Simple Past Forms (A1)

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps with the correct Simple Past Form of the verb in brackets, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints!
This t-shirt 15 pounds yesterday. (cost)
I my finger with a knife last week. (cut)
He the ball with the bat last night. (hit)
That man the cat this morning. (hurt)
I the remote control on the bed yesterday. (put)
He the door at 9 AM. (shut)
We a bottle of wine for her birthday. (bring)
They the house 3 months ago. (build)
I my car last year. (buy)
Sarah a cold last Friday. (catch)
He very happy on Tuesday morning. (feel)
I in love with a girl last February. (fall)
Peter's grandfather a war a long time ago. (fight)
Graham her friends in a park. (find)
We a lot of presents for our wedding. (get)
I a white car a year ago, but now I have a red car. (have)
I a noise in the dark last night. (hear)
She her mouth shut all day yesterday. (keep)
Kathy work early this morning. Her husband the
kids alone. (leave)
She her wallet last summer, then she her head. (lose)
I a cake for my last birthday. (make)
I didn’t that you’re ugly, I you are pretty. (mean)
My parents in a party in 1992. (meet)
He for the dinner with a credit card last Monday. (pay)
Eamon a newspaper last week. (read)
The girl hello to me when she arrived. (say)
David his soul to the devil in 2019. (sell)
He the message to his friends in December. (send)
She on a chair when she walked into the classroom. (sit)
We all night last night. (sleep)
He all his money on stupid things in Vegas in 2019. (spend)
The children up in the classroom. (stand)
Our teacher us Simple Past last week. (teach)
She never me her secrets. (tell)
I thought that she single, but she . (be)
They sitting on a bench in the park this morning. (be)
I I everything, but I didn’t. (think/understand)
We the last match. (win)
My brother from Brazil last August. (come)
They a marathon in Seville 3 years ago. (run)
I the book on Friday evening. (begin)
She my heart when I was young. (break)
Mark a chocolate cake for the party. (choose)
He his homework, but it was all wrong. (do)
What did you yersterday? I nothing.
I a picture of her on the wall. (draw)
Sally too much last night. (drink)
She me home yesterday at 9 PM. (drive)
Yesterday, I a cheesecake. (eat)
I down the stairs yesterday afternoon. (fall)
A bird across the park last night. (fly)
I your birthday last year. (forget)
He me a very nice gift for my anniversary. (give)
Dawn to the beach last weekend. (go)
The dog the bone under the rug last Wednesday. (hide)
I you were trouble when you walked in. (know)
The phone when I was outside. (ring)
I my horse on the beach yesterday evening. (ride)
I a very interesting film on TV not long ago. (see)
He me his new flat last Saturday. (show)
My mom me a song every night when I was little. (sing)
He slowly to the children so they . (speak/understand)
That man my purse on the bus last month. (steal)
We in the lake last spring. (swim)
Someone a book form the library without asking. (take)
I up late last time we met. (wake)
She a raspberry beret she bought in a second hand
store. (wear)
Shakespeare many plays in his life. (write)