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Practice · B1 Intermediate

7 ways into
Past Simple (B1).

Fill blanks, build sentences, sort words, hunt mistakes — submit and get detailed feedback on every answer.

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7 exercises

  1. Fill in the blankUp next

    Exercise 1 of 7 · 15 blanks

    Unexpected Situations

    Choose the option that best completes each past narrative. Some items have more than one blank, so follow the sequence carefully.

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  2. Fill in the blank

    Exercise 2 · 12 blanks

    Small Mistakes, Big Problems

    Choose the option that best completes each story about a small mistake and its result.

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  3. Build the sentence

    Exercise 3 · 10 sentences

    Build Completed Narratives and Backgrounds

    Tap the words in the correct order to build each narrative sentence. One word does not belong.

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  4. Build the sentence

    Exercise 4 · 10 sentences

    Build Finished Contexts, Results, and Questions

    Tap the words in the correct order to build each sentence or question. One word does not belong.

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  5. Find the mistake

    Exercise 5 · 12 corrections

    Past-Time Choices - Find and Fix

    One word in each sentence is wrong. Tap it, then choose the correction.

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  6. Sort into columns

    Exercise 6 · 4 sets

    Sort Events, Backgrounds and Past Results

    Tap each tile, then tap its column. Sort all the tiles using the context in each prompt.

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  7. Sort into columns

    Exercise 7 · 4 sets

    Sort Past Habits and Question Meanings

    Tap a tile, then tap the matching column. Read each situation before sorting all the tiles.

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About this practice

Put Past Simple (B1) into practice with 7 interactive fill-in-the-blank, sentence-building, word-sorting, and error-correction exercises at B1 (Intermediate) level. Submit each exercise to get detailed feedback, see the correct answer in context, and build confidence in real sentences. Retry any exercise as many times as you like. Want the rules first? Back to the lesson.

  • Fill-in-the-blank questions with multiple-choice answers
  • Sentence-building questions: tap the words into the correct order
  • Word-sorting questions: tap each word into the column it belongs in
  • Error-correction questions: spot the wrong word, then choose the fix
  • Feedback after submission