TENSES 4 PAST SIMPLE

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<b>4. PAST SIMPLE</b>

1. I (post) ______________ the letter yesterday.
2. Jane (be) ______________ ill last week.
3. –Where you (be) ______________ last night?
4. We once (own) ______________ a caravan.
5. Elvis Presley (die) ______________ in 1977.

6. –When you (buy) ______________ this car? –About three years ago.

7. Emily Dickinson, one of the most popular American poets, (live) ______________
from 1830 to 1886.

8. He (not call) ______________ me that night.

9. We (see) ______________ Rosa in town a few days ago.

10. The police (stop) ______________ me on my way home last night.
11. She (get) ______________ up when the alarm clock went off.
12. Mozart (write) ______________ more than 600 pieces of music.
13. This house (cost) ______________ $89,000 in 1996.

14. –You (go) ______________ out last night? –Yes, I (go) ______________ to the
movies, but I (not enjoy) ______________ the film much.

15. I (be) ______________ angry because they were late.

16. Tom (usually go out) ______________ in the evening. But yesterday evening, he
(not go out) ______________, he (sleep) ______________ very early.

17. Tom (learn) ______________ how to drive when he (be) ______________ 17.

18. Henán Cortés (discover) ______________ Mexico nearly 500 years ago.

19. Chinese craftsmen (invent) ______________ both paper and printing.
20. It was warm, so I (take off) ______________ my coat.

21. The weather (be) ______________ good when you were on vacation?
22. They (not come) ______________ to the party because they were so busy.
23. –How did you learn to drive? –My father (teach) ______________ me.

24. Sam and I (play) ______________ tennis yesterday. He’s much better than I am,
so he (win) ______________ me.

25. Jessica (spend) ____________ a lot of money yesterday. She (buy) __________
a dress that (cost) ___________ $200.

26. It was a funny situation, but nobody (laugh) ______________.

27. The bed was very uncomfortable. I (not sleep) ______________ very well.

28. Dave (fall down) __________ the stairs this morning and (hurt) ________ his leg.
29. I (often visit) ______________ this place as a child.

30. The party last week (be) ______________ great.

31. I (believe) ______________ in fairies when I (be) ______________ little.

32. She used to think there (be) ______________ fairies at the bottom of her garden.
33. The Romans (have) ______________ a huge empire.

34. When they saw the fire, they (run) ______________ away.

35. We finished our meal and then (wash) ______________ the dishes.

37. A princess once (walk) ____________ into a wood and (sit down) ____________
by the stream.

38. The window was open, and a bird (fly) ______________ into the room.
39. I knew Sarah was very busy, so I (not bother) ______________ her.

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