Irregular Verbs Exercises: Simple Past

1. It wasn’t until 1998 that they _______ (begin) to diversify their product line.

2. Many companies _______ (bid) on the project.

3. Sam _______ (wear) a blue suit with a red tie.

4. Our manager ______ (tell) us how to handle the situation.

5. Dave and I ______ (meet) when we were seniors in college.

6. The ad campaign _______ (lead) to a 20% increase in sales.

7. I _______ (leave) the office at 9 o’clock last night.

8. The economy ______ (grow) by less than 1% last year and unemployment levels remained high.

9. Management _______ (cut) costs by getting rid of some perks they had previously offered.

10. John _______ (bring) his wife and son to the company picnic.

11. After several hours, Logan finally _______ (find) the information he was looking for.

12. His attitude _______ (hurt) his chances of being promoted.

13. Larry _______ (teach) a couple of university courses last year.

14. The first-class ticket _______ (cost) $650 dollars extra, so I flew economy class.

15. Miguel _______ (let) me borrow his car yesterday.

16. I _______ (hear) a rumor about a potential buyout.

17. We were introduced, but I _______ (forget) her name shortly after meeting her.

18. The security guard _______ (catch) someone trying to break into the building.

19. They made some questionable decisions which _______ (put) all of our jobs at risk.

20. Last year, we _______ (shut) down production for a few days during the holiday season.

21. Connie said she _______ (see) a few potential problems with the proposal.

22. The union leaders _______ (hold) a meeting to discuss their demands.

23. I had a lot of work to do, but fortunately one of my coworkers _______ (lend) me a hand.

24. Everyone on the team _______ (know) that it was going to be a challenge.

25. The two of us _______ (go) out to lunch a couple of months ago.

26. They _______ (lose) some of their best employees.

27. Carl _______ (have) some questions about the new policy.

28. The whole sales team _______ (eat) lunch together last Tuesday.

29. Normally I don’t drink coffee, but today I was so tired that I _______ (drink) two cups.

30. Do you think they _______ (make) the right decision?

31. Who _______ (pay) for lunch?

32. We _________ (break) the lease and had to pay a penalty.

33. They _______ (build) three new buildings in this business park last year.

34. Martin said he ________ (feel) like a valued member of the team.

35. You _______ (do) me a huge favor yesterday by giving me a ride home.

36. I _______ (drive) from New York City to Washington.

37. They _______ (fight) the court’s decision but lost the appeal.

38. I _______ (mean) to tell you about the policy change, but I forgot.

39. All of the supervisors ________ (read) a best-selling management book.

40. She _______ (say) she would think about it and give me her answer in the morning.

41. I _______ (sell) my laptop and used the money to buy a tablet.

42. Juan _______ (sit) down, turned on his computer, and got to work.

43. Most of us _______ (wake) up early this morning to prepare for our CEO’s visit.

44. Who _______ (write) this press release?

45. I ________ (think) it was a pretty good idea.

46. We ________ (spend) most of the afternoon in meetings.

47. Unfortunately, management ________ (lay) off several people last month.

48. I _______ (get) some good advice from some of my older coworkers.

49. We _______ (fly) from London to Tokyo in 12 hours.

50. It ________ (take) several weeks for the application to be approved.

51. Many people ________ (choose) not to participate in the event.

52. Our owner _______ (buy) new furniture for the lobby.

53. Most of our funding _______ (come) from private donations.

54. Mark was offended by the comment. He _______ (stand) up and walked out of the room.

55. We _______ (understand) that it was a difficult task.

56. She  ______ (beat) the other candidates in the presidential election.

57. It was difficult, but I eventually _______ (forgive) him for what he did.

58. Our client ________ (give) us some guidelines to follow.

59. My computer _______ (freeze) and I had to restart it.

60. Sam ________ (become) a member of the workforce when he was 16 years old.