III. The past simple tense.
Exercise 1: Rewrite each sentence as a positive, negative, or question:
1. Mary (go) ______ shopping for me yesterday.
2. The policeman (drive) ________ a way ten minutes ago.
3. The biscuit factory (close) __________ last year.
4. The headmaster (come) ______ to the school in 1985.
5. You (spend)_________ a lot of money last month.
6. I last (go) _____ to Spain in 1990.
7. The boy (finish) _____ their homework yesterday.
8. Rolf (buy) ________ the leather jacket last week.
9. I (have) ________ a little trouble with my car last week.
10. She wash ____ her clothes last night.
Exercise 2: Put the verb in the past simple tense:
1. They (begin) ___________ to study at this school 7 years ago.
2.She (lose) ____ her handbag on the train yesterday morning.
3. We (visit) ______ that city last year.
4. Peter and Daisy (be) ____ born in 1978.
5. ___ you (spend) ______ your holiday in Dalat last summer.
6. She (clean) ___ the bicycle yesterday.
7. They (start) ___ school in 1978.
8. My friend and I (go) _______ to the seaside last week.
9. We (spend) ____ hours on the beach last Sunday.
10. He (be) __ in Ha Noi last year.