were - knew
B. Was - was knew
C. Did - known
D. Did - knew
E. Did - know
4. We ... Mr. Max at the meeting yesterday.
A. Not see
B. Weren't see
C. Didn't see
D. Didn't saw
E. Not saw
5. Hans ... our short trip yesterday.
A. Joined
B. Joins
C. Was joined
D. Was join
E. Did joined
Exercise 5
Rearrange these jumbled words to make meaningful sentences!
1. Did - Darren - her - see - not - meeting - the - at.
2. Happy - results - so - were - the - they - with.
3. New - Patrick - team- selected - was - the - as - coach - the - for - football.
4. Told - news - about - me - the - nobody.
5. Year - his - Dennis - job - quit - last.