Exercise 1

Complete these sentences. Use the verbs below.
clean – die – enjoy – end – happen – live – open – play – rain – repair – start – stay – want – watch

1. Yesterday evening I (watched) TV.
2. I only (cleaned) my teeth four times last week.
3. Bruce (repaired) his mountain bike yesterday evening.
4. The concert last night (started) at 7.30 and (ended) at 10 o’clock.
5. The accident (happened) last Sunday afternoon.
6. When I was a child, I (wanted) to be a lawyer.
7. Mozart (lived) from 1756 to 1791.
8. We (enjoyed) our holiday last week.
9. Today the weather is nice, but yesterday it (rained).
10. It was hot in the room, so I (opened) the window.
11. The weather was good yesterday afternoon, so we (played) tennis.
12. William Shakespeare (died) in 1616.

Exercise 2

Put the sentences from the present into the past simple.
1. He always goes to work by car. Yesterday he went  to work by bus.
2. They always get up early. This morning they got up late.
3. Bill often loses his key. He lost one last Saturday.
4. I write a letter to Jane every week. Last week I wrote two letters.
5. She meets her friends every evening. She met them yesterday evening, too.
6. I usually read two newspapers every day. I only read a newspaper yesterday.
7. They come to my house every Friday. Last Friday they came , too.
8. We usually go to the cinema on Sunday. We went to the cinema last Sunday, too.
9. Tom always has a shower in the morning. Tom had a shower this morning, too.
10. They buy a new car every year. Last year they bought a new car, too.
11. I eat an orange every day. Yesterday I  ate two oranges.
12. We usually do our shopping on Monday. We did our shopping last Monday, too.
13. Ann often takes photos. Last weekend she took some photos.
14. We leave at 8.30 every morning. But yesterday we left at 8.00.