 Complete the sentences. Use the verbs in the past simple.

1. I cleaned my teeth three times yesterday.

 clean
 cleaned
 cleaning
 cleans
2. It was hot in the room, so I opened the window.
 opened
 opens
 opening
 open
3. The concert started at 7.30 and finished at 10 o’clock.
 start … finished
 started … finishes
 starts … finish
4. When I was a child, I wanted to be a doctor.
 wants
 wanted
 want
 wanting
5. The accident happened last Sunday afternoon.
 happen
 happens
 happening
 happened
6. It’s a nice day today but yesterday it rained all day.
 rain
 raining
 rained
 rains
7. We enjoyed our holiday last year. We stayed at a very nice place.
 enjoy … stayed
 enjoyed … stay
 enjoyed … staying
8. Ann’s grandfather died when he was 90 years old.
 die … was
 died … is
 dyed … were

 Choose the past simple form of these verbs below.

1. get — got
 get
 got
 gotten
2. see — saw
 saw
 see
 seed

3. play — played
 play
 plaied
 played
4. pay — paid
 pay
 payed
 paid
5. visit — visited
 visited
 visit
 visiting
6. buy — bought
 buyed
 bought
 buied
7. go — went
 gone
 went
 go
8. think — thought
 think
 thinked
 thought
9. copy — copied
 copied
 copyed
 copped
10. know — knew
 knowed
 knew
 known
11. put — put
 put
 putted
 puted
12. speak — spoke
 spoke
 spoken
 speak
 Choose the correct verbs in the past simple form.
1. Last Tuesday Lisa flew from London to Madrid.
 flyed
 flew
 flown
2. She got up at 6 o’clock in the morning.
 get
 got
 getten
3. At 6.30 Lisa left home and drove to the airport.
 leaved … drove
 left … drived
 leave … driven

4. When Lisa arrived, she parked the car.

 arrived … park
 arrove … parked
 arrived … parken
5. She went through passport control.
 go
 gone
 went
6. Lisa waited for the flight.
 wait
 waiten
 waited
7. The plane departed on time.
 depart
 is departing
 departed
8. The plane arrived in Madrid two hours later.
 arrive
 arrived
 arrove
9. Finally Lisa took a taxi from the airport to the hotel.
 taked
 took
 taken
 Choose the correct verbs in the past simple form.
1. Yesterday Jim went to work by car.
 go
 went
 gone
2. Rachel lost her keys last week.
 losed
 lost
 losten
3. Kate met her friends yesterday evening.
 meeted
 met
 meet
4. Yesterday I bought two newspaper.
 bought
 buy
 buyed
5. Last Sunday we went to the cinema.
 go
 went
 gone

6. Yesterday I ate an orange.

 ate
 eaten
 eated

7. This morning Tom had a shower.

 has
 had
 haven
8. Our friends came to see us last Friday.
 came
 come
 comed