1-Read and complete the text with the simple past form of the verbs. Then write T (true) or F (false).

Who are the Americans?

The Native American people (1) went (go) to America from Asia 25,000 years ago through what is now Alaska.The Vikings from Scandinavia first (2) sailed (sail) to North America 1,000 years ago. The Spanish (3) discovered (discover) the continent 500 years later, in around 1500. The Spanish (4) called (call) the Native Americans “Red Indians” because they (5) thought (think) they were in India!

Over the next 200 years, new immigrants (6) crossed (cross) the Atlantic from Britain, France, Holland, Germany, and Sweden. The Europeans (7) wanted (want) to live in North America, but millions of Africans arrived in the U.S. as slaves. Slavery (8) ended (end) after the American Civil War in 1864. Today 14% of the population is African-American-that’s 40 million people.

After the Civil War, many people (9) traveled (travel) to the U.S. from Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, and Portugal. In the last hundred years, more new Americans (10) came (come) from Mexico and Central South America. In some places in the U.S. more people speak Spanish than English. On the West Coast there are many Chinese-, Japanese-, Korean-, Vietnamese-, and Thai-Americans. More than 30 million people in the U.S. speak English as a second language.

Vikings walked to South America. false
The Spanish sailed to America in around 1500. true
The Spanish discovered India in 1500. false
Many immigrants traveled to the U.S. from Europe. true
Slavery ended before the American Civil War. false
Many Mexican people went to the U.S. in the 20th century. true
Many Asian immigrants in the U.S. live on the East Coast. false
30 million people in the U.S. speak Spanish. false
2-Complete with ‘d’ or ‘ed’ to make the simple past of these regular verbs.

asked
changed
cooked
danced
discussed
enjoyed
hated
laughted
looked
loved
shouted
smiled
stayed
talked
translated
watched
3-Change ‘y’ to ‘i’ and add -ed to make the simple past of these regular verbs.

carry carried
studied
cried
worried
4-Write the simple past of these irregular verbs.

Infinitive Simple Past

buy bought
do did
say said
see saw
fly flew
get got
give gave
sing sang
sit sit
speak spoke
hear hear
steal stole
hold hold
swim swam
know knew
take took
leave left
teach teached
mean mean
tell told
meet met
think thought
read read
run ran
understand understood
write wrote
5-Write true sentences in the simple past using these words and phrases for

Activities

go shopping go to school talk to my parents listen to music
send an e-mail send a text message buy a cell phone meet my friends
watch TV

• I went shopping last night
• We went to school yesterday
• I talked to my parents yesterday
• I listened to music last monday
• I send an email last year
• I send a text message thursday
• I bought a cell phone three years ago
• I met my friends last month
• I watched TV last night

Times

on the weekend last night last week

on Monday/Tuesday… yesterday

I went shopping on Saturday.
I went to school yesterday.
I watched youtube on the weekend.
I ate rice last night
I sent an email last week.