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Level 330 — Lower Intermediate
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Simple Past: Regular Verbs 2
Simple Past: Regular Verbs 2
Simple Past: Regular Verbs 2
Put the verb in brackets in the correct simple past form.
Type all of your answers in the spaces and the and click on "Check answers". If you need help, click "Show a letter".
My grandfather had a very exciting life. When he was young, he
(live) on a farm in the country. His parents
(raise) cattle, and he
(look) after the cows. When he was eighteen, he went to university, where he
(study) Philosophy. He also
(play) the trumpet in a jazz band. When the war started, he
(try) to join the Air Force, but he
(end) up in the Navy. In the Atlantic, a German torpedo
(rip) a hole in the side of his ship, and the ship sank. Only five men
(escape). They
(sail) in a lifeboat back to England. Then he met my grandmother, and they
(marry) after only three weeks. He says now that he
(want) to marry her very quickly in case he
(die) in the war.
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