EXERCISES - Simple Past Tense

Exercise I Put theverbs in brackets in Simple Past

It ________ (be) Saturday evening and Howard ________ (be) late for Sylvia’s costume party. He ________ (put) on his astronaut costume and ________ (want) to leave because he ________ (can) find the invitation with the address to Silvia’s new house. He ________ (remember) the name of the road but not the number. He ________ (not know) what else to do so he _______ (leave). It _______ (be not) easy to drive his car in an astronaut costume, but he _______ (find) Sylvia’s road quite easily. He _______ (drive) down the road and _______ (park) his car. When he _______ (get) out of his car, he _______ (see) a house with lots of candles in the yard. He _______ (can) also hear music. So, he _______ (walk) across the road and _______ (go) around to the back. There _______ (be) many guests there. Howard _______ (run) into the garden and _______ (call) out: “Super astronaut is here!” Everyone _______ (stop) talking and _______ (look) at him. He _______ (feel) really awful. It _______ (be) the wrong party! “Can I help you?” a man _______ (ask). Howard _______ (not can) think of anything to say, so he just _______ (run) back to his car. Finally, he _______ (find) Sylvia’s house and his friends _______ (can) stop laughing when he _______ (tell) them the story.

Exercise II Put theverbs in brackets in Simple Past

Once upon a time there ___________ (be) a king and a queen who ___________ (live) in a golden castle with their beautiful daughter. One night an ugly ogre ___________ (capture) the beautiful princes and ___________ (lock) her up in his tall, dark tower. The king and the queen ___________ (be) very sad. They ___________ (promise) to give a bag of gold to the knight that (rescue) the princess. All the knights in the land ___________ (want) to rescue the princess. They ___________ (ride) to the tower as fast as they ___________ (can). The ufly ogre ___________ (roar) with anger when he ___________ (see) the knights. His roar was so scary that they rode away as fast as they could.One day a friendly dragon was flying over the ogre's tower when he ___________ (hear) the princess cry for help. The dragon ___________ (fly) down to the tower, ___________ (take) a big fiery breath and ___________ (blow) the ogre far away over the mountains and into the ocean. The dragon ___________ (rescue) the princess from the tower and gently ___________ (put) her on this strong back. They ___________ (fly) high in the sky.

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