Sally _____ four tennis championships last year. (verb = win)
won
William ______ love letters to Beth for a year before she agreed to go out with him. (verb = write)
wrote
I go to school every day.
simple present tense
I was / when you called. / eating doughnuts
I was eating doughnuts when you called.
Patricia / her husband / cooked dinner / was / while / playing golf.
Patrica cooked dinner while her husband was playing golf.
Phil ______ coffee all afternoon, and now he can’t sleep. (verb = drink)
drank
Callie ______ with ghosts for the last few years of her life. (verb = communicate)
communicated
I will play basketball in college.
simple future tense
the violin / Lauren / for several years. / played
Lauren played the violin for several years.
emails / answering / at 9:00 this morning. / I was
I was answering emails at 9:00 this morning.
Mallory only _____ her last boyfriend for a week. (verb = date)
dated
Cindy and Brad ______ all the time. That’s probably why they broke up. (verb = fight )
fought
My sister played with dolls all the time.
simple past tense
at noon? / Why / you / just arriving to work / were
Why were you just arriving to work at noon?
write emails / you / all morning? / Did
Did you write emails all morning?
Howie _____ in Chicago for a year before he moved to New York. (verb = live)
lived
Who _______ all of my leftover pizza? (verb = eat)
ate
I took my medicine this morning.
simple past tense
she / cry / Did / when you told her?
Did she cry when you told her?
did / What / John / work on / yesterday?
What did John work on yesterday?
Susan ______ for Trident Community College for seven months. (verb = work)
worked
She ______ out every night last week. (verb = go)
went
She smiles too much.
simple present tense
very hard / Alex / worked / last week.
Alex worked very hard last week.
worked on / the car / John / yesterday.
John worked on the car yesterday.