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Simple Past — Positive Exercises

Simple Past — Positive

We use the simple past for finished actions in the past.

Form: subject + past form of the verb

Example: She worked yesterday.
[Sie arbeitete gestern.]

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1. She ______ yesterday. (finished past action)
a) worked
b) works
[Sie arbeitete gestern.]

2. They ______ TV last night. (finished past action)
a) watch
b) watched
[Sie sahen gestern Abend fern.]

3. He ______ a book yesterday. (finished past action)
a) read
b) reads
[Er las gestern ein Buch.]

4. We ______ dinner at 7. (finished past action)
a) eat
b) ate
[Wir aßen um 7 zu Abend.]

5. I ______ to music last night. (finished past action)
a) listened
b) listen
[Ich hörte gestern Abend Musik.]

6. She ______ on the phone yesterday. (finished past action)
a) talks
b) talked
[Sie telefonierte gestern.]

7. They ______ outside for ten minutes. (finished past action)
a) waited
b) wait
[Sie warteten zehn Minuten draußen.]

8. He ______ the door slowly. (finished past action)
a) opens
b) opened
[Er öffnete langsam die Tür.]

9. We ______ English at school. (finished past action)
a) learned
b) learn
[Wir lernten in der Schule Englisch.]

10. She ______ coffee this morning. (finished past action)
a) drinks
b) drank
[Sie trank heute Morgen Kaffee.]

11. I ______ an email yesterday. (finished past action)
a) wrote
b) write
[Ich schrieb gestern eine E-Mail.]

12. They ______ the bus yesterday morning. (finished past action)
a) take
b) took
[Sie nahmen gestern Morgen den Bus.]

13. He ______ very fast in the race. (finished past action)
a) ran
b) runs
[Er rannte im Rennen sehr schnell.]

14. We ______ a film last weekend. (finished past action)
a) watch
b) watched
[Wir schauten letztes Wochenende einen Film.]

15. She ______ dinner for everyone. (finished past action)
a) cooked
b) cooks
[Sie kochte für alle Abendessen.]

16. I ______ home after work. (finished past action)
a) walk
b) walked
[Ich ging nach der Arbeit nach Hause.]

17. They ______ loudly during the meeting. (finished past action)
a) talked
b) talk
[Sie sprachen während des Meetings laut.]

18. He ______ the computer all day. (finished past action)
a) uses
b) used
[Er benutzte den Computer den ganzen Tag.]

19. We ______ outside in the sun. (finished past action)
a) sat
b) sit
[Wir saßen draußen in der Sonne.]

20. She ______ a message last night. (finished past action)
a) sends
b) sent
[Sie schickte gestern Abend eine Nachricht.]

21. I ______ tea after lunch. (finished past action)
a) drank
b) drink
[Ich trank nach dem Mittagessen Tee.]

22. They ______ the room in the morning. (finished past action)
a) clean
b) cleaned
[Sie reinigten morgens den Raum.]

23. He ______ upstairs quickly. (finished past action)
a) went
b) goes
[Er ging schnell nach oben.]

24. We ______ together on the project. (finished past action)
a) work
b) worked
[Wir arbeiteten gemeinsam an dem Projekt.]

25. She ______ the window because it was cold. (finished past action)
a) closed
b) closes
[Sie schloss das Fenster, weil es kalt war.]

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