SIMPLE PAST – TODAY – TOMORROW exercises

EX 1 Please write and then answer these questions : Ecrivez les questions, puis répondez-y

What did you do today ? Did you meet any friends ? Did you chat online  with your friends ? Did you set the table ? Did you do anything ? Did you help your parents ?

What are you going to do tomorrow ? Are you going to watch TV ?

Answers to the questions :

Today, I stayed at home /I went to (destination) / I went +Verb-ing (activity)
met ( friends)/ I didn’t meet any friends.

I chatted online with (friends)/ I didn’t chat online with anyone.

set the table/ I didn’t set the table.

I watched TV / I relaxed/ I read…./ I didn’t do anything.
I helped my parents / I didn’t help my parents.

Tomorrow, I‘m going to +BV (do my homework/read/help my parents/play video games). I‘m going to watch TV/ I‘m not going to watch T.V.

EX 2 :

ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS IN THE SIMPLE PAST :

1 Did you sing a song yesterday ?

2 Did you spend any time playing video games ?

3 Did you take a shower or a bath yesterday ?

4 Did you sweep the kitchen during the week-end ?

5 Did you speak to any friends ?

6 Did you write in your English book ?

7 Did you sit at your desk or at the kitchen table ?

8 Did you read a book or a magazine ?

9 Did you put on regular clothes or did you stay in your pyjamas ?

10 Did you run ?

correction :

  • 1 Did you sing a song yesterday ? I sang/ I didn’t sing 2 Did you spend any time playing video games ? I spent some time Verb-ing/ I didn’t spend any time Verb-ing3 Did you take a shower or a bath yesterday ? I took…     4 Did you sweep the kitchen during the week-end ?I swept/ I didn’t sweep5 Did you speak to any friends ? I spoke to…/ I didn’t speak to…     6 Did you write in your English book ? I wrote in my book/ I didn’t write in my book7 Did you sit at your desk or at the kitchen table ? I sat at…   8 Did you read a book or a magazine ? I read…/ I didn’t read9 Did you put on regular clothes or did you stay in your pyjamas ? I put on…sports wear/casual clothes/ I stayed in my pyjamas.   10 Did you run ? I ran ../ I didn’t run.EX3  USE THE IRREGULAR VERBS (from PAY to WRITE)1 Yesterday, I __________ from 10:30 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. this morning.2 Did you _________ your best friend a secret ?3 Did you ____________ your bicycle last week-end ?4 Did you say hello to your parents/mother/father this morning ?5 I (Mrs Chauveau)didn’t ____________ a normal class today.6 I (Mrs Chauveau) just _____________ English through the internet.7 I (Mrs Chauveau) _______________ a video to my students.8 I (Mrs Chauveau)_______________ it was a good video.HELP : thought/teach/taught/ride/slept/sleep/showed/tell . Il y a un intrus. Attention aux formes négatives, affirmatives  et interrogatives. Elles ne se forment pas de la même façon au simple past.

    correction :1 Yesterday, I slept from 10:30 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. this morning. 2 Did you tell your best friend a secret ?

    3 Did you ride your bicycle last week-end ? 4 Did you say hello to your parents/mother/father this morning ?

    5 I (Mrs Chauveau)didn’t teach a normal class today. 6 I (Mrs Chauveau) just taught English through the internet.

    7 I (Mrs Chauveau) showed a video to my students. 8 I (Mrs Chauveau)thought it was a good video.

    L’ intrus est sleep.

    EX 4 TRANSFORM THESE SENTENCES INTO THE NEGATIVE FORM (IN THE SIMPLE PAST) :

  • 1 I put on my pyjamas this morning to work2 I read the correction of my exercises3 I stood up for breakfast4 I spent two hours on video games this morning5 I took a shower at  6 o’clock this morning6 I understood the lesson7 I wrote a mathematics exercise in my English book8 I wept in front of TV
  • Correction 1 I didn’t put on my pyjamas this morning to work     2 I didn’t read the correction of my exercises3 I didn’t stand up for breakfast    4 I didn’t spend two hours on video games this morning5 I didn’t take  a shower at  6 o’clock this morning     6 I didn’t understand the lesson7 I didn’t write a mathematics exercise in my English book     8 I didn’t weep in front of TVEX 5 ASK QUESTIONS (use where/what/who..)Posez des questions pour obtenir des précisions sur ces éléments vagues.1 My friend told me something2 We saw someone3 They slept somewhere4 They sang something

    Correction 

    1 My friend told me something. What did your friend tell you ?        2 We saw someone. Who did you see ?

    3 They slept somewhere. Where did they sleep ?        4 They sang something. What did they sing ?

    EX6 ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

    1 Did you sing a song yesterday ?

    2 Did you spend any time playing video games *during lockdown ? = pendant le confinement

    3 Did you watch videos or a movie yesterday ?

    4 Did you help your parents during lockdown ?

    5 Did you speak to any friends ?

    6 Did you write in your English book ?

    7 Did you sit at your desk or at the kitchen table for your homework ?

    8 Did you read a book or  magazines ?

    9 Did you put on regular clothes or did you stay in your pyjamas or in your *tracksuit? = survêtement

    10 Did you *exercise ?  = faire des exercices physiques

    11 Are you Ok ? Is your family fine ?

    12 What are you going to do when lockdown is finished ?

    EX 7  ADD THE RIGHT WORDS FOR A CORRECT QUESTION. Ajoutez les mots nécessaires à formuler une question  correcte au passé.

    a- _______ you ___________ your grandparents recently ?

    b- _______ the weather fine yesterday ?

    c- _______ it rain ?

    d- _______ it windy ?

    e- ________ you _________ a shower or a bath yesterday ?

    f- ________ you _________ games ?

    g- ________ you __________ a postcard to your English teacher ?

    h__________ there any difficulties in your exercise ?

    HELP : see/meet/did/were/was/have/write/play

    Correction 

    1 ADD THE RIGHT WORDS FOR A CORRECT QUESTION.

    a- did you see/meet your grandparents recently ?     b- was the weather fine yesterday ?

    c- did it rain ?    d- was it windy ?

    e- did you have a shower or a bath yesterday ?   f- did you play games ?

    g- did  you write a postcard to your English teacher ?   h- were there any difficulties in your exercise ? (le sujet est au pluriel, donc, c’est were there)

    EX 8 Complete the sentences (in the right tense) : complétez les phrases au temps qui convient, le verbe est à la fin, il faut choisir.

    Remember last summer when we_________ to France? go/went

    I__________in the hills, you just ___________ to dance. wake/walked/want/wanted

    The year before that we both_______ to Brazil fly/flew
    And I _______ shops but you _____ you _______ ill.visit/visited/say/said/are/was/were

    We _________ through Italy three years ago I _______ the museums but you___n’t____.travel/travelled/like/liked/went/did not go
    We ________ in a lovely hotel close to Rome But you _____n’t _____ it and so we went home.stay/stayed/did not like/liked.

    Correction  Complete the sentences (in the right tense) :

    Remember last summer when we WENT  to France ?  I WALKED in the hills, you just WANTED to dance.

    The year before that we both FLEW to Brazil. And I VISITED shops but you SAID you WERE ill.

    We TRAVELLED through Italy three years ago I LIKED the museums but you DIDn’t GO.

    We STAYED in a lovely hotel close to Rome But you DIDn’t LIKE it and so we went home.

    Now listen to the video « Remember last summer »

BIOGRAPHIES 1

1 Write  biographies :

a- Ella Fitzgerald, 1917-1996, American jazz singer. Sang with Louis Armstrong, beautiful voice.

Practise here

b- Jean-Michel Basquiat 1960-1988, New York. painter, part of the hip hop movement.

Check here

 

  a painting by Basquiat

Key to exercises : solutions des exercices : Write  biographies :

a- Ella Fitzgerald, 1917-1996, American jazz singer. Sang with Louis Armstrong, beautiful voice.

Her name is Ella Fitzgerald. She was born in 1917 in the USA, which means she was American. She was a singer. She sang with Louis Armstrong and she was famous for having a beautiful voice.

b- Jean-Michel Basquiat 1960-1988, New York. painter, part of the hip hop movement.

His name is jean-Michel Basquiat. He was born in 1960 and he died in 1988. He was American. He was a painter and he is famous for being part of the hip hop movement.