Past simple regular verbs
Last year, we ___________ (travel) to New Mexico. It was very hot.
1. travelling
2. travel
3. travelled
3.walked
3. travelled
When I left my house yesterday morning, I __________ the door
1. slam
2. slamming
3. slammed
3. slammed
When he got the clothes out of the dryer, he ______ them.
1. irons
2. ironed
3. ironing
3. ironed
They ________ in the garden yesterday.
WERE
I did not hear you come in! Did you ring the bell?
Yes, I ______ (ring) the bell.
1. rang
2. ring
3. rings
1. Rang
Your sweater looks very small! Did it shrink?
Yes, I put it in the dryer and it _______ completely!
1. shrinks
2. shrank
Shrank
The man in the shop _______ (push) the boxes out of my way so I could get to the cashier.
1. pushes
2. pushed
3. push
2. pushed
Did she do all her homework last weekend?
Yes she __________ (finish) all of it
1. finishes
2. finished
3. finish
2. finished
Today I am happy, but yesterday I ______ ( am) sad.
1. am
2. are
3. was
3. was
I _____ at the airport last week.
was
Did you find your wallet?
Yes, I ______ (find) it in the trash.
1. finded
2. found
3. finds
2. Found
Will you speak to your brother today?
No I _______ (speak) to him yesterday.
1. speaks
2. spoke
2. spoke
Did you ______ (buy) some clothes yesterday? Yes we did. We ______ (enjoy) it a lot!
1. buy, enjoyed
2. buys, enjoys
3. buying, enjoying
1. buy, enjoyed
Did your family watch the news on television last night? No, we ______ (watch) baseball on our favorite sports channel.
watched
These days there are houses here, but a hundred years ago there _____ lots of trees
1. was
2. were
2. were
_____ you at the park yesterday?
Yes, I _____.
Were
Was
Twenty fire fighters _______ (fight) the fire and finally they__________ (bring) it under control.
1. Fighted, bringed
2. fight, brings
3. fought, brought
3. fought, brought
Did Wendy give you a lift to school this morning?
No, I ______ (ride) my bike to school.
1. am riding
2. rode
2. rode
Have you filled out your application?
Yes, I _______(apply) for health insurance under the ACA.
Applied
Why are you holding your head in your hands? Are you hurt? Yes, I _______ (knock) my head against the countertop yesterday.
knocked
Yesterday, Mum ________ her friends for tea, so she ________ my school books out of the family room.
1. invites, moves
2. invited, moved
3. invite, move
2. invited, moved
______ Paul and Mary at school yesterday?
No, they _____.
Were
weren't
The van ______ (come) out of a side street really fast and ______(speed) down the road towards the hospital.
1. comed, speeded
2. came, sped
2. Came, sped
Can you lend me ten dollars please? No, I _______(lend) you ten dollars last week and you still haven't _____(pay) me back.
1. lends, pays
2. lent, paid
2. lent, paid
When did you leave the party?
I left as soon as it _______(start) raining. It ______(be) raining cats and dogs.
started, was
Yesterday her dog _________ (push) her into the swimming pool by mistake, so she ________( arrive) very late for her Zoom meeting.
pushed, arrived
Did you ____ (drop) the bottle of cough medicine in the bathroom? No, the cat _______ (bump) into it and it fell on the floor and broke.
drop, bumped
My sistser _______ at work because she _____ ill.
WASN'T
WAS
Did you win the soccer game? No, we _____ (lose). Last time we ______ (play) them we ________ (win) by four goals.
lost, played, won
I _____(write) a letter to a friend, and then I _____
(go) for a long walk.
wrote, went