| Write the simple past of the verbs in the correct box, then read them aloud. want, open, wash, work, arrest, help, carry, visit, cook, clean, need, finish, load, live, |
watch, accept, laugh, stay, pass, type, persuade, arrange, walk, end, start, show,
regret, stop, wonder, sacrifice, practice, rain, call.
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I. Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets: Past simple or past continuous
1. It (begin)...................................to rain while Amanda and I (walk) ................................... to school.
2. I (wash) ...................................dishes when I (drop) ................................ a plate and (break) ................................... it.
3. I (hit) ................................... my thumb while I (use) ...................................the hammer. Ouch!
4. When we fist (meet)…………………………each other five years ago, both of us (study) ………………………at university.
5. I (walk) ...................................under an apple tree when an apple (fall) ...................................and (hit) ................................... me on the head.
6. After I (turn)………………………..all the lights off, I (leave)……………………….the office. Then I (go) …………………….to the city centre because I (want)……………………….to do some shopping.
7. When I (arrive)…………………….. at the station last Friday morning, Mary and Jack (wait) …………………………..for me.
8. It was 9pm last night. My parents (watch) …………………………..TV, I (do) ………………………..my homework and my brother (read)…………………………..his comic.
9. Last night, I (listen)............................ to music and (do) ..................................... my homework when Kim (stop) .............................. by.
10. While Paul (carry)................................ brushes and paint and (climb) .....................................a ladder, a bird (fly).............................down and (sit) .....................................on his head. Paul (drop)..................................the paint and (spill) ..................................... it all over the ground.
I. Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets: Past simple, past continuous or past perfect
1. It (begin)...................................to rain while Amanda and I (walk) ................................... to school.
2. After Mary (finish)……………………her homework last night, she (go)…………………..out for a walk.
3. I (wash) ...................................dishes when I (drop) ................................ a plate and (break) ................................... it.
4. I (hit) ................................... my thumb while I (use) ...................................the hammer. Ouch!
5. When we fist (meet)…………………………each other five years ago, both of us (just/graduate) ………………………from unniversity.
6. By the the we (get)…………………..to the ticket box last Saturday, they (sell)………………………..out all the tickets.
7. I (walk) ...................................under an apple tree when an apple (fall) ...................................and (hit) ................................... me on the head.
8. As soon as I (turn)………………………..all the lights off, I (leave)……………………….the office. Then I (go) …………………….to the city centre because I (want)……………………….to do some shopping.
9. When I (arrive)…………………….. at the station last Friday morning, Mary and Jack (wait) …………………………..for me. They (be)…………………………there for about 20 minutes.
10. It was 9pm last night, and the party (not/ start)…………………………….yet.
11. Last month, both my brother and my next-door neighbor were in Thailand, and neither one of them (know) ................................... that the other was there. While they (attend) ...................................my daughter’s wedding reception last weekend, my neighbor (mention) ...................................her trip, and my brother was very surprised. It seems that they (be) ................................... in Bangkok for three days at exactly the same time and (stay) ................................... in hotels that were only a few blocks away from each other.
When I (come)……………………..into class yesterday, my teacher (already/ begin)…………………………..the lesson
I. Supply the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
1. When Carol (call).................... last night, I (watch)............................. my favorite show on television.
2. I (work).............................. for this company for more than thirty years, and I intend to stay here until I retire!
3. Sharon (love)................................... to travel. She (go)................................. abroad almost every summer. Next year, she plans to go to Peru.
4. Thomas is an author. He (write).......................... mystery novels and travel memoirs. He (write) ................................... since he was twenty-eight. Altogether, he (write).......................... seven novels, three collections of short stories and a book of poetry.
5. We were late because we had some car problems. By the time we (get)......................... to the train station, Susan (wait) ............................ for us for more than two hours.
6. Sam (try)................................. to change a light bulb when he (slip).............................. and (fall)............................
7. Every day I (wake)....................up at 6 o'clock, (eat).................................. breakfast at 7 o'clock and (leave) ................................ for work at 8 o'clock. However, this morning I (get)............................. up at 6:30, (skip) ............................. breakfast and (leave).......................... for work late because I (forget).................... to set my alarm.
8. Right now, Jim (read)......................... the newspaper and Kathy (make) ........................... dinner. Last night at this time, they (do)........................... the same thing. She (cook).................... and he (read)................................ the newspaper. Tomorrow at this time, they (do, also)....................... the same thing. She (prepare) ............................. dinner and he (read)............................. They are very predictable people!
9. By this time next summer, you (complete) ............................ your studies and (find).......................... a job. I, on the other hand, (accomplish, not).......................... anything. I (study, still)............................... and you (work) .................................. in some new high paying job.
10. When they (get)........................... to the station, the train (already / leave)..................................................
II. Write the correct form of verbs. Use the past continuous or the past simple.
1. The woodcutter (work) in the woods. He (hear) a loud scream from a small cottage.
2. Hans Christian Andersen (grow up) in a Danish village and (move)___ to the big city in 1900s.
3. Cinderella (have to) work hard all day since her father died.
4. Cinderella (dress) in rags with a dusty gray face from the cinders whileher stepsisters always (dress) splendid and elegant clothes.
5. I (see) the accident when I (wait) for the taxi.
6. While people (talk) to each other, he (read) his book.
7. Who she (dance) with at the party last night?
8. While we (play) basketball in the park, Mary (fall) over.
9. When Cinderella (run) she (loose) one of her slippers.
10. Someone (knock) the door at midnight yesterday
II. Give the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets. (10 pts)
It's tea time. (stop) (work) now.
When we (come) to visit her yesterday, she (cook) in the kitchen.
He’d like (choose) (take) part in this race.
While Linda and Margaret (prepare) the food, we (lay) the tables for the party.
When I (enter) the room, I felt that someone (break) in while I was out.
It's boring (listen) to music. I suggest (go) to the cinema for a change.
My father (try) to give up (smoke) four times without success.
By the time she (get) her degree next month, she (live) in Hanoi for over 4 years.
It’s time we (decide) where (hold) the next meeting.
I (never forget) what you (just tell) me, Tim.
III. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses. Not/ finish, correct, can buy, be, call, smoke, not receive, write, 1.I ____________ to my pen pal two months ago, but I ____________ his reply since then. 2.If the weather ____________ nice tomorrow, we will go for a picnic. 3Don’t worry, I ____________ you as soon as I come back home. 4. Last year, he used ……………………… 20 cigarettes a day. 5. This exercise must ……………………… by the teacher. 6.. Thu and her friend ……………………... their work yet.
Fill in Present Simple , Present Cont , Past Simple , Present Perfect , will or be going to.
My cousin‘s name (1.be)…………….Sylvie Dupont .She (2.live)………………….in Pairs and (3.work)…………………
in a café in the centre of the city . She (4.work)………………………… there for three years .At the moment her best friend from England (5.stay)……………………….with her.She (6.enjoy)………………………her holiday very much .They (7.already/visit)…………………………………many museums together and they (8.be)……………………. to the theatre three times .Next week they (9.see)…………………….a film and then (10.have )………………………..dinner at an expensive restaurant .Last Tuesday they (11.go)……………………. to a disco with some friends of their .They (12.not/come)…………….…………home until very late . Sylvie (13.be)………………………..…so tired at work the following day customer .She doesn’t think she(15.see)……………………….him at the café again ! In the future she(16.not stay )……………………….out so late and she (17.be)……………………….more careful while she is serving customers
Exercise 5: Complete the conversation. Put the verbs in the box into the past simple tense.
(Some are used more than once.)
leave be go back lose happen visit do have find not have spend not find not be get |
Matt: - Hi, Dad.
Father: - Hello, Matt. How are you?
Matt: - I'm fine, thanks. We're in Bolivia now.
Father: - ____ you______ a good time in Peru?
Matt: - Yes, we_____ .
Father: - We_____ your postcard last week. How long______ you______________ there?
Matt: - We_____ there for about three weeks.
Father: - What_____ you______ ?
Matt: - Oh, we_____ lots of places.
Father: - ____ you______ good places to stay?
Matt: - Yes, we___________ any problems. But guess what. I __________ my wallet.
Father: - Oh no! How_____ that_______ ?
Matt: - I__________ it on the beach.
Father: - ____ you______ it again?
Matt: - No, I______ . We_____ to look for it, but we_______ it. But it _____OK. There___ much in it. My passport and tickets and money _______all at the hotel.
Exercise 5: Complete the conversation. Put the verbs in the box into the past simple tense.
(Some are used more than once.)
leave be go back lose happen visit do have find not have spend not find not be get |
Matt: - Hi, Dad.
Father: - Hello, Matt. How are you?
Matt: - I'm fine, thanks. We're in Bolivia now.
Father: - ____ you______ a good time in Peru?
Matt: - Yes, we_____ .
Father: - We_____ your postcard last week. How long______ you______________ there?
Matt: - We_____ there for about three weeks.
Father: - What_____ you______ ?
Matt: - Oh, we_____ lots of places.
Father: - ____ you______ good places to stay?
Matt: - Yes, we___________ any problems. But guess what. I __________ my wallet.
Father: - Oh no! How_____ that_______ ?
Matt: - I__________ it on the beach.
Father: - ____ you______ it again?
Matt: - No, I______ . We_____ to look for it, but we_______ it. But it _____OK. There___ much in it. My passport and tickets and money _______all at the hotel.
