Write pairs sentences in the past simple. 1 He / not fly / to Faro . He / fly / to Lisbon. 2 They /…

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.

Test Past Simple Write the past forms of the irregular verbs. 1.go → 2.come → 3.buy → 4.have → 5.do → Put the sentences into simple past. 1.We open the door. → 2.You write poems. → 3.Richard plays in the garden. → 4.Kerry does not speak English. → 5.Do you see the bird? → Write sentences in simple past. 1.you / cards / play 2.I / a car / want 3.we / the game / lose 4. not / I / early / get up 5.not / Jeff and Linda / home / cycle „Was“ or „Were“? 1.I . hungry. 2.You. in Australia last year. 3.She. not there. 4.Charly Chaplin. a famous actor. 5.Lisa and James. at home. Make negative sentences 1.Billy ate an apple. 2. The children played in the garden. 3.Laura came home at six o’clock. 4.The boy read a book. 5.The girl wrote five letters.

* Complete the sentences with the correct

form of have gone (to), have been (to), have

been (in).

1 Paul has been in Amsterdam for just two days,

so he hasn’t done much sightseeing yet.

2 They .

. Iceland twice.

3 Martin and his friends .

mountain climbing. They’ll be back on Tuesday.

4 What is Anna cooking? She .

the kitchen for hours!

5 Michael

. the shops.

Do you want to wait for him?

6 Why don’t we go to Italy this summer? We .

. not .

. there for years.

Complete the sentences with the correct forms of be able to and the verbs in brackets.

1). (you/ever/travel) without your passport?

2).I’m afraid we . (sit) together during the flight tomorrow.

3)Susie .(not get) her luggage back yet.

4) They. (board) the plane if they don’t have their passports.

5)I .(not use) the bathroom because there was a long queue.

Complete the sentences using the Past Simple.

1.

My working day lasts eight hours.

2. Do you often get letters from your friends?

3. Does he do well in English .

4. We discuss a lot of questions.

5. They don’t often stay at the office after 6 o’clock .

Use Past Simple or Present Simple 1 We(play)chess every day. She (go) to the park last weekend . They(not have)dinner every day . I (not write) a dictation yesterday

Rewrite the sentences in the Past Simple form as in the example.

Example: Sam usually plays football on Sundays. He didn’t play football last Sunday. He played football last Monday. Willy writes stories on Fridays.

2 Helen usually takes pictures at the weekend.

3 Bob sings in the school choir on Wednesdays.

4 Jack usually does sports on Tuesdays.

5 Mary watches TV in the evenings.

6 They usually travel in the summer.

Complete the sentences with the past simple affirmative form of the verbs in brackets. All the verbs are regular. > 1 The train to Birmingham (stop) at Oxford. 2 My friends (work) very hard for their exams. 3 We (try) some interesting dishes at the Lebanese restaurant. 4 Last night, (plan) my summer holiday. 5 You (seem) very upset yesterday. 61 (chat) with my cousin for hours last night. . 7 My uncle (marry) his next-door neighbour. 8 The (move) house three times last year.​

Тренировочные упражнения по английскому по употреблению Past Simple и Past continuous

I (to play) computer games yesterday.

I (to play) computer games at five o’clock yesterday.

He (to play) computer games from two till three o’clock yesterday.

We (to play) computer games the whole evening yesterday.

What Nick (to do) when you came to his place?

What you (to do) when I rang you up?

I (not to sleep) at nine o’clock yesterday.

What he (to do) yesterday? — He (to read) a book.

What he (to do) the whole evening yesterday? — He (to read) a book.

She (to sleep) when you came home?

My brother (not to play) tennis yesterday. He (to play) tennis the day before yesterday.

My sister (not to play) the piano at four o’clock yesterday. She (to play) the piano the whole evening.

When I came into the kitchen, my mother (to cook).

She (to cook) the whole day yesterday.

We (to wash) the floor in our flat yesterday.

We (to wash) the floor in our flat from three till four yesterday.

You (to do) your homework yesterday?

You (to do) your homework from eight till ten yesterday?

Why she (to sleep) at seven o’clock yesterday?

He (to sit) at the table the whole evening yesterday.

Упражнения — 2.

I (to go) to the cinema yesterday.

I (to go) to the cinema at four o’clock yesterday.

I (to go) to the cinema when you met me.

I (to do) my homework the whole evening yesterday.

I (to do) my homework when mother came home.

I (to do) my homework yesterday.

I (to do) my homework from five till eight yesterday.

I (to do) my homework at six o’clock yesterday.

I (not to play) the piano yesterday. I (to write) a letter to my friend. 1

I (not to play) the piano at four o’clock yesterday. I (to read) a book.

He (not to sleep) when father came home. He (to do) his homework.

When we were in the country last summer, I (to go) to the wood one day. In the wood I (to find) a little fox cub. I (to bring) it home. I (to decide) to tame the cub. Every day I (to feed) it and (to take) care of it. I (to tame) it the whole summer. Now the fox cub is quite tame. It lives in my house.

When I (to go) to school the day before yesterday, I met Mike and Pete. They (to talk) and (to laugh). They told me a funny story. Soon I (to laugh), too. I still (to laugh) when we came to school. After school I (to tell) this story at home. My father and mother (to like) it very much.

can

could may might

must should have to

1. I have travelled a lot and I _____________ speak many languages.

2. I understand you perfectly. You ________________to say it again.

3. They haven’t decided where to go on holidays but they_______ go to

Greece.

4. You___________(not) read in the car. You_____________ get sick.

5. She______(not) eat so much chocolate if she wants to keep in good

shape.

6. I ______________ hear you. Speak louder, please.

7. It’s later than I thought. I

______________go before it gets dark.

9. Talk to me. I’m sure I________________ help you.

10. You ______________ (not) do

the ironing, Anne has already done it.

11. You ____________be very tired because you have worked very hard.

12. Paul __________come to my birthday party because he is in hospital.

13. You_______________ go to the dentist when you have a toothache.

14. You _____________(not) do it now. You ________ do it tomorrow.

15. __________________you speak any European language?

16. I don’t know yet but I _____________go to London this weekend.

17. Smoking is bad for you health. You ________________ give it up.

19. You have got plenty of time. You __________________(not) hurry.

20. You _____________have a passport to visit some foreign countries.

21. He speaks a lot of languages but he __________(not) speak Chinese.

22. It _____________________rain. It’s very

cloudy.