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Simple PastSet 85

1The storm hit the city last night and ..... great damage to many buildings and properties.

2My friends ..... to Panama two years ago.

3She ..... her keys in her bag yesterday.

4Choose the correct answer.They ..... to Europe last summer.

5Last week at the carnival, she ..... on the merry-go-round. (sit)

6Choose the correct tense of "break" to fit the sentence. Sally ..... her pencil while doing her homework yesterday.

7Nam ..... to Hanoi with his friends last year.

8Ann ..... her homework and ..... to visit her friend yesterday.

9Youtube ..... on Ferburary 14th, 2005 in San Mateo, California by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim. The three founders knew each other from working together at another Internet start up, PayPal. The very first Youtube video ..... on April 23rd, 2005 at by the site's co-founder, Jawed Karim, with username.

10She ..... a birthday cake yesterday.

11Which verb is correct?My uncle ..... to visit my family.

12The test was easier than I .....

13Circle the correct answer. I ..... abroad when I was a child.

14Which word completes the sentence: "I can't believe you actually ..... that the team would win!"?

15I ..... classical music at first, but it is beginning to grow on me.

16My students ..... Chinese for two years.

17Choose the correct option: My best friend's parents ..... in Morocco.

18The subway had already left when John .....

19Yesterday, I ..... uncle John

20The poor economy ..... the failure of thecompany last year.

21Esther: This cake tastes so good. Did you make it by yourself?Ruth: .....

22We ..... in Chicago last weekend.

23Jimmy and Linda were walking home when they ..... a loud noise.

24Last week, we ..... a school trip to Bandung.

25Choose the best possible answer A, B, C or D for the sentence: Lenny ..... his old house two months ago.

26We use past simple to talk about finished actions in past.

27Johnson ..... a bad fall this morning so he has to stay at home for a week.

28The bike ..... to go down the hill.

29Mike's dad ..... him to the sports centre for his swimming class.

30He ..... his job a couple of years ago. (quit)

31I did! The river ..... quite clean back then.

32Benjamin ..... (eat) lunch an hour ago.

33The door bell (ring) while she was having a shower.

34The pupils ..... the classroom with colourful ribbons and balloons yesterday.

35He ..... to the store an hour ago.

36Yesterday I ..... my keys in the supermarket

37She ..... her homework carefully.

38My mother ..... Scotland.

39They ..... jogging the day before yesterday.

40They ..... a temporary solution while working on a long-term plan.

41Arsen's father ..... (to come) to see us the day before yesterday.

42The performance ..... at 7 o'clock and ..... for 3 hours. We all ..... it very much.

43PAST SIMPLE:WAIT

44My brother ..... a rabbit an hour ago

45Which tense fits: Yesterday, Luca ..... the race.

46Put the verb in brackets into the simple past tense:Tom (go) ..... to the post office twice yesterday.

47"When was the last time you ..... at this restaurant?""A year ago."

48I don't know why they ..... that one. It seems bad.

49Actions repeated a specific number of times

50A novel ..... by me last year, and it was well-received by critics.

51They ..... me about it last week.

52Choose the best option to complete each sentence. My family ..... to the seafood restaurants last night.

53What is the verb and its other simple tenses? That man spoke at my graduation ceremony.

54She ..... very well yesterday

55Which tense is this?Tim took a hot shower yesterday.

56Two days ago, we ..... our grandparents.

57I ..... not feeling well last weekend.

58We ..... (visit) our relatives last Friday

59Yesterday, they ..... high levels of carbon dioxide.

60Fill the sentence with the correct verb form:They ..... as fast as they could, but they missed the bus.

61It ..... like cats and dogs this morning.