Fill in the blanks with an appropriate form of the verb.

1. I phoned him many times but he ………………………. answer. (didn’t / don’t / doesn’t)

2. Have you ………………….. your homework? (do / done / dod)

3. The cat hasn’t ……………………… her breakfast. (eat / ate / eaten)

4. She ……………………… the clothes on the clothesline. (hang / hung / hanged)

5. He ……………………. a deep pit. (dig / digged / dug)

6. I ……………………. the whole day in my garden. (spend / spent / spended)

7. The place ……………………. of jasmine. (smelled / smelt)

8. She …………………… to be an astronaut. (want / wants / wanted)

9. They ……………………… the child to hospital. (take / took / taken)

10. Lightning ……………………….. the building. (strike / struck / stricken)

Answers

1. I phoned him many times but he didn’t answer.

2. Have you done your homework?

3. The cat hasn’t eaten her breakfast.

4. She hung the clothes on the clothesline.

5. He dug a deep pit.

6. I spent the whole day in my garden.

7. The place smelled / smelt of jasmine.

8. She wants to be an astronaut.

9. They took the child to hospital.

10. Lightning struck the building.