22. Missing verbs TEST YOUR VOCABULARY I

TEST YOUR VOCABULARY I

22. Missing verbs

Write the missing verbs in the sentences below in the Past Simple. Before you start, read the notes in the Tip on page 31. Choose from the following:

call	clean	cry	enjoy	invite	jump	move	need
plan	rain	show	stop	talk	use	wait

1	The weather was terrible in Ireland. It __ rained ____ nearly every day.
2	Why do the windows look dirty already? I ____________  them yesterday
3	He was only three when his parents ____________ from London to New York.
4	Yesterday Maria ____________ me an amazing photo of you.
5	I ____________ to Karen at the party. She was really interesting.
6	She was really happy when she won the tennis match and she ____________ over the net.
7	I ____________ you three times this afternoon, but your phone was always engaged.
8	We ____________ forty people to the party, but only twenty came.
9	She went to the shops because she ____________ to buy some milk and eggs.
10	Thank you for a wonderful evening. I really ____________ it.
11	My little sister ____________ when our cat died.
12	I ____________ reading that computer book because it was so boring.
13	I didn’t write in pen. I ____________ a pencil.
14	We ____________ for you for an hour outside the cinema. Where were you?
15	They looked at the map and ____________ their journey.

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