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Exercise 1 - Simple Past
Write the
simple past
form of the regular verb in parentheses ( ).
1. When she was nineteen, she went to college, where she (
study
)
Anthropology.
2. They (
sail
)
in a lifeboat back to England.
3. Terry (
need
)
a book yesterday.
4. He also (
play
)
the trumpet in a jazz band.
5. Nina (
live
)
in Toronto last summer.
6. He says now that he (
want
)
to marry her very quickly in case he died in the war.
7. My grandfather (
have
)
a very exciting life.
8. His parents (
raise
)
cattle, and he looked after the cows.
9. In the Atlantic, a German torpedo (
rip
)
a hole in the side of the ship, and the ship sank.
10. Jerald (
work
)
in Berlin last week.
11. Mark (
walk
)
to school this morning.
12. Tracy (
wait
)
on the staircase for five hours.
13. Lily (
try
)
to visit Honolulu last week.
14. She (
stay
)
at our house last night.
15. They (
muddy
)
up my truck in Haleakala yesterday.
SCORE
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Rules
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Ex.1
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Ex.2
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Ex.3
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Ex.4
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Ex.5
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Ex.6
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Ex.7
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Rules 2
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Ex.8
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Ex.9
Exercise
1 - Simple Past
