Complete the sentences with the past simple affirmative form of the verbs in brackets. All the verbs…

1 Complete the sentences with the Past simple form of the verbs in the box
be ,carry ,clean,
come, do, give, learn,
take, travel ,write.
1. We ____ in town yesterday
morning.
2 She ______ the kitchen.
3 I ____ three emails last night.
4 He ______ the books for me.
5 Mum _____ me five euros
yesterday.
6 They ___ lots of photos.
7 You____ to France by train.
8 He _____ all his homework.
9 We _____ home late last night.
10 We _____ about the Fire of
London in history.
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GRAMMAR

3 Complete the sentences with the verb in brackets. Use the past simple.

1. My dad

(work) in Los Angeles last year.

2. I

(join) the school orchestra in March.

(study) maths at university.

(start) school on 15th September.

(visit) London in 2015.

3. My mum

4. We

5. They

6. The Great Fire

7. We

8. My grandmother

(kill) rats in 1666.

(cook) pancakes on 19th February.

(phone) me last night.

Complete the sentences with the verb in brackets
in the past simple active or passive.
Everyone was given a present. (give)
Charlie fell
off his bike. (fall)
1 Linda and Amy____to leave by the teacher. (ask)
2 That tower_____300 years ago. (first/build)
3 We_____by the police. (not/stop)
4 I_____anything about it.(not/tell)
5 Ted______20 minutes ago (arrive)
6 The bag_____behind the tree. (hide)
7 These tables_____here.(not/make)
8 All the letters_____a week ago (definitely/post)
9 It______yesterday. (not/deliver)
10 Computers_____200 years ago.(not/exist)
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Complete the sentences with the correct past simple or past perfect form of the verbs given. Use used to in two of the sentences.
1 Yesterday we ____ (have) an exam at school. It was really difficult!
2 I didn’t go to the cinema with Cathy because l ____ (see) the film before.
3 I ____ (play) rugby when I was at school but I don’t anymore.
4 We got to the station at three o’clock and _____ (catch) the next train to Oxford.
5 Katie ____ (have) long hair but this summer she cut it really short.​

3 Use the verbs in brackets and write true sentences in the present simple. 1 My father to work every day. (go) 2 My mother Russian. (teach) 3 At my school, they Mandarin. (do) 4 My friend and I — TV every day. (watch) 5 1_ to learn ten new words every day. (try) 6 The English teacher — difficult words on the board. (write) 71 _ Maths. (like) 8 My friends — computer games. (play)​

2. GRAMMAR. .
2.1
Change the verbs in brackets into the past tense. Some are regular and
some are irregular.
a
Yesterday (to be) 1).
busy day. I (wake)
2)
up at 6am, (have) 3)
breakfast quickly and
then I (go) 4).
to work. I (finish) 4).
at noon
and then (eat)
(eat) 5)
some lunch.
Afterwards I (drive)
6)
to the shops, (buy) 7).
some paint and then
(paint)
my bedroom. My housemate (come)
9)
home from work so I (help) 10.
him paint
his room, then we (repair) 11)
his chair. After that I (clean)
12)
my house. I (vacuum) 13).
all the
downstairs and then (tidy) 14).
up the living room and the
kitchen. I was pretty tired by then so I (eat) 15).
some dinner and
(go) 16)
to bed!​

Complete the sentences using the Past Simple, the Past Perfect or the Past Continuous.

1) A lot of interesting people

(be) present at the meeting yesterday.

2) What

(you/have) for breakfast on Sunday?

3) My father

(post) a letter. He’s waiting for a reply.

4) What

(you/do) at 6.00 on Saturday?

5) I opened my laptop and saw that I

(miss) some letters.

6) They

(enter) the room quietly because the child was sleeping.

(not/ride) a horse before that day.

7) He (not/ride) a horse before that day.

3 Complete the sentences. Use the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs below.

Do drive know not meet send want

1 ‘Who is he?’ ‘Ask Emma. She _______________ everyone at the party.’

2 He _______________ to be a chef when he grows up. He loves cooking.

3 _______ they ________ their homework at the moment?

4 _______ he ________ her a message every day? That’s so romantic!

5 We _______________ Adele at the sports centre tomorrow. She’s ill.

6 We _______________ to France every summer for our holidays.

Mark: ___ /6

Grammar G. Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple or the present continuous. e.g. Glenda never does her homework. 48 «Where’s Thelma?» «She sandwich in the kitchen.» (make) a Chipbox 46 Murray usually (play) cricket on 49 Neil . (wash) his hair every morning. (not/talk) on the phone at the 50 Jack Saturday mornings. 47 Mrs Roberts often. work. (catch) the bus to moment. He is watching TV. Marks: 5×1 (5) H. Choose the correct item. 56 We. on a picnic this afternoon, do you e.g. We.B. lunch at the moment. A have B are having C had want to come? A go bot 51 Taylor gets up late Sundays. C in B are going C went coffee in the morning. 57 Eric never A at B on A drinks B drink C is drinking 52 Gary always his homework before dinner. 58 The Marshalls are having a barbecue Friday evening. A finishes B is finishing C finish A during C on 53 Janice glasses, but she doesn’t wear them anymore. Bat scuba diving last weekend. B goes television all day long. A went C is going $5 A is wearing B used to wear C wears 54 They don’t cut the grass in the park the A watches B watching C watch winter. A on Bat Cin 55 I. my grandparents every Sunday when I was young. A used to visit B visit C am visiting E. Fill in: on, at, over, in, into. 28 Brian wasn’t careful and fell the e.g. My parents are in Italy on holiday. river. 29 My brother flew 26 Do you want to take a look holiday photographs? 27 John is talking the desert last week. the distance. 30 There was a light the phone. Marks: 5×1 (5) Grammarbon blop F. Fill in: just, already, never, ever, since, for. e.g. Have you ever been to Florence? 33 Ellie has 31 Mum has baked the cake. She baked it visited Portugal, but she’s travelled to England and Spain. 34 Do you like my jacket? I’ve 35 We’ve been in New York. we haven’t done any shopping yet. last night. bought it. . a week but 32 Monica has lived in Palma . 1975. H. Choose the correct item. 46 Celia e.g. Moira .C. by the river when she heard a noise. A walked me a beautiful ring as a present. A was giving B has given C gave B has walked C was walking 1997. 41 Jane left an hour ago and back yet. C wasn’t coming 47 Tony hasn’t been to England A formos B already A hasn’t come B didn’t come C since 42 Brenda he was you four times already. 48 He went to bed late last night late for school this morning. A called B was calling C has called A because B so C as home. 43 He was watching TV when she A got B was getting C has got Eve was driving, John was sleeping. B While C So A Did you go B Do you go C Have you gone 44 A For the door, the phone rang. A has locked B was locking C lock 45 Jenny has failed an English exam. B never C yet A ever 1. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the present perfect. e.g. Have you heard 53 Paul (you/hear) the new U2 song yet? (wash) the clothes, and 51 Janice. then she watered the plants. 54 They 52 (you/ever meet) Tim’s wife?» «Yes, I met her at Sam’s party last week.» 55 Sue my 59 Lewis 60 She 49 50 As Jack to Sally’s party last night? when he was young. two years. she left. Marks: 10 10×1 Marks: 10 10×1 (enjoy) travelling alone (not/speak) to Jeff for (leave) me a note before /Marks: -​

1. Andy is tired because he 2. By 1960 most of the Britain’s old colonies (WORK) 7 days a week. (BECOME) independent. 3. David broke his leg when he (SKI) last week. 4. 5. you (HAVE) a nice time in Rome during your last holiday? (FINISH) your homework yet? you 6. He 7. For how long (WORK) at his computer for the last 6 hours. she (HAVE) her car? 8. How many people 9.1 (NOT/KNOW) much about art, but I like some artists. 10. I 11. I 12. Tom and Sam 13.1 14. She (DIE) in the fire yesterday? (WAIT) for ages. At last, the bus arrived. (RECEIVE) a postcard from Jane yesterday. (play) soccer next Sunday. (NEVER/BE) sailing, what is it like ? (RIDE) her bike in the park at the moment. 15. It (RAIN) when I got up. 16. Janet (HAVE) a great time in N.Y. at the moment. 17. Nelly 18. She was cooking dinner when we 19. She 20. My friends (ARRIVE). (COME BACK) from the cruise in a week. (BE) free for most of the evening. 21. The children were tired because they (START) a new job last September. (SWIM) all afternoon. 22. We (USUALLY/SPEND) Xmas with grandma. 23. He (NOT/LIKE) carrots. 24. you (VISIT) Alice yesterday? 25. Luis (COME) to the party tonight? 26. your mom (USUALLY/PICK) you up at school?​