4 She took her bag and drove into town.
5 Last week I flew to Vienna.
6 The children ran to school.
7 They worked in the garden.
8 I read the book.
9 It rained the whole day.
10 I didn’t know that it was so late.
Checklist ✓
1 What is the simple past tense called in German?
2 Can you list the endings for regular verbs in the simple
past tense?
3 How do most irregular verbs change?
4 Do you know all the simple past tense forms of haben,
seinandwerden?
5 Which pattern of stem vowel changes would you apply
forfindenortrinkenin the present perfect and simple
past tenses?
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