III Evaluation Past of Regular Verbs. (1)

Put the verb in brackets in the correct simple past form.

My grandfather had a very exciting life. When he was young, he

_____________ (live) on a farm in the country. His parents

_____________ (raise) cattle,

and he ____________ (look) after the cows.

When he was eighteen, he went to university, where

he ____________ (study) Philosophy. He also

____________ (play) the trumpet in a jazz band.

When the war started, he ____________ (try)

to join the Air Force, but he ____________

(end) up in the Navy. In the Atlantic, a German torpedo

_____________ (rip) a hole in the side of his ship, and the ship

sank. Only five men _____________ (escape). They

____________ (sail) in a lifeboat back to England. Then he met

my grandmother, and they _____________ (marry) after only

three weeks. He says now that he _____________ (want) to

marry her very quickly in case he ____________ (die) in the war.