Past Simple Questions Worksheet

This is a downloadable ESL worksheet to practise questions in past simple.

Keith Taylor
Updated 4 December, 2024

Worksheet to practise past simple questions

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Aim To practise the past simple tense.
Activity Students complete sentences and questions.
Organisation Individual / pair work
Preparation Make enough copies of the worksheet for the number of students in your class.
What do I do?
  1. Hand out the worksheet.
  2. Students complete the sentences and corresponding questions by choosing verbs from the list and putting them in the correct form.

BUY, GET UP, TRAVEL, START, EAT, GO (x2), LEAVE

1. _________________________?
He _______________ an apple.

2. _________________________?
We _______________ to the cinema.

3. _________________________?
They _______________ by train.

4. _________________________?
I _______________ school in 1990.

5. _________________________?
I _______________ at 8:00 this morning.

6. _________________________?
The movie _______________ at 10:00.

7. _________________________?
He _______________ a new car last week.

8. _________________________?
She _______________ to see a friend.

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