Let’s solve the worksheet step by step.
We are given 15 sentences with verbs in brackets. We need to fill in the blanks with the
past simple form of each verb — because all these sentences talk about things that already happened (yesterday, last week, this morning, etc.).
Here’s how we’ll do it:
- Look at each sentence.
- Find the verb in brackets.
- Change it to its past simple form.
- Write it in the blank.
Let’s go one by one:
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1. Charlie ______ (read) a popular novel from the school library yesterday afternoon.
→ “read” → past simple is still
read (pronounced “red”, but spelled the same).
✔ Answer:
read
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2. Mrs Matthews ______ (make) a cake for her grandchildren this morning.
→ “make” → past simple is
made
✔ Answer:
made
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3. Isabella ______ (draw) a picture of her cat and painted it last night.
→ “draw” → past simple is
drew
✔ Answer:
drew
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4. My grandfather ______ (buy) some presents for his friend on three days ago.
→ “buy” → past simple is
bought
✔ Answer:
bought
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5. Millie ______ (lose) her new red bicycle in the park last Saturday.
→ “lose” → past simple is
lost
✔ Answer:
lost
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6. Harrison ______ (sell) a huge comic collection from the publishing house.
→ “sell” → past simple is
sold
✔ Answer:
sold
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7. Brooke ______ (catch) her bus before she had breakfast.
→ “catch” → past simple is
caught
✔ Answer:
caught
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8. Jasmine ______ (teach) her class before she went home.
→ “teach” → past simple is
taught
✔ Answer:
taught
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9. Frankie ______ (wear) for about two hours in the zoo and he walked on the beach for some time.
Wait — this sentence seems incomplete or miswritten. But looking at context: “Frankie ___ for about two hours...” — probably meant “wore something”? But no object. Maybe typo? Let’s assume it’s “Frankie wore [something] for about two hours...”
But since the verb is “wear”, past simple is
wore.
✔ Answer:
wore
*(Note: The sentence might be missing words, but based on the verb given, we use “wore”.)*
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10. Nathan and Blake ______ (fight) hemispheres when they were very young.
→ “fight” → past simple is
fought
✔ Answer:
fought
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11. Arthur ______ (grow) carrots lettuce and tomatoes in his garden last spring.
→ “grow” → past simple is
grew
✔ Answer:
grew
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12. Alfie ______ (leave) for Rome on the school trip last Thursday.
→ “leave” → past simple is
left
✔ Answer:
left
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13. Finley ______ (cost) a holiday and ______ (drink) a glass of coke in the cafe yesterday.
First blank: “cost” → past simple is
cost (same spelling)
Second blank: “drink” → past simple is
drank
✔ Answers:
cost,
drank
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14. Maddie ______ (take) James Lestrup and my mommies from the supermarket last weekend.
→ “take” → past simple is
took
✔ Answer:
took
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15. Tina and Rosie ______ (speak) about the Science exam in the corridor two hours ago.
→ “speak” → past simple is
spoke
✔ Answer:
spoke
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Now let’s double-check a few tricky ones:
- “read” → past = read
✔
- “make” → made
✔
- “draw” → drew
✔
- “buy” → bought
✔
- “lose” → lost
✔
- “sell” → sold
✔
- “catch” → caught
✔
- “teach” → taught
✔
- “wear” → wore
✔
- “fight” → fought
✔
- “grow” → grew
✔
- “leave” → left
✔
- “cost” → cost
✔; “drink” → drank
✔
- “take” → took
✔
- “speak” → spoke
✔
All correct!
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Final Answer:
1. read
2. made
3. drew
4. bought
5. lost
6. sold
7. caught
8. taught
9. wore
10. fought
11. grew
12. left
13. cost, drank
14. took
15. spoke
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of irregular verbs esl worksheet.