Simple Past Active and Passive, if-clauses Type Two Combined Exercise
This Unit deals with the Simple Past, the Simple Past Passive and the if-clauses Type II.
Simple Past Active
Jonathan played tennis.
The boys played squash.
Jonathan didn't play chess.
The boys didn't play badminton.
Did Jonathan play volleyball?
Did the boys play cards?
I/you/he/she/it/we/they played
I/you/he/she/it/we/they didn't play
Did I/you/he/she/it/we/they play?
the verb "to be" in the Simple Past
I was
you were
he was
she was
it was
we were
you were
they were
Modals
can - was/were able to/could
may - was/were allowed to
wanted
needed
The simple past refers to:
1. something that happened at a specific point in the past
2. something that used to happen regularly or on schedule in the past
3. signal words: last week, last year, in 1992, then, back then, in the past, x years ago
Last year Mr Porter spent his holiday in an English village. He went to the pub every day and played darts with the local people.
Simple Past Passive
The book was written. Das Buch wurde geschrieben.
The children were taught. Die Kinder wurden unterrichtet.
I was beaten by the outsider. Ich wurde vom Außenseiter geschlagen.
to be Form + Past Participle (Third Form)
If-Clause Type Two
If it rained we would stay inside. (The weather is fine, there is no indication of rain!)
If it didn't rain we wouldn't stay inside. (The weather is really bad and there is almost no hope it might cease raining.)
cease: aufhören
Exercises
A. Simple Past Active
1. Formerly (früher) Jim's grandfather _______ (live) in London and he _______ (play) tennis every day.
2. Back in 2015: Whenever Silvia and Alice _____ (meet) they ______ (argue) about something and they _____ (fight). Silvia usually ______ (win). Nowadays they usually agree with each other.
3. Tom ______ (work) for a large car factory back in 2017.
4. The Smiths ________ (use) to live in London in 2013.
5. Tom ______ (take) photos of old cars and ________ (publish) them on his website. That _____ (be) his favourite hobby back in 2013. Nowadays he has other leisure activities.
6. Back in the Sixties Star Trek _______ (not be) a very popular TV show. It _________ (become) popular when being rerun by local stations.
7. Yesterday Tom's dog Trumpie _______ (run) away. He _______ (come) back soon.
8. Tom ________ (play) King Lear in the school drama club.
9. When you were a child, _____ you ______ (play) a musical instrument?
10. Who _____ (be) your favourite actor back in 2002?
B. Simple Past Passive
Example:
That house was built in 1995.
1. My tires ___________ (change) last October.
2. My car __________ (repair) last month.
3. Borussia Dortmund ____________ (beat) by Bavaria Munich last year.
4. A goal _________ (score) by the best player.
5. The mouse ___________ (catch) by the big tomcat.
6. Many decisions ________ (make) by President Obama.
7. A book ________ (write) by James in 2002.
8. The match _______ (win) by the better team yesterday.
C. If-clauses Type II
If you ________ (travel) to Rome you would like it. Yet you can't afford it.
If they ________ (move) to London they would be happy. They can't. Got jobs here at Brussels.
If mankind ever ________ (discover) another habitable planet some people would settle there.
D. If-clauses II with the passive
Examples:
If other habitable planets were discovered people would settle there.
If the pool was cleaned we could swim in it.
If the car _________ (wash) it would look great.
If that present _______ (give) to little Timmy he would be very confused.
If the letter ______ (send) today it would arrive tomorrow. However, I haven't finished it yet.
If the cat ______ (feed) too much it would get fat. I would never feed it too much.
If the book ________ (read) by all the students the English teacher would be pleased. However, they're way too lazy.
1. something that happened at a specific point in the past
2. something that used to happen regularly or on schedule in the past
3. signal words: last week, last year, in 1992, then, back then, in the past, x years ago
Last year Mr Porter spent his holiday in an English village. He went to the pub every day and played darts with the local people.
Simple Past Passive
The book was written. Das Buch wurde geschrieben.
The children were taught. Die Kinder wurden unterrichtet.
I was beaten by the outsider. Ich wurde vom Außenseiter geschlagen.
to be Form + Past Participle (Third Form)
If-Clause Type Two
If it rained we would stay inside. (The weather is fine, there is no indication of rain!)
If it didn't rain we wouldn't stay inside. (The weather is really bad and there is almost no hope it might cease raining.)
cease: aufhören
Exercises
A. Simple Past Active
1. Formerly (früher) Jim's grandfather _______ (live) in London and he _______ (play) tennis every day.
2. Back in 2015: Whenever Silvia and Alice _____ (meet) they ______ (argue) about something and they _____ (fight). Silvia usually ______ (win). Nowadays they usually agree with each other.
3. Tom ______ (work) for a large car factory back in 2017.
4. The Smiths ________ (use) to live in London in 2013.
5. Tom ______ (take) photos of old cars and ________ (publish) them on his website. That _____ (be) his favourite hobby back in 2013. Nowadays he has other leisure activities.
6. Back in the Sixties Star Trek _______ (not be) a very popular TV show. It _________ (become) popular when being rerun by local stations.
7. Yesterday Tom's dog Trumpie _______ (run) away. He _______ (come) back soon.
8. Tom ________ (play) King Lear in the school drama club.
9. When you were a child, _____ you ______ (play) a musical instrument?
10. Who _____ (be) your favourite actor back in 2002?
B. Simple Past Passive
Example:
That house was built in 1995.
1. My tires ___________ (change) last October.
2. My car __________ (repair) last month.
3. Borussia Dortmund ____________ (beat) by Bavaria Munich last year.
4. A goal _________ (score) by the best player.
5. The mouse ___________ (catch) by the big tomcat.
6. Many decisions ________ (make) by President Obama.
7. A book ________ (write) by James in 2002.
8. The match _______ (win) by the better team yesterday.
C. If-clauses Type II
If you ________ (travel) to Rome you would like it. Yet you can't afford it.
If they ________ (move) to London they would be happy. They can't. Got jobs here at Brussels.
If mankind ever ________ (discover) another habitable planet some people would settle there.
D. If-clauses II with the passive
Examples:
If other habitable planets were discovered people would settle there.
If the pool was cleaned we could swim in it.
If the car _________ (wash) it would look great.
If that present _______ (give) to little Timmy he would be very confused.
If the letter ______ (send) today it would arrive tomorrow. However, I haven't finished it yet.
If the cat ______ (feed) too much it would get fat. I would never feed it too much.
If the book ________ (read) by all the students the English teacher would be pleased. However, they're way too lazy.
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