Tenses Part Two: The Simple Past (exercise with solution)
positive sentence: -ed form/second form negative sentence: didn't + infinitive question: did... infinitive be: was/were/wasn't/weren't yesterday, in 1998, last year, back then, five years ago,... Yesterday Paul ________ the dog for a walk. (take) Last year the Smiths ___________ to Spain. They ______ a nice holiday there and found many new friends. (travel, have, find) While Paul was feeding the cat yesterday suddenly a mouse ___________ . (appeared) The cat _________ (make) a big jump and _________ (catch) the mouse at once. Yesterday Alan __________ (be) ill. He ________ (not go) to school. Later on he ______ (feel) better and _______ (ask) Paul for the homework via e-mail. Tom ________ (go) to school by bike yesterday. The day before yesterday he ______ (go) by bus. Mr Miller ________ (write) an e-mail to the editor of our local newspaper yesterday. He ______________ (complain) about local politics. Our class _________ (