Exercises A2 : learn Work and jobs in English (answers)

These exercises will help you practise the simple past tense using vocabulary related to work and jobs. Complete each activity to build confidence in professional English situations.

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Exercice 1 — Simple Past: Fill in the Blanks

Complete each sentence with the correct simple past form of the verb in brackets.

1. She ___ (work) as a nurse at the local hospital last year.
2. He ___ (apply) for a new job in the IT department last Monday.
3. They ___ (have) a meeting with their manager yesterday morning.
4. I ___ (send) my CV to three different companies last week.

Correction

1. She worked as a nurse at the local hospital last year.
2. He applied for a new job in the IT department last Monday.
3. They had a meeting with their manager yesterday morning.
4. I sent my CV to three different companies last week.

Exercice 2 — Simple Past: Sentence Transformation

Rewrite each sentence in the simple past tense. Make all necessary changes.

1. The receptionist answers all the phone calls every morning. (yesterday)
2. My colleague works overtime at the office every Friday. (last Friday)
3. The manager gives a presentation to the whole team every month. (last month)
4. She takes notes during the staff meetings every Tuesday. (last Tuesday)

Correction

1. The receptionist answered all the phone calls yesterday morning.
2. My colleague worked overtime at the office last Friday.
3. The manager gave a presentation to the whole team last month.
4. She took notes during the staff meetings last Tuesday.

Exercice 3 — Simple Past: Error Correction

Each sentence contains one mistake in the simple past tense. Find the error and rewrite the sentence correctly.

1. The engineer goed to a training session at the company headquarters last Tuesday.
2. She didn't worked as an accountant before she joined this firm.
3. Did he accepted the job offer from the new employer last week?
4. The sales team maked an important deal with a foreign client yesterday.

Correction

1. The engineer went to a training session at the company headquarters last Tuesday.
2. She didn't work as an accountant before she joined this firm.
3. Did he accept the job offer from the new employer last week?
4. The sales team made an important deal with a foreign client yesterday.