Another Simple Past Exercise
Simple Past 1. Last Sunday Johnny and his team _______ football. Johnny ______ two goals and the team ______ 2:1. (play, score, win) 2. Jill _______ a few pullovers for her friends. (knit) 3. Last night Timmy the dog _______ a lot. A burglar ______ to steal our gold coins, but fortunately he _______ any success! (bark, try, not have) 4. Last week there _____ a basketball tournament in the gym. (be) 5. Yesterday Mr Jones _____ a lot do do. So he ______ all day. (have, work) 6. The Smiths _______ in London in the Eighties. (live) 7. Tommy _______ a book about karate. He _______ the most important moves and the philosophy behind those techniques. (write, explain) 8. Yesterday Jim _____ some flowers in the garden. (plant) 9. Alan ______ to the principal last week. (talk) The band _____ their famous songs at the concert. (play) Paul ______ a nice poem for his girl-friend. (write) Timmy the dog _____ out a bone. (dig) Paul and Alan _______