THE PAST TENSE
SIMPLE PAST

Complete the sentence using the SIMPLE PAST of the verbs given.

broadcast, fall, lose, steal, cost, spread, hold, hear, choose, see

1. The German girl......................17.000 feet from the sky from an aeroplane.
2. A thief broke into his apartment and ..................... his laptop.
3. The basketball team played very well but they still .................... the game by 2 points.
4. The student ..................... the microscope by the base but by the ocular tube.
5. The technician ....................... the samples on the laboratory bench.
6. He ..............................(not) the cheapest camera but the one he liked best.
7. The camera which he .............., ................... a lot of money.
8. President Clinton ..................... from the Parthenon when he was in Athens.
9. ....... you............ what I said?
10. She ............. a dress which she liked very much.