The Past Simple Exercise at Auto-English

Use the verbs in the box to fill the gaps.

decide live remember

eat love visit

like X2 rain want

1 Pepe Hernandez _____________ in Cuenca from 1992 to 1995.

2 Mari Sarmiento _____________ to learn how to fly.
3 It _____________ all day yesterday.
4 Migueln _____________ to buy a new stereo.
5 Sofia didn't _____________ anything for breakfast.
6 Angela and Ramn _____________ each other very much.
7 Simon didn't _____________ Benidorm because there were too many students.
8 Did you _____________ to turn everything off?
9 When Eleonora and Paola went to Granada, they _____________ the Alhambra Palace.
10 Fiona _____________ everything about Wales except the weather.

Irregular Verb Exercises Part 1 at Auto-English

Use the verbs in the boxes to fill the gaps. Use your dictionary to check meanings.

1 Group One 3 Group Three

have make send

cost hit put shut lend pay spend

cut let quit spread 1 The bank ____________ me the money to buy a new
car.
1 The ticket ____________ a lot more than I originally 2 We ____________ twelve faxes yesterday.
expected to pay. 3 We ____________ the weekend in Cuenca.
2 Blast! I've ____________ my finger. 4 His car is ____________ in France.
3 When I told him I thought he was an idiot, he 5 They ____________ me in cash.
____________ me.
6 We ____________ sardines for lunch.
4 My Dad ____________ me borrow his car last
weekend.
5 Where did you ____________ today's paper? I can't
find it.
6 She wasn't sacked. She ____________ her job.
7 When it started to rain, we ____________ all the
windows.
8 The virus has ____________ from Asia to Europe.
2 Group Two 4 Group Four

bring catch teach

feel leave read
 buy fight think keep meet sleep

1 Yesterday I ____________ the bus at exactly ten thirty. 1 I ____________ terrible about the news.
2 Elizabeth ____________ about it a lot before she made 2 They ____________ ringing me all day.
her final decision. 3 My boss ____________ the office very early yesterday.
3 They ____________ me back a lovely little wooden 4 I ____________ my cousin Natalia in the supermarket
statue from Kenya as a souvenir. yesterday.
4 My last English teacher was terrible. He ____________ 5 I only ____________ for two hours last night.
me nothing.
6 I ____________ three books this summer.
5 I ____________ three new pens last week and now I
can't find any.
6 Valencia FC ____________ hard to win the match.