Past Simple
Quiz
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of the past simple. Observe the use of the given time expressions.
The owner of the guest house ...... (work) in this rural area from 1999 to 2004.
My cousin David ...... (study) chemistry at university from 2005 to 2010.
The children ...... (spend) over five years at secondary school.
The shoe maker ...... (repair) well over 20,000 pairs of shoes over the years. However, he's retired now.
David's mother ...... (live) in the small village for well over thirty years. She lives in the capital now.
My best friend ...... (learn) English from 2005 to 2011.
When I was still at university, I ...... (spend) over three years studying Spanish.
During my stay in Warsaw, I ...... (visit) many Polish sights.
The boys ...... (play) a lot of hockey while they were living in Brisbane.
While she was in Canada, Berta ...... (make) a lot of money.
The TV presenter ...... (perform) in a quiz show while he was in France.
The dentist ...... (be) at a concert while he was in Madrid.
My students ...... (go) to a dance school during the summer.
Those men only ...... (work) for us during the high season.
Many of my friends ...... (get) a job in the summer to earn some extra money.