Nicht vergessen: Regeln sind Leitlinien – sie sind nur selten absolut.
Simple Past — Positive
We use the simple past for finished actions in the past.
Form: subject + past form of the verb
Example: She worked yesterday.
[Sie arbeitete gestern.]
1. She ______ yesterday. (finished past action)
worked
a) worked
b) works
[Sie arbeitete gestern.]
2. They ______ TV last night. (finished past action)
watched
a) watch
b) watched
[Sie sahen gestern Abend fern.]
3. He ______ a book yesterday. (finished past action)
read
a) read
b) reads
[Er las gestern ein Buch.]
4. We ______ dinner at 7. (finished past action)
ate
a) eat
b) ate
[Wir aßen um 7 zu Abend.]
5. I ______ to music last night. (finished past action)
listened
a) listened
b) listen
[Ich hörte gestern Abend Musik.]
6. She ______ on the phone yesterday. (finished past action)
talked
a) talks
b) talked
[Sie telefonierte gestern.]
7. They ______ outside for ten minutes. (finished past action)
waited
a) waited
b) wait
[Sie warteten zehn Minuten draußen.]
8. He ______ the door slowly. (finished past action)
opened
a) opens
b) opened
[Er öffnete langsam die Tür.]
9. We ______ English at school. (finished past action)
learned
a) learned
b) learn
[Wir lernten in der Schule Englisch.]
10. She ______ coffee this morning. (finished past action)
drank
a) drinks
b) drank
[Sie trank heute Morgen Kaffee.]
11. I ______ an email yesterday. (finished past action)
wrote
a) wrote
b) write
[Ich schrieb gestern eine E-Mail.]
12. They ______ the bus yesterday morning. (finished past action)
took
a) take
b) took
[Sie nahmen gestern Morgen den Bus.]
13. He ______ very fast in the race. (finished past action)
ran
a) ran
b) runs
[Er rannte im Rennen sehr schnell.]
14. We ______ a film last weekend. (finished past action)
watched
a) watch
b) watched
[Wir schauten letztes Wochenende einen Film.]
15. She ______ dinner for everyone. (finished past action)
cooked
a) cooked
b) cooks
[Sie kochte für alle Abendessen.]
16. I ______ home after work. (finished past action)
walked
a) walk
b) walked
[Ich ging nach der Arbeit nach Hause.]
17. They ______ loudly during the meeting. (finished past action)
talked
a) talked
b) talk
[Sie sprachen während des Meetings laut.]
18. He ______ the computer all day. (finished past action)
used
a) uses
b) used
[Er benutzte den Computer den ganzen Tag.]
19. We ______ outside in the sun. (finished past action)
sat
a) sat
b) sit
[Wir saßen draußen in der Sonne.]
20. She ______ a message last night. (finished past action)
sent
a) sends
b) sent
[Sie schickte gestern Abend eine Nachricht.]
21. I ______ tea after lunch. (finished past action)
drank
a) drank
b) drink
[Ich trank nach dem Mittagessen Tee.]
22. They ______ the room in the morning. (finished past action)
cleaned
a) clean
b) cleaned
[Sie reinigten morgens den Raum.]
23. He ______ upstairs quickly. (finished past action)
went
a) went
b) goes
[Er ging schnell nach oben.]
24. We ______ together on the project. (finished past action)
worked
a) work
b) worked
[Wir arbeiteten gemeinsam an dem Projekt.]
25. She ______ the window because it was cold. (finished past action)
closed
a) closed
b) closes
[Sie schloss das Fenster, weil es kalt war.]