3. Complete the sentences with the past simple affirmative form of the verbs in brackets. All the verbs are regular.

(Hoàn thành các câu sau với dạng khẳng định của thì quá khử đơn cho các động từ trong ngoặc. Tất cả các động từ trong ngoặc đều có quy tắc.)

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. I _____ (plan) my summer holiday.

5. You _____ (seem) very upset yesterday.

6. I _____ (chat)with my cousin for hours last night.

7. My uncle _____ (marry) his next-door neighbour.

8. Theo _____ (move) house three times last year.

II.        Complete the sentences with the Past Simple affirmative or negative of the verbs in brackets. There are two verbs in questions 6–8.

0     I _______________ (not play) football last Saturday.

1     Paloma _______________ (not clean) her house yesterday.

2     Fabian _______________ (watch) a good film last night.

3     Amar _______________ (not buy) anything at the shops today.

4     Nick _______________ (not meet) his friends last night.

5     Colin and Jonny _______________ (miss) school today.

6     We __________ (not visit) my grandparents last week – they _______ (be) on holiday.

7     I __________ (not sleep) very much last night – I _______________ (not be) tired.

8     The sun___________ (not shine) yesterday so I _______________ (stay) at home.

G. In some of these sentences, the past simple form is incorrect. Underline the incorrect verbs and write the sentence correctly. Tick the correct sentences.
1. I took a lot of photos yesterday.
_____________________________.
2. I did my homework this morning.
_____________________________.
3. We spoke to the teacher earlier.
_____________________________.
4. I had cereal for breakfast.
_____________________________.
5. You came home late last night.
_____________________________.
6. My grandfather fought in World War 2.
_____________________________.

Look at the photo. Who was this man? Why is he family? Read the text and check.

Aicolaus copernicus was a famous astronomer. He was born in 1473 in torun. He came from a rich family and had three brothers and sister.

Copernicus studies theology and language - he spoke five languages! Later he began to study astronomy, medicine maths . At that time, people thought that the earth was the centre of the universe, and that the sun went round the earth . But copernicus said that the earth went round the sun. He wrote about his idea in his famous book de revolutionibus. The book appeared a few months before he died in 1543.

Look at the text again. Underline all the verbs in the part simple. Which verbs are regular ? Which verbs are irregular?

Match the irregular part simple forms in the text with the base forms bolow.

1. Be was/were

2.come 7. Go

3. Have 8. Say

4. Speak 9. Write

5. Begin

6. Think

Exercise 5:  Complete the conversation. Put the verbs in the box into the past simple tense.

(Some are used more than once.)

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.)

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.

4. Complete the email. Use the past simple affirmative form of the verbs in brackets.

(Hoàn thành bức thư điện tử. Sử dụng thể khẳng định của thì quá khứ đơn cho các động từ trong ngoặc.)

Dear Abby

How are you? (1) _____ (see) Ryan yesterday and we (2) _____ (chat) for hours about Zak's party. We both (3) _____ (have) a great time. We really (4) _____ (enjoy) the music and the food (5) _____ (be) good too. Ryan (6) _____ (leave) just before midnight, but I (7) _____ (stay) until 2 a.m.! I (8) _____ (feel) so tired the next day! I hope Ryan's parents (9) _____ OK about the mess. They (10) _____ (go) out for the evening.

See you soon!

Ella