PAST TENSE SIMPLE

WORKSHEET

DATE: NAME:

Fill in with the missing words and the correct forms of the Past Simple:

It (be)________ a cold and ____________ night. Soon it

(start)___________ raining ___________and___________. Tom

(sleep)____________in his _________________. His

________________(not be)____________at home; they (go

)_________ out to a ______________party. His

__________(watch)______ television in the living room.

Suddenly he (wake)___________up by a lighting and he

(hear)__________ his bedroom ________________open. He

(get)_______________very scared and he (start)_____________ .

His grandmother (go)___________ to his bedroom to see what

(happen)_______________ and she (find)____________ him under his

trembling.

She (get)____________him out of there and ______________to

comfort him but Tom ___________________and

(ask)_________________for his parents. Poor woman didn’t know what to do. She

___________________them but there (be) ______________ no answer.

They (be)._____________ were both desperate for different reasons.

Ten minutes later they _________the front door opening. His parents

(be)_________________ back. They (promise)_______________they would never

leave him at home when the weather was__________ .