Question

Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple.
1. Miss Marple ………….. (catch) many criminals.
2. The professor and Alex ....... (find) a mysterious message.
3. When I was ten, my family ........... (leave) the countryside.
4. Dr Frankenstein …………………... (meet) Captain Walton on the ice.
5. It ......... (be) Sunday yesterday. I ......... (not/go) to school.
6. When ........ (you/come) back from Italy?
7. Agatha Christie ………………. (write) over thirty novels.
8. Hercule Poirot .............. (be) a Belgian detective.
9. .............. (you/help) your mum with the housework yesterday?
10. They .......... (be) too tired. They ......... (not/want) to play football.
11. How many novels ............ (create) Agatha Christie?
12. Sherlock Holmes wore a cape and …………….(smoke) a pipe.

Answer 1

1. Miss Marple CAUGHT many criminals.

2. The professor and Alex FOUND a mysterious message.

3. When I was ten, my family LEFT the countryside.

4. Dr Frankenstein MET Captain Walton on the ice.

5. It WAS Sunday yesterday. I DIDN'T GO to school.

6. When DID you GO back from Italy?

7. Agatha Christie WROTE over thirty novels.

8. Hercule Poirot WAS a Belgian detective.

9. DID you HELP your mum with the housework yesterday?

10. They WERE too tired. They DIDN'T WANT to play football.

11. How many novels DID Agatha Christie CREATE?

12. Sherlock Holmes wore a cape and SMOKED a pipe.