Exercise 1: Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition.

1. I usually listen ............. music ............. my free time.

2.They will come ............. a few minutes.

3. He will be back ............. 5.25 and 6.20.

4. We met ............. Easter Day and went ............. a walk across the hills.

5. He came to live ............. London ............. the age ............. twenty.

6. Mom had to do anything ............. the help ............. modern equipment.

7. They always go but ............. a meal ............. their wedding anniversary.

8. A fairy appeared and magically changed Little Pea's rags ............. beautiful clothes.

9. Her step mother is very crude ............. her.

10. Everyone was excited as the prince wanted to choose his wife ............. the village.

Exercise 1: Complete the following sentences, using the Past Simple of the suitable verbs in brackets.

1. She (live)........... in Rome when she (be) a little girl.

2. It (stop) raining, so I (take)........... off my raincoat.

3.The weather (be)..........., so I (turn)........... on the air-conditioner.

4. I (have)........... a cat when I (be)........... a little boy.

5. How...you (go)........... to school when you (be)........... in Paris?

6. After his wife (die)..........., the farmer (marry)........... again.

7. The prince (decide)........... to marry the girl who (own)........... the lost shoe.

8. She (hear)........... some strange noise at midnight last night.

9.The tiger (want)........... to know why the strong buffalo (be)........... the servant and the small man (be)........... the master.

10. When I (be) ........... young, my mother (light) the lamp and my father (tell) ........... us stories after dinner.

Exercise 2: Complete these sentences with used to or didn't use to.

1. When Jane was young, she (go).............. swimming in the river but now she doesn't go swimming any more.

2........ you (cry.......) so much when you were a baby?

3. My young sister (be).............. afraid of dogs but now she isn't.

4. They (not like).............. her but they are best friends now.

5.Mr.Johnson (have)....... a car , but last year, he sold it and bought a new one.

6. My aunt (go)....... to work by motorbike.

7. People (not talk).............. on the phone many hundred years ago.

8. My parents (live).............. in Hue, but now we are living in HCMC.

9. Her father (take).............. them to the zoo when he was alive.

10. People (not think).............. that the earth was round.

Exercise 1: Complete the following sentences, using the Past Simple of the suitable verbs in brackets.

1. She (live)........... in Rome when she (be) a little girl.

2. It (stop) raining, so I (take)........... off my raincoat.

3.The weather (be)..........., so I (turn)........... on the air-conditioner.

4. I (have)........... a cat when I (be)........... a little boy.

5. How...you (go)........... to school when you (be)........... in Paris?

6. After his wife (die)..........., the farmer (marry)........... again.

7. The prince (decide)........... to marry the girl who (own)........... the lost shoe.

8. She (hear)........... some strange noise at midnight last night.

9.The tiger (want)........... to know why the strong buffalo (be)........... the servant and the small man (be)........... the master.

10. When I (be) ........... young, my mother (light) the lamp and my father (tell) ........... us stories after dinner.