Complete the story. Use the past simple of the verbs in brackets. "Last week my mother (0) lent (lend) me her car and I (1) (drive) to a nearby town. I parked the car in a side street and I (2) (do) some shopping. When it (3) that 1 (4) (6) find) it. 1 (8) (be) time to go home, I realised (not remember) where the car (5) (spend) about an hour looking for it, but I (7) (feel) really stupid. Finally, I (9) (not get) angry. She (11) mother. Fortunately, she (10) (tell) me to leave the car and come home. So I (12) the next day we (13) (go) back together and (14) (be). I (not (ring) my (catch) a bus and .... (find) the car."

To complete the story, we need to use the past simple form of the verbs in brackets: "Last week my mother lent me her car and I drove to a nearby town. I parked the car in a side street and I did some shopping. When it rained, I couldn't find it. I spent about an hour looking for it, but I felt really stupid. Finally, I didn't get angry. She rang my mother. Fortunately, she told me to leave the car and come home. So I caught a bus and the next day we went back together and found the car." Explanation of each verb tense used: 0. (lend) - This is the past simple form of the verb "lend." Used here to show the action of lending in the past. 1. (drive) - Past simple of the verb "drive" used to describe the action of driving in the past. 2. (do) - Past simple of the verb "do" used to show the action of doing some shopping in the past. 3. (rain) - Past simple of the verb "rain" used to describe the weather condition in the past. 4. (find) - Past simple of the verb "find" used to show the action of searching and finding in the past. 5. (spend) - Past simple of the verb "spend" used to show the action of passing time in the past. 6. (forget) - Past simple of the verb "forget" used to describe the act of not remembering in the past. 7. (feel) - Past simple of the verb "feel" used to show emotions in the past. 8. (be) - Past simple of the verb "be" used to describe the state of being in the past. 9. (not get) - Past simple negative form of the verb "get". 10. (tell) - Past simple of the verb "tell" describing communication in the past. 11. (ring) - Past simple of the verb "ring" used to show the act of calling on the phone in the past. 12. (catch) - Past simple of the verb "catch" to show taking a bus in the past. 13. (go) - Past simple of the verb "go" used to describe the action of going back in the past. 14. (be) - Past simple of the verb "be" again used here to show the state of being in the past.