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The Simple Past Tense

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

2.

My family (a)   (live) in Taipei until 1998.

3.

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

a)

moves; leaves

b)

moving; leaving

c)

moved; left

4.

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

5.

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

6.

Max and Ramona (a)   (meet) in 1996.

7.

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

8.

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

9.

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

10.

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

11.

Yes. Oh, by the way, I (a)   (finish) my archaeology assignment.

12.

That’s great! (a)   (be) you at the library last night?

13.

No, I (a)   (stop) going there to work. I don’t like the library.

14.

Me neither. I (a)   (study) in my room last night.

15.

He (a)   (sell) advertisements for a local magazine.

16.

The company (a)   (make) many different products.

17.

She (a)   (buy) all her holiday gifts online last year.

18.

We (a)   (find) the cereal in the middle section of the store.

19.

The advertiser (a)   (aim) its campaign at teenagers last year.

20.

The store display (a)   (attract) more customers than expected.