Irregular Verbs in the Past Simple Tense (gap-fill)

1. Complete the gaps with an irregular verb in the past simple tense. Choose from:
be, break, buy, come, drive, eat, feel, find, get, give, go, have, hear, hold,

know, let, lose, make, put, read, ring, run, say, sleep, take, think, tell, write

Note: you will need to use some verbs more than once:
Dear Oséias
I’m writing to tell you about something that happened yesterday. I___got___ up at
the usual time – about 10 am –__took__ a shower and__made___ breakfast. I
_ate____ a big bowl of cereal and some toast and watched TV for a while. Then I
__went____ into the kitchen where I ___heard___ a funny noise. I ___thought___it
__came__ from behind the cooker. I _got_ my tool box and moved the cooker
out of the way.
The noise__was__ louder but I couldn’t see anything. I__rang__ my uncle to
ask his advice. He__had___ that he__went_ it could be a
gas leak. When I
__heard_ this I just panicked! I __thought__ the phone
down, __came_
outside,__got_ in my car and___was_ to the local police
station. I
_rang_ them about my gas leak but the constable
_said__ his patience with
me. He__thought__ that I should have phoned the gas
company. He___heard_ his
report, then__put__ the gas company for me.

Then I remembered that my house doesn’t have gas –

only electricity! I__ran_ really stupid and__got_ that the
constable would be angry with me for wasting his time, so I___drove_ out of the police
station while he_told__ still on the phone. I___lost__ home to try to find out what the
noise___said__. On the way I__wrote__ a newspaper and I__ran_ about an escaped
llama that

_was__ out of the city safari park last Wednesday.

When I__bought_ home I__read__ my key in the door, turned it,_got_ inside and
straight away__put_ that funny noise again. I___went__ my breath and opened the
door slowly. Guess what? I___heard held_ the llama hiding in my cupboard!
I_founlet___ him stay and he___slept_ in my garden last night. The snoring

__was__ so loud! This morning I ___took___ him back to the safari park. They
__were____ really pleased to see him again and ___gave__ me a reward of £50!
Hope you are well. Write soon and let me know how you are.

Your friend,
Jason.

2. Fill in all the gaps, with the right form of the verb in brackets.
 wa s we nt
William Shakespeare (be) born in Stratford-on-Avon on April 23, 1564. He (go)
wa s taught
to the local Stratford Grammar School, where he (be) (teach) by Master Walter
Roche. Lessons began at six o'clock in the morning in the summer in order to make the
most of daylight.

was c alle d
His father (be) (call) John Shakespeare a Stratford upon Avon glove-maker.
sent wa s
He (send) William to the local grammar school in 1571, but when William (be)
ha d
only 14 years old his fortunes fell so low that William (have) to leave school. Some
worked
historians say he (work) in his father's shop.

marrie d
At the age of 19 William (to marry) Anne Hathaway the daughter of a rich farmer
we nt live d
near Stratford. Three years later Shakespeare (go) to London. How he (live)
there we do not know.

be c ame
In about 1587 he (become) a member of one of the few theatrical companies
e xiste d be ga n
which (exist) in those days. Around 1590 he (begin) to try his hand at
we re wa s
writing plays. There (be) no female actors in those days, all the female parts
played wrote
(be) (play) by boys. It is thought that he (write) his first major play, Henry
VI., Part One, in 1592.

was
His most famous play, Hamlet, (be) probably first seen in 1601 at the Globe
continue d
Theatre. Shakespeare (continue) to write about 2 plays a year.

re turned live d
He (return) to Stratford in 1612, where he (live) the life of a country
die d
gentleman. He (die) of a fever on his birthday in 1616.

3. Glenna’s Dream Book – USE THE RIGHT FORM OF THE VERB TO COMPLETE THE GAPS
BELOW.

BE MAKE LOOK SMILE WORK FIND HAVE

MOVE WANT TELL GET CREATE DATE BECOME
FOLLOW PARK MARRY PASS RECEIVE SEND CHOOSE

About eight weeks after she _made__ her dream book, Glenna __was__ driving down a
California freeway. Suddenly a gorgeous red and white Cadillac __passed___ her. She
__looked__ at the car because it _was__ a beautiful car. And the driver __looked__ at
her and __smiled_, and she __smiled__ back. He _followed_ her for the next fifteen
miles. He __parked__, she __parked__... and eventually she ___married__ him.

After their first date, Jim ___sent___ Glenna a dozen roses. They __dated__ for two
years, and every Monday morning she _received___ a red rose.
 Then she __found___ out that Jim ___had___ a hobby. His
hobby __had__ collecting diamonds.

They ___wanted__ the traditional wedding Glenna

_chose___, and Jim ___moved_ their honeymoon
destination – it ___tell_ St John’s Island in the Caribbean.
Then they __got___ into their beautiful new home.

Glenna didn’t __said__ Jim about the dream book for

almost a year after they _became__ married.

Eight months after she __created___ her dream book,

Glenna __became__ vice-president of human resources in
the company where she ___worked__ - it ___was_ her
dream job. This sounds like a fairy tale, but it’s a true story.

ACCORDING TO THE TEXT ABOVE: Mark the sentences TRUE or FALSE. Correct
the false ones.

a. __t_ She met her future husband in California.

b. __f_ She met him at work.
c. _f__ He gave her roses every day.
d. _t__ His hobby was collecting diamonds.
e. _f__ They had a traditional wedding.
f. _f__ They went to Hawaii for their honeymoon.
g. _f__ They moved into a new house.
h. _f__ Glenna told Jim about her dream book before they got married.
i. _f__ She left her job.
a. ________________________________________________
b. __ She didn’t meet him at work _________________________
c. ___ He didn’t ’t give her roses every day.____________________
d. ___His hobby didn’t be collecting diamonds.__________________
e. ___ They didn’t have a traditional wedding ________________
f. ___ They didn’t go to Hawaii for their honeymoon.____________
g. ____ They didn’t move into a new house._______________
h. Glenna didn’t talk Jim about her dream book before they got married.
i. ____ She didn’t let her job _________________

Write a short letter to your best friend talking about the last time you went on
holiday.

 When did you go?

 Where did you go?
 Who did you go with?
 How did you travel?
 Where did you stay?
 How long did you stay?
 What did you do there?
 Did you enjoy it?
_Hi friend ___

I went on a trip to Canada for the New Year.

I went with my family and my puppy.

Travel by plane.

I stayed at the house of relatives in Toronto.

I stayed a week.

I was walking through the parks, and I went to many fun games, I enjoyed it
too much

Good luck and happy studies! ;-)

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1. GOT TOOK/HAD MADE ATE/HAD WENT HEARD

THOUGHT CAME GOT WAS RANG SAID

THOUGHT HEARD PUT RAN GOT DROVE

 TOLD LOST SAID WROTE RANG FELT

KNEW RAN WAS WENT WAS BOUGHT

READ GOT PUT WENT HEARD HELD

FOUND LET SLEPT WAS TOOK WERE

GAVE

2. WAS WENT WAS TAUGHT WAS

CALLED SENT WAS HAD WORKED

MARRIED WENT LIVED BECAME EXISTED

BEGAN WERE WERE PLAYED WROTE

WAS CONTINUED RETURNED LIKED DIED

3. MADE WAS PASSED LOOKED

WAS LOOKED SMILED SMILED

FOLLOWED PARKED PARKED MARRIED

SENT DATED RECEIVED FOUND

HAD HAD WANTED CHOSE

MOVED TELL GOT CREATED

BECAME WORKED WAS