Question

1)Open the brackets using Past Simple.
Tommy Brown lives in a small village and works on
a farm. Tommy is a real story-teller. But no one believes
what he says because he is always telling lies. Here is
one of his stories:
“One night last week I 1) ….. (finish) work late. I 2) …..
(decide) to go home. But suddenly I 3) ….. (look) up and 4) ….. (notice) a UFO with
bright flashing lights. I 5) ….. (watch) the UFO for some time. Then it 6) ….. (land)
in the field near the farm. A few green men 7) ….. (look) at me from the UFO‟s
illuminators. I 8) ….. (scream), 9) ….. (drop) my bag and 10) ….. (rush away). When
I 11) ….. (arrive) at the village I 12) …..(start) telling the villagers the amazing story
but they all 13) ….. (laugh) at me. No one 14) …... (believe) me.”
2) Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple. Many years ago people 1) ….. (believe) that some women were witches. These women 2) ….. (not/live) in big cities. They 3) ….. (live) in small villages. They 4) ….. (behave) strangely because they 5) ….. (not/act) like other people. They 6) ….. (treat) people with unusual medicine which they 7) ….. (prepare) from plants. They also 8) ….. (travel) on brooms. Do you believe in witches?

Answer 1

1.
1) Finished
2) Decided
3) Looked
4) Noticed
5) Watched
6) Landed
7) Looked
8) Screamed
9) Dropped
10) Rushed
11) Arrived
12) Started
13) Laughed
14) Believed

2.
1)Believed
2) Didn't live
3) Lived
4) Behaved
5) Didn't act
6) Treated
7) Prepared
8) Travelled