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(Past Simple Tense)

1. Complete the sentences with the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets. (22p)

Where _____________ Tim Wilkins ____________ (come) from?

Tim Wilkins ________________ (live) in London with his family. He _________________

(not have) any brothers or sisters, so he _______________ (go) to the park alone after school

and he _______________ (ride) his bike. When Tim _______________ (grow) up, his father

________________ (lose) his job, so Tim’s parents ________________ (sell) their flat in

London and they __________________ (buy) a beautiful house in Stonebridge. At first, Tim

___________________ (not like) his new home but Tim’s father ________________ (have)

an idea.

The next day Jim asked his father: “What ____________ you ___________ (do) yesterday

evening? I ____________________ (hear) loud noises coming from the garden.” His father

____________ (say): “I _____________ (build) a tree house for you.”

Tim _________________ (spend) all his time there. He _____________________ (invite)

some of his new friends and they _______________ (play) there together. Unluckily, a

terrible storm ____________________ (destroy) the tree house some years later. But Tim

_________________________ (not want) to forget the good memories, so when he

________________ (finish) university, he ___________________ (become) an architect and

now he builds tree houses all around the world!

2. Write question to the underlined parts of the sentences. 8p

1) __________________________________________________________________________

Frank travelled to Paris with John last year.

2) __________________________________________________________________________

The girls wrote e-mails at home yesterday.

3) __________________________________________________________________________

Anna and Gary swam in a lake two days ago.

4) __________________________________________________________________________

Daniel played computer games yesterday evening.