Past Simple Fill in the blanks

1. I … (eat) dinner at six o’clock yesterday. 2. A: … (to drive) Helen to work? B: Yes, she …. 3. My neighbor … (to buy) a new car last week. 4. They … (to go) to Italy on their last summer holiday. 5. A: … they (to swim) at the beach? B: No, they …. 6. My family and I … (to see) a comedy movie last night. 7. First, we … (to do) exercise, and then we … (to drink) some water. 8. Suddenly, the animal jumped and (bite)___________ my hand. 9. What time … (to get up) you in the morning? 10. The Wright brothers … (to fly) the first airplane in 1903. 11. I think I … (to hear) a strange sound outside the door one minute ago. 12. When I was ten years old, I … (to break) my arm. It really … (to hurt). 13. The police … (to catch) all three of the bank robbers last week. 14. How many times … (to read) you that book? 15. Unfortunately, I … (to forget) to … (bring) my money.

Irregular Verbs Past Simple

1. She … (to bring) some chocolates to the party. 2. I … (to hear) a new song on the radio. 3. I … (to read) three books last week. 4. They … (to speak) French to the waitress. 5. He … (to understand) during the class, but now he doesn't understand. 6. I … (to forget) to buy some milk. 7. She … (to have) a baby in June. 8. You … (to lose) your keys last week. 9. They … (to swim) 500m. 10. I … (to give) my mother a CD for Christmas. 11. At the age of 23, she … (to become) a doctor. 12. I … (to know) the answer yesterday. 13. He … (to tell) me that he lived in Toronto. 14. We … (to lend) John £200. 15. She … (to drink) too much coffee yesterday. 16. The children … (to sleep) in the car. 17. He … (to keep) his promise. 18. I … (to choose) the steak for dinner. 19. The film … (to begin) late. 20. We … (to fly) to Sydney. 21. They … (to drive) to Beijing. 22. He … (to teach) English at the University. 23. I … (to send) you an e-mail earlier. 24. We … (to leave) the house at 7 a.m. 25. He … (to feel) terrible after eating the prawns.

My Flight to London Complete the paragraph by circling the correct words

Last month was my first time to fly by myself. I was a little nervous, but it was exciting! First, I (1) … a taxi to the international airport terminal. Then, I checked-in at the check-in counter and (2) … to the departure lounge at Gate 64. I (3) …, so I (4) … have to wait a long time to go through immigration and security. I waited in the departure lounge (5) … about 25 minutes and then I showed my passport and boarding pass before I boarded the plane. (6) … I boarded the plane, I walked along the aisle and found my seat, and then I sat down and fastened (7) … seat belt. I was lucky because my seat was a window seat, (8) … I could look outside as the plane took off. After (9) … hours, the flight attendants served (10) … dinner, and then I talked to the passenger sitting (11) … to me. His name was Leonardo, and I was surprised to find out that he was also traveling to London to study English for the summer. Finally, I watched an action movie, and then our plane landed soon after that. It was a great experience, and I (12) … a lot of friends during my six weeks in England. I’ll e-mail you again after I fly back to Italy next Saturday. See you soon!

1. A) took; B) taked; C) was take; D) was took

2. A) was walk; B) walk; C) walked; D) was walked

3. A) early; B) will be early; C) am early; D) was early

4. A) no; B) was not; C) not; D) didn’t

5. A) for; B) at; C) in; D) to

6. A) Before; B) After; C) Finally; D) First

7. A) mine; B) me; C) my; D) your

8. A) but; B) so; C) however; D) for example

9. A) a little; B) few; C) little; D) a few

10. A) your; B) we; C) us; D) ours

11. A) next; B) behind; C) in front; D) above

12. A) make; B) made; C) makes; D) was made

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