Recognising the simple past

Choose the past simple sentence.

• I walk to work every day.

• I walked to work this morning.

• I am walking to work.

• will walk to work today.

Choose the past simple sentence.

• I started piano lessons last week.

• I start piano lessons this week.

• I am starting piano lessons next week.

• I will start piano lesson in a week.

Choose the past simple sentence.

• Byron telephones the bank every day.

• Byron telephoned the bank today.

• Byron is telephoning the bank right now.

• Byron will telephone the bank today.

Choose the past simple sentence.

• We will visit our parents tomorrow.

• We are visiting our parents next week.

• We visited our parents two weeks ago.

• We visit our parents two times a year.

Choose the past simple sentence.

• Judy is taking pictures of the students.

• Judy took pictures of the students.

• Judy takes pictures of the students.

• Judy will take pictures of the students.

Choose the past simple sentence.

• Jordan opens a can of soup for lunch.

• Jordan is opening a can of soup for lunch.

• Jordan will open a can of soup for lunch.

• Jordan opened a can of soup for lunch.

Choose the correct past simple sentence for the following present simple sentences.

My father bakes a cake every weekend.

• My father baked a cake last weekend.

• My father is baking a cake this weekend.

Heather works at a private school.

• Heather is working at a private school.

• Heather worked at a private school.

When do the students meet?

• When did the students meet?

• When were the students meeting?

Elinor reports news.

• Elinor reported news last night.

• Elinor reports news every night.