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Simple Past Exercises For Norwegian Grammar

Nourish language dynamics with innovative grammar tasks

The Simple Past tense in Norwegian language is used to express actions or states that have already happened, and are therefore in the past. If you’ve done something or something has happened during a certain period of time that is now over, you would use this tense. The Simple Past is widely used in both casual and formal contexts, and knowing how to form and use it correctly is an important part of mastering Norwegian grammar.

Exercise 1: Fill in the Blank with the Correct Form of the Verb in Past Tense

1. Vi *spiste* (ate) middag klokken seks.
2. Hun *ble* (became) veldig glad.
3. Jeg *så* (saw) en film i går.
4. Du *drakk* (drank) to kopper kaffe i dag.
5. De *lukket* (closed) døren.
6. Han *vant* (won) fotballkampen.
7. Boken *kostet* (cost) to hundre kroner.
8. Hun *mistet* (lost) lommeboken sin i går.
9. Vi *besøkte* (visited) besteforeldrene våre i sommer.
10. Jeg *lagde* (made) en kake til festen.
11. Du *forsto* (understood) oppgaven.
12. Han *dro* (went) til butikken.
13. De *leste* (read) en bok.
14. Han *sov* (slept) hele dagen.
15. Vi *spilte* (played) tennis i går.

Exercise 2: Fill in the Blank with the Correct Form of the Verb in Past Tense

1. Hun *stekte* (fried) pannekaker til frokost.
2. Han *kjøpte* (bought) en ny bil.
3. Jeg *snakket* (talked) med læreren min.
4. De *gikk* (walked) i parken.
5. Du *skrev* (wrote) et brev.
6. Barnet *gråt* (cried) i tre timer.
7. Jeg *leste* (read) uten briller.
8. De *spiste* (ate) pizza til middag.
9. Han *jobbet* (worked) sent i går.
10. Vi *stemte* (voted) i lokalvalget.
11. Du *sprang* (ran) en kilometer.
12. Jeg *svømte* (swam) i bassenget.
13. Han *syklet* (cycled) til jobb.
14. Vi *lærte* (learned) norsk i ett år.
15. Hun *lekte* (played) i hagen.

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