Fill in all the gaps, with the right form of the verb in brackets

Irregular Verbs in the Past Simple Tense (gap-fill)

1. Complete the gaps with an irregular verb in the past simple tense. Choose from:

be, break, buy, come, drive, eat, feel, find, get, give, go, have, hear, hold, know, let, lose, make, put, read, ring, run, say, sleep, take, think, tell, write

Note: you will need to use some verbs more than once:

Dear Osйias

I’m writing to tell you about something that happened yesterday. I__________ up at

the usual time – about 10 am –__________ a shower and__________ breakfast. I

__________ a big bowl of cereal and some toast and watched TV for a while. Then I

__________ into the kitchen where I __________ a funny noise. I __________it

__________ from behind the cooker. I __________ my tool box and moved the cooker

out of the way.

The noise__________ louder but I couldn’t see anything. I__________ my uncle to

ask his advice. He__________ that he__________ it could be a gas leak. When I

__________ this I just panicked! I __________ the phone down, __________

outside,__________ in my car and__________ to the local police station. I

__________ them about my gas leak but the constable __________ his patience with

me. He__________ that I should have phoned the gas company. He__________ his

report, then__________ the gas company for me.

Then I remembered that my house doesn’t have gas – only electricity! I__________ really stupid and__________ that the constable would be angry with me for wasting his time, so I__________ out of the police station while he__________ still on the phone. I__________ home to try to find out what the noise__________. On the way I__________ a newspaper and I__________ about an escaped llama that

__________ out of the city safari park last Wednesday.

When I__________ home I__________ my key in the door, turned it,__________ inside and straight away__________ that funny noise again. I__________ my breath and opened the door slowly. Guess what? I__________ the llama hiding in my cupboard! I__________ him stay and he__________ in my garden last night. The snoring

__________ so loud! This morning I __________ him back to the safari park. They

__________ really pleased to see him again and __________ me a reward of Ј50!

Hope you are well. Write soon and let me know how you are.

 

Your friend,

Jason.

Fill in all the gaps, with the right form of the verb in brackets.

William Shakespeare (be) born in Stratford-on-Avon on April 23, 1564. He (go) to the local Stratford Grammar School, where he (be) (teach) by Master Walter Roche. Lessons began at six o'clock in the morning in the summer in order to make the most of daylight.

His father (be) (call) John Shakespeare a Stratford upon Avon glove-maker. He (send) William to the local grammar school in 1571, but when William (be) only 14 years old his fortunes fell so low that William (have) to leave school. Some historians say he (work) in his father's shop.

At the age of 19 William (to marry) Anne Hathaway the daughter of a rich farmer near Stratford. Three years later Shakespeare (go) to London. How he (live) there we do not know.

In about 1587 he (become) a member of one of the few theatrical companies which (exist) in those days. Around 1590 he (begin) to try his hand at writing plays. There (be) no female actors in those days, all the female parts (be) (play) by boys. It is thought that he (write) his first major play, Henry VI., Part One, in 1592.

His most famous play, Hamlet, (be) probably first seen in 1601 at the Globe Theatre. Shakespeare (continue) to write about 2 plays a year.

He (return) to Stratford in 1612, where he (live) the life of a country gentleman. He (die) of a fever on his birthday in 1616.