Complete the following sentences using the simple past tense form of the verb.
1I ............... him yesterday.
Wrong!
Use the simple past with a finished time expression, so the correct answer is "saw".
2I ............... his letter yesterday.
Wrong!
Use the simple past with "yesterday", so the correct answer is "received".
3She ............... school last year.
Wrong!
Use the simple past with "last year", so the correct answer is "left".
4Last night I ............... sleep well.
Wrong!
Use "didn't" plus the base verb "sleep" for a negative sentence in the simple past.
5He ............... asleep while he was driving.
Wrong!
Use the simple past for the completed event, so the correct answer is "fell".
6I ............... a new bicycle last week.
Wrong!
Use the simple past with "last week", so the correct answer is "bought".
7We ............... our breakfast half an hour ago.
Wrong!
Use the simple past with "half an hour ago", so the correct answer is "finished".
8When I was in the US, I ............... Chicago, Boston, and California.
Wrong!
Use the simple past for completed visits during a past trip, so the correct answer is "visited".
9I ............... an old classmate of mine at the library.
Wrong!
Use the simple past for a completed past event, so the correct answer is "saw".
10She ............... that she would not go.
Wrong!
Use the simple past to report what she said, so the correct answer is "said".
Answers
- I saw him yesterday.
- I received his letter yesterday.
- She left school last year.
- Last night I didn’t sleep well.
- He fell asleep while he was driving.
- I bought a new bicycle last week.
- We finished our breakfast half an hour ago.
- When I was in the US, I visited Chicago, Boston, and California.
- I saw an old classmate of mine at the library.
- She said that she would not go.
