Use Simple Past of regular and irregular verbs:
ask, build, choose, dig, forgive, lose, play, quit, ring,
spend, steal, talk.
1. The phone … eight times before anybody answered it. 2. “Oh
my gosh! Call the police! Someone … my car.” 3. The architectural
firm that I worked for designed this building. My brother’s construction company … it. It took them two years to complete it.
4. The children … baseball until dark and didn’t want to stop for
dinner. 5. After I gave a large bone to each of my three dogs, they
went to separate corners of the backyard and … holes to bury their
bones. 6. A: Why isn’t Bill here for the meeting? He’s supposed to
give the weekly report. B: I… to him last night on the phone, and he
said he’d be here. 7. After looking at all the chairs in the furniture
store, I finally … the red one. It was a difficult decision. 8. A: How
are you getting along in your relationship with Ann? B: Not bad.
Last night I … her again to marry me, and she said “maybe.” 9. The
players are depressed because they … the game last weekend. Next
time they’ll play better. 10. A: How can you take a three-month vocation? What about your job? B: I won’t be going back to that job
again. I … yesterday. 11. I can’t afford a new car because I … all my
money on new furniture for my apartment. 12. A: Is Maggy still
angry with you? B: No, she … me for what I did, and she’s speaking
to me again
ask, build, choose, dig, forgive, lose, play, quit, ring,
spend, steal, talk.
1. The phone … eight times before anybody answered it. 2. “Oh
my gosh! Call the police! Someone … my car.” 3. The architectural
firm that I worked for designed this building. My brother’s construction company … it. It took them two years to complete it.
4. The children … baseball until dark and didn’t want to stop for
dinner. 5. After I gave a large bone to each of my three dogs, they
went to separate corners of the backyard and … holes to bury their
bones. 6. A: Why isn’t Bill here for the meeting? He’s supposed to
give the weekly report. B: I… to him last night on the phone, and he
said he’d be here. 7. After looking at all the chairs in the furniture
store, I finally … the red one. It was a difficult decision. 8. A: How
are you getting along in your relationship with Ann? B: Not bad.
Last night I … her again to marry me, and she said “maybe.” 9. The
players are depressed because they … the game last weekend. Next
time they’ll play better. 10. A: How can you take a three-month vocation? What about your job? B: I won’t be going back to that job
again. I … yesterday. 11. I can’t afford a new car because I … all my
money on new furniture for my apartment. 12. A: Is Maggy still
angry with you? B: No, she … me for what I did, and she’s speaking
to me again
Answers & Comments
Verified answer
1. The phone rangeight times before anybody answered it.2. “Oh my gosh! Call the police! Someone stole my car.”
3. The architectural firm that I worked for designed this building. Mybrother’s construction company built it. It took them two years tocomplete it.
4. The children played baseball until dark and didn’t want to stop for dinner.
5. After I gave a large bone to each of my three dogs, they went to separatecorners of the backyard and dug holes to bury their bones.
6. A: Why isn’t Bill here for the meeting? He’s supposed to give the weeklyreport. B: I talked to him last night on the phone, and he said he’d behere.
7. After looking at all the chairs in the furniture store, I finally chose thered one. It was a difficult decision.
8. A: How are you getting along in your relationship with Ann? B: Not bad. Lastnight I asked her again to marry me, and she said “maybe.” 9. The playersare depressed because they lost the game last weekend. Next time they’llplay better.
10. A: How can you take a three-month vocation? What about your job? B: I won’tbe going back to that job again. I quitted yesterday.
11. I can’t afford a new car because I spent all my money on new furniture formy apartment.
12. A: Is Maggy still angry with you? B: No, she forgave me for what I did, andshe’s speaking to me again
Verified answer
1. rang2. stole
3. built
4. played
5. dug
6. talked
7. chose
8. asked
9. lost
10.quitted
11.spent
12. orgave