II. Grammar. Past Simple. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple. 11. Agatha Christie
(write) over thirty novels.
12. Hercule Poirot
(be) a Belgian detective.
13.
(you / help) your mum with the housework yesterday?
(be) too tired. They
(not/ want) to play footba
15. How many novels
(create) Agatha Christie?
16. Sherlock Holmes wore a cape and
(smoke) a pipe.
14. They​

Certainly! Here are the sentences completed with the verbs in brackets put into the Past Simple tense:

11. Agatha Christie wrote over thirty novels.
12. Hercule Poirot was a Belgian detective.
13. Did you help your mum with the housework yesterday? I was too tired. They did not want to play football.
14. How many novels did Agatha Christie create?
15. Sherlock Holmes wore a cape and smoked a pipe.

Each of these sentences has been transformed to use the Past Simple tense, which is appropriate for describing completed actions or states in the past.