The Best Past Simple Exercises

Hello English learners and teachers! This is a collection of the best exercises on the topic of the past simple that I have encountered around the web in my years of teaching English. My students complete these exercises regularly as homework based on their level; their grammar improves and they thrive!

If you find any mistakes, have additional exercises to recommend, or if you would like any text added to the “Notes” column, let me know!

Playfully,

Your English Coach

Exercise	Website name	Length	Type of exercise	Difficulty	Link	Notes
Past to-be
Past to be -- positive	ego4u	10	Was/were dropdown	1	https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simple-past/exercises?03
Past to be -- negative	englisch-hilfen	10	Was not/were not dropdown	1	https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/was_not_were_not.htm
Past to be -- yes/no questions	NEED EXERCISE
Past to be -- W/H questions	perfect-english-grammar	20	Form question out of parts	2	https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-exercise-2.html
Past to be -- W/H questions	docs	8	Ask the correct W/H question	3	https://docs.google.com/document/d/1asSSIG92V4t2Qvy5SV3FIEKTNyVOAU9LQt4MV2KGJYI/edit
Past to be -- mixed sentence types	perfect-english-grammar	20	Form question out of parts	2	https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-exercise-7.html	.

A few notes about the table structure:

Length — Indicates the number of questions in the exercise.

Difficulty — Indicates the relative difficulty of the exercises among those mentioned here

Notes — Any errors or sub-topics are indicated here.