EXERCISES - SIMPLE PAST

Conjugate the verbs in parentheses in simple past:

1.	I my own company last year.	(start)
2.	They a new house recently.	(buy)
3.	We a wonderful time at your party last night.	(have)
4.	He me his old computer.	(sell)
5.	They us to go backstage.	(permit)
6.	Mozart six when he wrote his first musical composition.	(be)
7.	Columbus across the Atlantic in 1492.	(sail)
8.	The baby all night.	(cry)
9.	We the hockey game on T.V.	(watch)
10.	You the only person who visited me in the hospital.	(be)

Change the following affirmative sentences to the interrogative and negative:

Affirmative	Interrogative	Negative
You learned to drive in high school.	Did you learn to drive in high school?	You didn't learn to drive in high school.
He taught here last year.
Beethoven was the first romantic composer.
They stopped buying the newspaper.
He quit smoking.
You left your house early.
We slept well last night.
They were late.
He spoke about his inventions at the presentation.
The students made progress in their English pronunciation.
He escaped from prison.
He was sick yesterday.
We had a party last night.