Question

Past simple affirmative

4 Complete the text with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.

Neil Armstong (1) (be) the first man to walk on the moon. He (2) (travel) there on the Apollo 11 spaceship in July 1969. Armstrong (3) (wear) special clothes and a helmet and he (4) (take) photographs of the moon. He (5) (speak) to the American President and he (6) (leave) an American flag on the moon. He (7) (stay) there for about three hours and then he (8) (return) to Earth. About 500 million people (9) (watch) the moon landing on television.

Answer 1

1 was
2 travelled
3 wore
4 took
5 spoke
6 left
7 stayed
8 returned
9 watched