Verbs in the Past Ttense

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• Yesterday I ____ five bags of candies. Someone might call me greedy.

2

• The boys from the neighbourhood _____ our window while they were playing with a ball.

3

• I _____ my finger yesterday. That´s why I´m wearing a plaster now.

4

• Last time you _____ a picture of a horse. And now you want to make a sculpture of a horse.

5

• As a senior clerk I _____ ₤2,200 a month. Now I get only ₤1,300 a month.

6

• The bird saw the cat and _____ away.

7

• I don´t understand why you _____ up at 9:30. Now you won´t be able to catch the bus.

8

• I _____ this song twice. The first time was when my grandma sang it to me.

9

• I _____ two pictures between chapter four and five.

10

• My grandpa _____ the army when he was nineteen.

11

• Someone _____ the door five minutes ago. But when I went and answered it, I couldn´t see anybody.

12

• The desk was empty. Only a pencil _____ on it.

13

• In his last essay John _____ five mistakes.

14

• Paul suddenly _____ that two bystanders were staring at him. What did they want?

15

• I used to be a rich man. I _____ a big house and two cars. But now I must do with a flat and a bicycle.

16

• We _____ too much money for the holiday but it wasn´t worth the money.

17

• We _____ for two hours to get the tickets. There were so many other people standing in the line.

18

• My dad _____ a small shop with ties and scarves but now he is a shop assistant in a big supermarket.

19

• I _____ all the doors and windows before I left the building.

20

• I _____ to reach you at your office at noon but the secretary said you were out for lunch.

21

• When he said three o´clock, I _____ him to mean three o´clock in the afternoon.

22

• Most MPs _____ against the bill. So it was not adopted.

23

• When I _____ up in the morning, I was in bed in a strange room.

24

• I _____ the certificate for you, so you can leave the original here.

25

• You _____ three times during my talk. Were you so tired or so bored?

26

• Miranda _____ her dress, combed her hair, made up her face and left the room.

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