Simple Past Tense: Complete the Sentences

They reported seeing a strange light in the sky. This sighting ___ last night.

1. El marcador temporal last night indica pasado simple.
2. Opciones: happened / are happening / will happen / is happening.
3. Solo happened es pasado simple.

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin ___ on the Moon in 1969.

1. In 1969 es un año pasado.
2. Sujeto plural (Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin).
3. Landed es pasado simple para todas las personas.

Joseph von Fraunhofer ___ the dark lines in the spectrum of sunlight in 1814.

1. In 1814 indica pasado.
2. Discovered es pasado simple.

Bigfoot is a legendary creature that ___ first spotted in the forests of North America a thousand years ago.

1. A thousand years ago indica pasado.
2. El sujeto that se refiere a creature (singular).
3. Was es el pasado de be para singular.

We ___ amazed by the beauty of the aurora borealis on our trip to Alaska.

1. Our trip se refiere a un viaje pasado.
2. Sujeto we → were.

Last century, the Bermuda Triangle ___ the place of many unexplained disappearances.

1. Last century indica pasado.
2. Sujeto singular the Bermuda Triangle → was.

They ___ a time capsule at our school last year.

1. Last year indica pasado.
2. Buried es pasado simple.

My grandparents often told stories about UFO sightings that ___ in their hometown.

1. Told ya está en pasado; la cláusula relativa también va en pasado.
2. Occurred es pasado simple.

The Wright Brothers ___ the first successful airplane flight in 1903.

1. In 1903 indica pasado.
2. Completed es pasado simple.

Scientists ___ planets outside our Solar System in 1992.

1. In 1992 indica pasado.
2. Found es pasado simple de find.

Yesterday, I ___ an article about a new discovery on Mars.

1. Yesterday indica pasado.
2. Read es pasado simple (misma forma que presente, se pronuncia /red/).

Many years ago, some people ___ that there was life on the Moon.

1. Many years ago indica pasado.
2. Believed es pasado simple.