Simple Past Tense Quiz 1

I [blank_start]reached[blank_end] Delhi at 5 o'clock. (to reach)

He [blank_start]ate[blank_end] a sandwich yesterday and [blank_start]fell[blank_end] ill. His stomach [blank_start]did[blank_end] not agree with it. (to eat, to fall, to do)

Rama and I [blank_start]went[blank_end] to the park yesterday. Suddenly, it [blank_start]began[blank_end] to rain. It [blank_start]rained[blank_end] so heavily that we [blank_start]got[blank_end] completely drenched. But Rama [blank_start]was[blank_end] happy. She [blank_start]started[blank_end] to sing and dance. (to go, to begin, to rain, to get, to be, to start)

My friend Ismail [blank_start]was[blank_end] a steward in an international airline. Unfortunately, he [blank_start]lost[blank_end] his job. (to be, to lose)

Wow! Yesterday, for the first time, India [blank_start]beat[blank_end] Australia in a test series in Australia! (to beat)

My alarm [blank_start]rang[blank_end] and I [blank_start]awoke[blank_end] with a start. (to ring, to awake)

After the accident, he [blank_start]bled[blank_end] a lot. (to bleed)

The bird [blank_start]flew[blank_end] away when the hunter [blank_start]shot[blank_end] at it. (to fly, to shoot)

He [blank_start]shut[blank_end] the door in my face the other day! How rude! (to shut)

They [blank_start]built[blank_end] their house with their own hands. (to build)