Progress test “Past Simple”
1. Put the words into the correct order.
1) Anna Pavlova / dancer/ a / was .
2) Leo Tolstoy / astronomer / a was ?
3) wasn’t / an / Leonardo da Vinci / athlete .
4) scientists / Marie and Pierre Curie / were
2. Fill in the gaps with was, were, wasn’t, weren’t
A) Who (1) … the Brontë sisters?
B) They (2) … writers.
A) Was (3) … Maria Montessori a singer?
B) No, she (4) … . She (5) … a teacher.
3. Make up the sentences in the Past Simpe.
1) I / watch TV / yesterday (+, -, ?)
2) My friend / cycle to school / last year. (+, -, ?)
3) My mum / buy / new shoes. (+, -, ?)
4) We / go to the cinema / yesterday (+, -, ?)

1. Anna Pavlova was a dancer
2. Was Leo Tolstoy an astronomer?
3. Leonardo da Vinci wasn’t an athlete
4. Marie and Pierre Curie were scientists

A - were
B- were
A- Was
B- wasn’t, was

1) I watched TV yesterday
I didn’t watch TV yesterday
Did I watch TV yesterday?
2) My friend cycled to school last year
My friend didn’t cycle to school last year
Did my friend cycle to school last year?
3) My mum bought new shoes
My mum didn’t buy new shoes
Did my mum buy new shoes
4) We went to the cinema yesterday
We didn’t go to the cinema yesterday
Did we go to the cinema yesterday?