Past

He hurt his leg when he _____ (play) football.

She ________ (arrive) on time so she couldn't take the plane.

I _______ (get) a job until I __________ (leave) university.

It took a long time but after I _______ (save) enough money, I ________ (buy) a car.

We use simple past to

• talk when the action is unfinished in the past.

• talk when the action is finished and the time is past.

• show that one action happened before another in the past.

The player____(get) a yellow card because he _____ (take off) his shirt

It was Sunday afternoon. I______ (watch) a cookery program on TV when I_____(realise) how hungry I was. But of course I was hungry; I_____ (eat) anything since lunch, and I (run) a race in the morning. “Biscuits!” I _____ (think). My mother_____ (give) me a jar of delicious home-made biscuits.

Soccer and baseball are played in a ______

Running and horse racing____

I've started going to the gym because I want to______