The Simple Past Tense

The show started ________ (start) at 8:00p.m

My family ________ (live) in Taipei until 1998.

Linda ___________ (move) to Buenos Aires when she _________ (leave) home.

• moves; leaves

• moving; leaving

• moved; left

Teodoro ________ (try) to call his parents last night.

That’s a great book! I _______ (read) it in 2009.

Max and Ramona _______ (meet) in 1996.

Wow! I ______ (learn) a lot from that class.

Me too. I _______ (take) a lot of notes.

I _______ (hear) a lot of noise from the hallway, though.

I think the professor _______ (want) to close the door, but it was too hot in the room.