Past Simple
Quiz
Complete the gaps with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
My niece Kate sometimes ...... (visit) Germany during the summer holidays.
Some of our partners ...... (travel) to Florence at the weekends.
During the winter of 1999, the board of directors ...... (pass) a lot of important regulations.
Terry always ...... (arrive) late at work during the autumn.
In January, most of our staff ...... (book) their holiday.
When I was a little boy, I ...... (play) with toy fire fighters and fire engines.
Whenever she called in, the husband always ...... (answer) the phone immediately.
Pete often ...... (take) his girlfriend out for romantic walks and dinners when he courted her.
The young man ...... (smile) whenever he had a look at Lilly's face.
The lumberjacks ...... (cut) down the trees when they were told to do so.
The car ...... (break) down whenever the manager needed it most.
The engine ...... (stop) working whenever the petrol dropped to 5 points or less.
Our chemistry teacher often ...... (get) very angry when we forgot our homework.
Whenever people shouted at me, I never ...... (listen).
The burglars ...... (break) in whenever the owners were away on holiday.