Simple Past - Positive Sätze

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints!
1. Last Saturday Manchester United (beat) the team from Liverpool.
2. A strong wind (blow) away my umbrella.
3. My father (meet) with some friends last night.
4. Jason (reply) Sarah's love-letter.
5. Caro (bring) her grandma a delicious cake to the hospital.
6. Picasso (draw) many famous paintings.
7. I (grow up) in Germany.
9. We (lie) on the beach and sunbathed.
10. The guide (Fremdenführer) (show) us around in London.
11. When Julia (be) a child, she (want) to become a nurse.
12. Last week she (take part in) a beauty competition - and (lose).
13. I (make) friends with friends with many interesting people when I (be) in London.
14. We (keep) in touch till last summer.
15. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (die) in 1791.
16. Jim and John (study) Maths when they (be) young.
17. We (wake up) really late last Saturday morning because we (be) so tired.
18. I (get lost) when I (be) in New York.
19. The police (spot) the thief before he could steal something.
20. Jimmy (grab) Sharon by the shoulders and (pull) her down on the ground.