Question

Complete the simple past tense. Use the verbs in brackets. 1. I ____________ my mistake. (admit) 2. We __________ a lot about it. (learn) 3. The wind _________ last night. (blow) 4. We _______in Prague. (meet) 5. When she heard it ______ she . (cry) 6. I ______ the book on the desk. (put) 7. Sue _______a cat with a pencil. (draw) 8. We ______ the postcard yesterday. (send) 9. Finally, we ______the address. (find) 10. I _________down on a chair and relaxed. (sit) 11. He _______ the ball and ran away. (hit) 12. I _______ you in time. (tell) 13. I _______ you were right. (know) 14. He _______ what I wanted. (understand) 15. The teacher _______ her temper. (lose) 16. We _______ to laugh. (begin) 17. They_______ the match on Friday. (play) 18. We ________ the tomatoes in the market. (buy) 19. Jim _______ he was ill. (say) 20. We _______down the tree last week. (cut) 21. The shop________ at 4 o'clock yesterday. (shut) 22. We ________ our dog this morning. (feed) 23. I_________ the early morning train. (take) 24. Sam _______ his leg during the basketball match. (hurt) 25. What would you do if you ______a million? (win) 26. I _______ my husband help me with the dinner, but it was a disaster. (let) 27. The New York Rangers ________ the Islanders 5 : 1. (beat) 28. After five years in London we ________ to a small village in Devon. (move) 29. We _______ our house in 2018. (build) 30. The telephone ________ in the middle of the night. (ring) 31. I _________ the wrong career, but it was too late to make a better choice. (choose) 32. The sun ________ on the beach all afternoon. (shine) 33. We _______ five hundred miles to reach our holiday resort. (drive) 34. Someone ___________ my wallet when I was in the supermarket. (steal) 35. Miss Jones, our English teacher, _______ us for being so rude. (forgive) 36. First we _______by express trains, but later we could afford planes. (travel) 37. I _____ behind a tree, but they could see me. (hide) 38. Two men __________the Commerce Bank in Queen Street. (rob)

Answer 1

1. admitted

2. learnt/learned

3. blew

4. met

5. cried

6. put

7. drew

8. sent

9. found

10. sat

11. hit

12. told

13. knew

14. understood

15. lost

16. began

17. played

18. bought

19. said

20. cut

21. shut

22. fed

23. took

24. hurt

25. won

26. let

27. beat

28. moved

29. built

30. rang

31. chose

32. shone

33. drove

34. stole

35. forgave

36. travelled

37. hid

38. robbed

Answer 2

Here are the sentences with the simple past tense completed:

1. I admitted my mistake.
2. We learned a lot about it.
3. The wind blew last night.
4. We met in Prague.
5. When she heard it, she cried.
6. I put the book on the desk.
7. Sue drew a cat with a pencil.
8. We sent the postcard yesterday.
9. Finally, we found the address.
10. I sat down on a chair and relaxed.
11. He hit the ball and ran away.
12. I told you in time.
13. I knew you were right.
14. He understood what I wanted.
15. The teacher lost her temper.
16. We began to laugh.
17. They played the match on Friday.
18. We bought the tomatoes in the market.
19. Jim said he was ill.
20. We cut down the tree last week.
21. The shop shut at 4 o'clock yesterday.
22. We fed our dog this morning.
23. I took the early morning train.
24. Sam hurt his leg during the basketball match.
25. What would you do if you won a million?
26. I let my husband help me with the dinner, but it was a disaster.
27. The New York Rangers beat the Islanders 5:1.
28. After five years in London, we moved to a small village in Devon.
29. We built our house in 2018.
30. The telephone rang in the middle of the night.
31. I chose the wrong career, but it was too late to make a better choice.
32. The sun shone on the beach all afternoon.
33. We drove five hundred miles to reach our holiday resort.
34. Someone stole my wallet when I was in the supermarket.
35. Miss Jones, our English teacher, forgave us for being so rude.
36. First, we traveled by express trains, but later we could afford planes.
37. I hid behind a tree, but they could see me.
38. Two men robbed the Commerce Bank on Queen Street.