Fill in the blanks with an appropriate past tense form.
1Yesterday, the sun ............... brightly.
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Use the past simple "shone" for a completed situation yesterday.
2Yesterday, the boy ............... his hand with a knife.
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Use the past simple "cut" for a finished action yesterday.
3When we arrived, the clock ...............
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Use the past perfect "had already stopped" for an action completed before another past time.
4Last night, the policeman ............... his whistle.
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Use the past simple "blew" for a completed action last night.
5This morning, the sun ............... in the east.
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Use the past simple "rose" with the past time expression "this morning."
6When I came home yesterday, an old beggar ............... at the gate.
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Use the past simple "stood" for a completed past situation.
7A moment ago, he ............... down from his window.
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Use the past simple "looked" for a completed action a moment ago.
8Last night, the cat ............... on the rug.
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Use the past simple "slept" for a completed past situation.
9Between 1950 and 1980, time ............... everything in the village.
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Use the past simple "changed" with the finished time period "between 1950 and 1980".
10When we were children, we ............... three meals a day.
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Use the past simple "ate" for a repeated habit in the past.
11When it was a puppy, the dog ............... to chase the cat.
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Use the past simple "liked" for a past habit or preference.
12At the meeting last night, you ............... too loudly.
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Use the past simple "spoke" for a completed action last night.
13Yesterday afternoon, birds ............... in the air.
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Use the past simple "flew" for a completed past observation.
14Long ago, a tiny bird ............... in the hole.
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Use the past simple "lived" for a past situation that is now finished.
15When I was young, I ............... a funny little man.
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Use the past simple "knew" for a state in a finished past time.
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- Yesterday, the sun shone brightly.
- Yesterday, the boy cut his hand with a knife.
- When we arrived, the clock had already stopped.
- Last night, the policeman blew his whistle.
- This morning, the sun rose in the east.
- When I came home yesterday, an old beggar stood at the gate.
- A moment ago, he looked down from his window.
- Last night, the cat slept on the rug.
- Between 1950 and 1980, time changed everything in the village.
- When we were children, we ate three meals a day.
- When it was a puppy, the dog liked to chase the cat.
- At the meeting last night, you spoke too loudly.
- Yesterday afternoon, birds flew in the air.
- Long ago, a tiny bird lived in the hole.
- When I was young, I knew a funny little man.