Past Simple

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Complete the text with the past simple of the verbs below.

not meet invite buy not see answer have post not win watch

Last year my friends and I (1) ….................… a magazine. It (2) ….................… a competition about the cinema in it. We (3) ….................… the questions and I (4) ….................… our letter to the film company in London. The first prize was tickets to the Oscar ceremony. We (5) ….................… the tickets, but the film company (6) ….................… us to their offices in London as second prize. We (7) ….................… our favourite stars, but we enjoyed our visit. We (8) ….................… the Oscar ceremony on TV but we (9) ….................… anyone from the company.

Complete the dialogue with the past simple of the verbs in brackets or with short answers.

J: Hi, Adam. You (1) …............................… (not be) at the computer club yesterday. (2) …............................… (you / go) straight home from school?
A: No, I (3) …............................… . I (4) …............................… (go) to the library. I (5) …............................… (want) some information for a competition about the World Cup.
J: What are the questions?
A: Who (6) …............................… (be) the winners in 1998?
J: That’s easy – France.
A: I know, but I need information for the other questions. – Where
(7) …............................… (be) the first tournament? Where (8) …............................… (the teams / come) from? And when (9) …............................… (Jules Rimet / become) president of FIFA?
J: Sorry, I don’t know. (10) …............................(you / look) for the information on the Internet yesterday?
A: Yes, I (11) …............................… , but I couldn’t find all the answers.
J: Why don’t we try the FIFA website now?
A: OK, thanks.

Complete the e-mail with the past simple of the verbs below.

not speak have eat not want see go do win not score be

Hi Manolo
Thank you for the birthday card. I (1) ….................… a great time on my birthday. I (2) ….................… a party at home, so my friends and I (3) ….................… rollerblading in the morning. We (4) ….................… in a pizza restaurant and we (5) ….................… a film at the cinema in the afternoon.
What (6) ….................… you …… last weekend? (7) ….................… your team …… their football match? My team won but I (8) ….................… a goal. Alison (the pretty girl from school) (9) ….................… at the match, but she (10) ….................… to me!

Bye for now Gary