Past Simple — The Night Spotify Almost Died
Grammar: Past simple
Free ESL grammar exercise on past simple themed around the night spotify almost died. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 3 (intermediate) ESL grammar exercise on technology, practising past simple. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
When Ek tried to get music labels on board, most of them refused. They did not trust a young man with a laptop and a big idea. One meeting in London ended badly — a senior executive stood up, said "no", and walked out. Ek did not give up.
Grammar: Past Simple
- Positive form
- Subject + past verb. Regular verbs add -ed. Ek started Spotify in 2006. He flew to London. Irregular verbs change form.
- Negative form
- Subject + did not + base form. The labels did not agree at first. Never use past verb after did not.
Sample items
- Ek ______ (be) only 23 years old when he started Spotify.
- People ______ (download) music illegally before Spotify existed.
- The music industry ______ (lose) a lot of money every year.
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