Here is a text about J. K. Rowling. Complete the story using the simple past.

But first fill

in the simple past of these irregular verbs.

be = ____________ drink = ____________ get = ____________ go = _________

have = ________ leave = ___________ say = _____________ see =____________
send = __________ sit = ___________ sleep = _________ take = ____________
write = _____________

Joanne K. Rowling is the author of the Harry Potter books. She __1_____ (be) born
in 1965 in a small town near Bristol, England. Joanne ____2____ (live) with her parents
and her sister in a little house there. The Rowling family ____3__ ( be) not rich. She
______4___ (be) a quiet child. And she _____5____ (love) to read and write stories.
Joanne _____6__ (go) to Exeter University, and she ___7___ (finish) in 1987. She
____8____ (work) in different offices. In her free time, she___9__ (write) stories.
In 1990, Joanne’s mother ____10____ (die). Joanne ___11_____ (be) sad, and she
______12____ (want) to leave England. She ____13_____(see) a job in the newspaper for
an English teacher. The job _____14_____ (be) in Portugal. She ___15____ (have) an
interview, and she ____16___ (get) the job. In Portugal, Joanne ___17____ (marry) a
Portuguese man. The next year, Joanne ___18_____ (have) a daughter, but she____19___
(not be) happy in her marriage. She ______20_______ (leave) Portugal with her daughter
and _____21____ (go) to live to Edinburgh, Scotland, near her sister.
Life ____22____ (be) difficult for Joanne. She _____23____ (look after) her
daughter. She ___24_____ (be) alone, and nobody ___25____ (help) her.
She _______26___ (have) no money and no job. She ____27_____ (live) in a
small flat with no heating. Joanne and her daughter ____28____ (be) very cold in the flat
so she _____29____ (like) to go to a warm coffee shop to write. She __30___ (sit) there
for many hours. She ___31___ (drink) coffee and____32____(write). Her daughter
___33___ (sleep) in the buggy beside her.
After five years, Joanne __34___(finish) the first Harry Potter book. She __35____
(send) it to many publishers. They all ___36___(say) that they ___37___ (not like) it.
Finally, a publisher __38_____(take) it, but he __39___ (say), “This is a children’s book.
You won’t make a lot of money.”