Exercise on Past Simple Tense

Put the following verbs in the past simple:

1. It (rain) _____ very hard yesterday.
2. Tom’s father (teach) ______ him how to drive when he was 17.
3. Gandhi (die) _______ more than 40 years ago.
4. She (not / understand) _________ a word of what he said.
5. I (see) ______ a terrible accident yesterday.
6. We (learn) ______ many new words yesterday.
7. She (not / go) _______ to school last week.
8. I went to hospital because I (be) ______ ill.
9. We needed some money, so we (sell) ______ our car.
10. Don (fall) ______ down the stairs and (break) ______ his leg.

Check answers:

1. rained
2. taught
3. died
4. didn’t understand
5. saw
6. learned
7. didn’t go
8. was
9. sold
10. fell, broke