Fill in the blanks.
1I ............... the bell twice, but no one opened the door.
Wrong!
Use the past simple form "rang" for a finished action in the past.
2Have you ............... your drinks?
Wrong!
After "have", use the past participle "brought".
3You haven't ............... the milk.
Wrong!
After "haven't", use the past participle "drunk".
4She ............... the clothes dry.
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Use the past simple form "wrung" for this finished past action.
5You haven't ............... your homework.
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After "haven't", use the past participle "done".
6They ............... a deep well in their yard.
Wrong!
Use the past simple form "dug" for this finished past action.
7I ............... that you were not coming.
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Use the past simple form "thought" before the past-tense clause.
8She ............... the whole day in bed.
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Use the past simple form "spent" for a finished period of time in the past.
9That laptop ............... me 600 dollars.
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The past simple form of this verb is also "cost".
10We ............... across the field.
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Use the past simple form "strode" for this finished movement in the past.
11He ............... in the name of God.
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Use the past simple form "swore" for this finished past action.
12He ............... to his promise.
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Use the past simple form "stuck" in the expression "stuck to his promise".
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- I rang the bell twice, but no one opened the door.
- Have you brought your drinks?
- You haven’t drunk the milk.
- She wrung the clothes dry.
- You haven’t done your homework.
- They dug a deep well in their yard.
- I thought that you were not coming.
- She spent the whole day in bed.
- That laptop cost me 600 dollars.
- We strode across the field.
- He swore in the name of God.
- He stuck to his promise.