The Simple Past Tense exercises
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The Simple Past Tense exercises. Complete the following sentences with the verbs in brackets. Remember that some of the verbs belong to regular verbs and the others to irregular verbs.
1. The postman
many letters for you yesterday.
bring
2. You
your documents in the bus the day before yesterday.
lose
3. At the age of ten I
the floors in a clothing-store.
sweep
4. He
very old and tired.
feel
5. At last he
to the end of his story.
come
6. We
a very pleasant evening with the Smiths last week.
spend
7. I
school and
slowly towards the river.
leave / walk
8. I
a very good play last night.
see
9. The farmers
their products to the market.
sell
10. Our team
the race yesterday.
win
11. She
a beautiful bunch of flowers yesterday.
choose
12. My new shoes
less than yours.
cost
13. I
on the edge of my chair.
sit
14. The painter
a beautiful picture.
draw
15. Our old teacher, Mr Hartley,
geometry with passion.
teach
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