Exercises

             A.   Fill in the blanks with the correct answers.

1.       The sun _____________ (rise) in the east.

2.       Nicholas _______________ (eat) three pieces of bread for breakfast every morning.

3.       Chung Han ______________ (bathe) twice a day.

4.       I ___________ (wash) my shoes every weekend.

5.       A snake ______________ (hiss).

6.       Khalid ________________ (play) badminton in the evening.

7.       John _______ (visit) his grandparents every Sunday.

8.       Birds _______ (catch) worms.

9.       My mother _________ (prepare) dinner in the evening.

10.   She __________ (drink) a cup of milk every morning.



B.  Fill in the blanks with the simple past tense  of the verbs given in brackets.
1.  Su Lin ______ (eat) a watermelon yesterday.
2.  The bird _________ (fly) into my house this morning.
3.  My father __________(wash) his car last week.
4.  Kelvin ___________ (buy)a magazine two days ago.
5.  I __________ (meet) a stranger a few hours ago.
6.  the baby _________ (cry) for a while and ________ (fall) asleep.
7.  Jeffery _________ (show) his brother how to make a kite just now.
8.  She __________ (have) a nightmare last night.
9.  The pupils _________ (clean) the classroom three weeks ago.
10. Mrs Lim __________ (teach) us English last year.