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4) The players are depressed because they _________ the game last weekend. Next time they’ll play better. 5) A: How can you take a three-month vacation? What about your job?.. B: I won’t[r]
(1)I/ Complete the paragraph in the PAST SIMPLE Use a verb from the box:
arrive continue finish listen
play start talk work
My first day at school
I remember my first day at school in 1995! I 1) at 8.30 and 2) lesson at 9.00 We 3)
from 9.00 to 12.00 The teachers 4) to us a lot! Then we 5) football for an hour In the afternoon we 6) the lessons and 7) to the teacher very carefully Then at 3.30 the lessons 8) It
was a long and tiring day!
II/ Match the questions a) to h) with the answers 1) to 8): a) What were you doing when you saw the
accident?
b) Did you go to Italy last summer? c) What did you last weekend?
d) What did you when you saw the two men?
e) Did you go to school yesterday? f) Did you have a good time at the party? g) When did you find the money? h) Did Paula phone yesterday?
1) Yes, I really enjoyed my self 2) I called the police
3) Yes, she phoned while you were playing golf
4) Yes, I spent three weeks there 5) I was standing at the bus-stop 6) While I was cleaning the floor 7) I met my friends, and spent time with my family
8) No, I was ill I stayed at home Your answers:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 III/ Write a question for each answer:
a) Were ?
- Last night? No, I wasn’t working last night
b) Was ?
- Yes, that’s right Jim was waiting at the bus stop
c) Was……… ?- No, Mary wasn’t talking
d) Was ?
- Yes, that’s right Kate was wearing jeans
e) Were ?
- Yes, Ali and Mehmet were playing football
f) Was……… ? - Raining? Yes, it was
g) Were ?
(2)h) Was ? - Yes, that’s right Tina was reading her breakfast
IV/ In each sentence, there is one mistake Correct them: 1) When I was arriving at Dan’s house, he was waiting outside 2) While we were writing a maths test, the head teacher was coming into the room
3) While we swam, it started to rain
4) While I was having a bath, the lights were going out 5) Debra watched TV when the storm began
6) While I was walking to the shop I was losing my bag! 7) What were you doing when I was seeing you yesterday? 8) I was walking up the stairs when I was hearing the phone
1 _ 2 _
3 _ 4 _ 5 _ 6 _ 7 _ 8 _ V/ Give the correct form of the verbs:
When he 1(be) a boy at school, Edison 2(ask) a lot of questions The teacher 3(think) he 4(be) stupid and she 5(send) him home Edison's mother 6(teach) her son at home and he 7(begin) to carry out a lot of experiments He 8(earn) money for his experiments by 9(garden) Later he 10(work) on a train and 11(continue) to experiment there.
Unfortunately, in one of his experiments, he 12(set) fire to the train!
Teresa Cardin 1(hear) a strange sound on the telephone one morning She 2(not think) the
call 3(be) a joke.
"Do you want help?" she 4(ask) However, the caller 5(not speak) "I'm now saying the
names of the letters of the alphabet", Teresa said 6(Hit) the phone when I come to the first letter of your
street Teresa 7(begin) to recite the letters and 8(hear) a noise The caller 9(hit) the
phone after a certain letter Next Teresa 10(recite) all the names of streets beginning with that letter In
this way she 11(find) out the name of the street Soon policemen and a doctor 12(arrive)
at the caller's house The caller was an old lady She was very ill
VI/ Complete the following sentences with the past form of any given irregular verbs:
break buy choose cut dig draw
fall feel find forget give grow
hear lose meet quit read shake
sleep speak steal teach
1) A: Why isn’t Bill here for the meeting? He’s supposed to give the weekly report B: I _ to him on the phone last night, and he said he would be here
2) After I gave a large bone to each of my three dogs, they went to separate corners of the backyard and _ holes to bury their bones
3) After looking at all the chairs, I finally the red one It was a difficult decision
(3)B: I won’t be going back to that job ever again I _ yesterday
6) Laurie has circles under her eyes because she _ only two hours last night She was studying for her final exams
7) Matt lost his watch He looked everywhere for it Finally, he _ it in his pants that were in the washing machine He had washed his watch, but it was still ticking
8) Joy was barefoot She stepped on a piece of broken glass and _ her foot 9) Danny and I are old friends, we _ each other in 1985
10) My father _ how to make furniture
11) I didn’t have a garden, so I _ tomatoes in a pot on the balcony outside my apartment
12) The student with the highest grade point average _ a speech at the graduation ceremony She _ about her hopes for the future of the world
13) Paul was in a hurry to get to class this morning He _ to comb his hair 14) Last week I an interesting book about the volcanoes in Iceland 15) When Erica and I were introduced to each other, we _ hands 16) Mike is in jail because he _ a car
17) When I heard about Sue’s problem, I _ sorry for her
18) The students all _ pictures of their teacher, but few of the drawings looked like her She tried not to laugh at the pictures
19) A few minutes ago, I _ on the radio about a bad plane accident 20) Joe had an accident He off the roof and _ his leg VII/ PAST CONTINUOUS vs SIMPLE PAST:
1) A: There was a power outage in our part of town last night (your lights, go out) _ _ too?
B: Yes, they did It (be) terrible! I (take) _ a shower when the lights went out My wife (find) _ a flashlight and rescued me from the bathroom We couldn’t cook dinner, so we (eat) _ sandwiches instead I (try) to read some reports by candlelight, but I couldn’t see well enough, so I (go) to bed and (sleep) _ How about you?
2) It (begin) to rain while Amanda and I (walk) to school this morning
(4)4) When the teacher (come) _ into the room, two boys (play) football 5) While I (listen) _ to music, I (hear) the doorbell
6) I (break) my pen while I (do) _ my homework
VIII/ Complete the following paragraph with suitable verbs Use either the PAST SIMPLE or PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:
John Blake was born in London in 1969 He 1) to work in France when he was nineteen While he 2) in a restaurant in Paris, he 3) Luisa, an Italian student He 4) her to marry him, but she
wouldn’t Heartbroken, he 5) to England Three years later, John 6) along the street in London
when he 7) Luisa She 8) London with a friend called Maria When John and Maria 9) , they