Question

Use Simple Past of regular and irregular verbs:
ask, build, choose, dig, forgive, lose, play, quit, ring,
spend, steal, talk.

1. The phone … eight times before anybody answered it. 2. “Oh
my gosh! Call the police! Someone … my car.” 3. The architectural
firm that I worked for designed this building. My brother’s construction company … it. It took them two years to complete it.
4. The children … baseball until dark and didn’t want to stop for
dinner. 5. After I gave a large bone to each of my three dogs, they
went to separate corners of the backyard and … holes to bury their
bones. 6. A: Why isn’t Bill here for the meeting? He’s supposed to
give the weekly report. B: I… to him last night on the phone, and he
said he’d be here. 7. After looking at all the chairs in the furniture
store, I finally … the red one. It was a difficult decision. 8. A: How
are you getting along in your relationship with Ann? B: Not bad.
Last night I … her again to marry me, and she said “maybe.” 9. The
players are depressed because they … the game last weekend. Next
time they’ll play better. 10. A: How can you take a three-month  vocation? What about your job? B: I won’t be going back to that job
again. I … yesterday. 11. I can’t afford a new car because I … all my
money on new furniture for my apartment. 12. A: Is Maggy still
angry with you? B: No, she … me for what I did, and she’s speaking
to me again

Answer 1

1. The phone rang eight times before anybody answered it.
2. “Oh my gosh! Call the police! Someone stole my car.”
3. The architectural firm that I worked for designed this building. My brother’s construction company built it. It took them two years to complete it.
4. The children played baseball until dark and didn’t want to stop for dinner.
5. After I gave a large bone to each of my three dogs, they went to separate corners of the backyard and dug holes to bury their bones.
6. A: Why isn’t Bill here for the meeting? He’s supposed to give the weekly report. B: I talked to him last night on the phone, and he said he’d be here.
7. After looking at all the chairs in the furniture store, I finally chose the red one. It was a difficult decision.
8. A: How are you getting along in your relationship with Ann? B: Not bad. Last night I asked her again to marry me, and she said “maybe.” 9. The players are depressed because they lost the game last weekend. Next time they’ll play better.
10. A: How can you take a three-month vocation? What about your job? B: I won’t be going back to that job again. I quitted yesterday.
11. I can’t afford a new car because I spent all my money on new furniture for my apartment.
12. A: Is Maggy still angry with you? B: No, she forgave me for what I did, and she’s speaking to me again

Answer 2

1. rang 
2.  stole 
3.  built 
4.  played
5.  dug 
6. talked 
7.  chose 
8. asked 
9.  lost 
10.quitted 
11.spent 
12. orgave