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1. 1.

   Write the simple past tense forms of these words.

   1. walk                        walked    
   2. choose               _____________
   3. behave               _____________
   4. write                   _____________
   5. send                   _____________
   6. point                   _____________
   7. visit                    _____________
   8. understand        _____________
   9. forget                 _____________
   10. arrive                 _____________
   11. marry                 _____________
   12. drink                   _____________
2. 2.

   Complete these sentences with the past tense forms of the verbs in brackets.

   1. My father and I     talked     (talk) to the visitor.
   2. We ___________ (see) a beautiful rainbow in the sky yesterday evening.
   3. My brother ____________ (choose) to study science in school.
   4. They ____________ (hurry) down the mountain before it ____________ (become) dark.
   5. Reshma _____________ (hide) behind the bushes.
   6. The baby _____________ (cry) for milk.
   7. She _____________ (write) a poem for her teacher.
   8. Tanuj _____________ (work) very hard last year.
3. 3.

   Look at these pictures and complete the sentences using the simple past tense.

   

   1. Varun (do) did his homework.
   2. Mother (have) _________________.
   3. Smita (watch) _________________.
   4. Ariya (clean) __________________.
   5. Amit (play) ___________________.
   6. Shilpa (draw) _________________.
   7. Uncle (come) _________________.
   8. Bina (speak) _________________.
4. 4.

   Choose the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete these sentences.

   1. When I phoned my friends, they    were playing    (were playing/played) a game of monopoly.
   2. Yesterday at 6 p.m, I _______________ (prepare/was preparing) dinner.
   3. The man fell from his horse while it ______________ (was galloping/galloped).
   4. I ______________ (was playing/played) the violin when Suman came home.
   5. While my dad _______________ (work/was working) in the hotel room. I swam in the pool.
   6. We ______________ (practise/were practising) for the play yesterday evening.
5. 5.

   Use the past continuous tense to complete these sentences on your own.

   1. Seema hurt her leg while she was climbing down from the tree.
   2. The doorbell rang while I __________________________________.
   3. While I cleaned the room, my brother ________________________.
   4. Neena fell asleep while she ________________________________.
   5. The television was on, but nobody ___________________________.
   6. The lights went out when __________________________________.
6. 6.

   Rewrite these sentences with the simple past or the past continuous forms of the verbs given in brackets.

   1. As I (go) out, a voice (shout) "Stop!"
      As I was going out, a voice shouted "Stop!"
   2. I (find) my belt while I (look) for my lost sock.
   3. She (read) the newspaper when her friend (arrive).
   4. The patient (lie) on the bed when the doctor (come).
   5. The pen (slip) as I (sign) my name.
   6. When they (be) younger, Ben and Sam always (fight) with each other.
   7. As he (poke) about in the bush, a bird (fly) out.
   8. While he (sew) on the button, the thread (snap).