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Vocabulary
1 Look at the pictures. Write the verbs.

6 c________

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2 Complete the simple past verbs.

1 The elephants p ulled the heavy trees

through the forest.
2 They c_______________ in a tent in the
forest.

2 j________ 3 Two tigers e_______________ yesterday.

We want to know where they are.
4 We c_______________ up the mountain
to 4,000 meters.
5 The ship s_______________ across the
Atlantic Ocean.
6 We found Tom’s wallet. Joe
3 l________ f________ h_______________ us find it.

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3 Complete the sentences with the

verbs in the simple past.

be buy go grow have leave

4 p________
1 Tom was born in this house.
2 Jo and Sam ________ a house in Oxton.
3 Amy ________ high school last year.
4 My grandmother ________ seven
children.
5 We ________ up on a boat.
5 f________
6 My dad ________ to college in 1989.

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4 Write sentences. Add the missing
verbs in the simple past.
1 last summer, / we / a new house
Last summer, we bought a new house.
2 Tim and Amy / married / in September
3 Adam / a job / in a clothes store
4 Simon / high school / in 2015
5 I / born / in 2003
6 Joe / up in Portugal
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Grammar
5 Write sentences. Use the correct
simple past form of the verbs.
1 We / watch / a movie / at the hotel
We watched a movie at the hotel.
2 Andrea / prepare / breakfast /
3 I / climb / that mountain / last summer
4 My family / stay / at a hotel / in the
mountains
5 The rain / stop
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6 You / play / the guitar / very well
7 Susan / like / the food
8 Stella / study / Italian / in Rome
9 I / try / your cell phone number / five times
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6 Complete the story with the correct
simple past form of the verbs.
camp cook love play try visit
walk wash
Summer Camp
Summer camp was great last year. We
1
camped in big tents in the forest, and
2
________ our clothes in the river. We
3
________ soccer every day, 4________
food outside, and I 5________ a lot of new
things. We 6________ a lot of interesting
places, and we 7________ along the river
in the forest. I 8________ it. It was
awesome. I can’t wait for next year.
8 Complete the article with the correct
simple past forms of the missing
verbs.
Eva Dickson 1w as a Swedish explorer.
She 2g________ up in Stockholm, and
3
g________ married in 1925. In 1932, she
4
l________ Sweden and 5w________ to
Kenya. She 6k________ a lot of people
there. Later that year, she 7d________ a
car from Nairobi in Kenya to Stockholm in
Sweden. The journey 8t________ many
months. She 9b________ the first woman
to go across the Sahara Desert by car.
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7 Complete the sentences with the

simple past forms of the verbs.
1 Amanda left (leave) home very early
today.
2 Henry ________ (think) Madrid was in
France.
3 They ________ (take) their cameras on
their vacation.
4 They ________ (find) an old watch in the
park.
5 My team ________ (win) the game.
6 We ________ (buy) a new car last month.
7 We ________ (go) to bed late last night.
8 Adrian ________ (have) a dog when he
was in South Africa.

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