Question

Complete the email with the verbs in brackets in the past simple. Use the irregular verb list on page 151 to help you.

Hi Paul
How are you? ..........(you/get) back OK last Sunday night? It .....(be) a great weekend,wasn't it? I...............(not have) a good journey back. I .......(get) a lift with Cameron and his car .....(break) down! So we .....(take) the train instead, but then it ....(have) an electrical problem, so it .......(stop) and we .........(wait) outside the station for hours.
When we ....(get) back to Oxford, the station .........(be) shut! So we ..... (call) the police to let us out !! The policeman ......(not be) very pleased. And then ... my bike ....(not be) where I......(leave) it,so I ....(not can) cycle home. Cameron .......(phone) his dad, and he .......(pick) us up. So it .........(be) Ok in the end. But we .....(not get) home until midnight! I hope your journey .....(be) better than mine!
Let me know. Speak soon,
love
Davina xxxx

Answer 1

1. Did you get back (...) ?
2. It was...
3. I didn't have...
4. I got...
5. broke
6. took
7. had
8. stopped
9. waited
10. got
11. was
12. called
13. wasn't
14. wasn't 
15. left 
16. couldn't
17. phoned
18. pick
19. was 
20. didn't get
21. was

Answer 2

(1) Did you get back
(2) It was a great weekend
(3) I didn't have a good journey back.
(4) I got
(5) broke
(6) took
(7) had
(8) stopped
(9) waited
(10) got
(11) was
(12) called
(13) wasn't
(14) And then my bike wasn't where
(15) I left
(16) couldn't
(17) phoned
(18) pick
(19) was
(20) didn't get
(21) was.