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PAST SIMPLE

1. The children ___________ (play) football for


two hours yesterday afternoon.
2. Mr. Ramirez ___________ (buy) a bigger car
last month because he _________ (have) twins. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the
3. Anthony and Deborah ___________ (go) to the
verbs in brackets to complete the sentences
library to find some information for their
homework.
4. We __________ (not have) any eggs and sugar,
so I couldn’t make the cake. 20. Some of the students in our class ___________
5. Emma and Ruth __________ (find) a wallet on (join) the chess club this week.
the street and __________ (take) it to the police 21. Billy ___________ (run) in the living room and
station. ___________ (break) the vase two days ago.
6. The teacher ___________ (be) angry with Sean 22. Megan ___________ (not feel) well yesterday
because he __________ (not do) his homework. morning, so she __________ (not go) to school.
7. Mrs. Garcia ___________ (eat) beef steak and 23. The fishermen ___________ (catch) a big tuna
___________ (drink) coke at the restaurant last and ___________ (take) it to the fish market in
Wednesday afternoon. Canterbury.
8. Last summer my sister and I __________ (swim) 24. The Browns___________ (sit) on their sofa and
in the lake and ___________ (feed) the ducks. ___________ (watch) a comedy film last night.
9. My uncle ___________ (pick) all the apples on 25. The teacher ___________ (ask) a very difficult
his trees and he ___________ (sell) them at the question to her students this morning.
market. 26. The police ___________ (arrest) him because he
10. I ___________ (not know) his home address, so ___________ (steal) a valuable ring from the
I ___________ (phone) and ___________ (ask) jewellery shop.
his wife. 27. I ___________ (not try) the yellow dress on me
11. Did your grandmother ___________ (move) to because ___________ (not like) it at all.
a small village near London last March? 28. Did your grandpa ___________ (finish) painting
12. Who ___________ (discover) America in 1492? all the fences?
13. Abigail __________ (brush) her teeth before she 29. Who ___________ (tell) you about the rock
___________ (read) a novel by Agatha Christie concert next Saturday?
and ___________ (sleep). 30. Theresa __________ (dive) deep into the water
14. The detective ___________ (question) the thief, and ___________ (see) a huge caretta caretta
but he ___________ (not talk) to the owner of turtle yesterday morning.
the house last night. 31. We ___________ (stay) at a five-star hotel last
15. There ___________ (not be) a lot of cars in the June, but we ___________ (not like) the room.
rush hour yesterday evening, so I ___________ 32. How did the kids ___________ (go) to school?
(come) home early. 33. Alice ___________ (wash) all the dishes and
16. The weather ___________ (be) rainy yesterday __________ (clean) the bathroom, but Madison
morning, so Mrs. Sanchez ___________ (drive) ___________ (not do) anything.
to work instead of walking. 34. My aunt and I ___________ (go) to the new
17. My father ___________ (build) a tree house for shopping mall and ___________ (spend) all our
me and my sister, Gloria last spring. money on clothing.
18. They ___________ (not buy) the laptop from 35. She ___________ (wear) a beautiful dress and a
the mall as they __________ (not have) enough necklace to the party last night.
money for it. 36. Messi ___________ (fall) on the ground and
19. Mr. Davis ___________ (leave) home earlier ___________ (hurt) his leg in the last match.
this morning because there ___________ (be) a 37. Mr. Thompson and his wife __________ (plant)
serious problem at the factory. an olive tree and ___________ (water) it.

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ANSWER KEY
1. played
2. bought / had
3. went
4. didn’t have
5. found / took
6. was / didn’t do
7. ate / drank
8. swam / fed
9. picked / sold
10. didn’t know / phoned / asked
11. move
12. discovered
13. brushed / read / slept
14. questioned / didn’t talk
15. weren’t / came
16. was /drove
17. built
18. didn’t buy / didn’t have
19. left / was
20. joined
21. ran / broke
22. didn’t feel / didn’t go
23. caught / took
24. sat / watched
25. asked
26. arrested / stole
27. didn’t try / didn’t like
28. finish
29. told
30. dived / saw
31. stayed / didn’t like
32. go
33. washed / cleaned / didn’t do
34. went / spent
35. wore
36. fell / hurt
37. planted / watered

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