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Past Simple Tense

English as a Second Language (ESL)

By the time she arrived, they ________ their dinner.

A) finish
B) finished
C) had finished
D) finishes

When I ________ to the station, the train had already left.

A) arrive
B) arrived
C) arrives
D) arriving

He ________ to the meeting because he forgot to set the alarm.

A) doesn't go
B) didn't go
C) hadn't gone
D) not went

They ________ a lot of money on their vacation last summer.

A) spend
B) spent
C) spending
D) spends

We ________ about the changes during the meeting yesterday.

A) discusses
B) discussing
C) discussed
D) had discussed

I ________ her for over an hour before she finally answered the phone.

A) wait
B) waited
C) had waited
D) waiting

My brother ________ a book when I entered his room yesterday.

A) read
B) reads
C) was reading
D) had read

She ________ in the same city her whole life before she moved abroad.

A) live
B) lived
C) had lived
D) living

The teacher ________ the students before the exam started last week.

A) warn
B) warns
C) warned
D) had warned

They ________ the project on time, but it was still successful.

A) didn't complete
B) hadn't completed
C) completed
D) complete

We ________ our tickets two days before the concert.

A) buy
B) buys
C) bought
D) had bought

She ________ her keys and had to ask for help to find them.

A) lost
B) had lost
C) losing
D) lose

They ________ to the concert last night despite the bad weather.

A) goes
B) went
C) gone
D) were going

I ________ the book you gave me last weekend.

A) finish
B) finishes
C) finished
D) had finished

He ________ to the office every day last month before he took a vacation.

A) went
B) goes
C) going
D) had gone

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