Write complete sentences. Use the verbs in the past simple.
1. I / be / my first job / tired / because / veery long hours / I / work.
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2. We / go around / a car / rent / to / the city.
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3. Can Tho / think / the / wonderful / They / vacation / be.
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4. Minh / give / Duc / American stamps / new / some.
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5. They / various / fish / see / kinds of.
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6. birthday party / Hoa / for / buy / her / things / a lot of.
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IV. Fill in the gaps. Use the past simple form of the verbs in the box.
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love stay retire look work earn clean like move |
Thuy Hang is over fifty years old. She lives in the country with her five cats. She isn't married, but she love her children. She is very happy, but she can remember times when her life was difficult. She often thinks about her pats.
She (1)..........from 5.30 in the morning until 9.00 at night. She (2)...........all the rooms in the house before breakfast. She (3)...........300$ a month.
In 1995, she (4).............to another family. She (5)..............her new job because she (6)................after the children. There were five children, four sons and one daughter.
She(7).................them, especially the baby Thanh Mai. She (8).............with that family for ten years. Thuy Hang never married. She just looked after other people's children until she (9)............. , when she was seventy years old.
V. Write complete sentences. Use the verbs in the past simple.
1. I/ be/ my first job/ tired/ because/ very longs hours/ I/ work.
2. We/ go around/ a car/ rent/ to/ the city.
3. Can Tho/ think/ the/ wonderful/ They/ vacation/ be.
4. Minh/ give/ Duc/ American stamps/ new/ some.
5. They/ various/ fish/ see/ kinds of.
6. birthday party/ Hoa/ for/ buy/ her/ things/ a lot of.
Complete by changing the form of the word in capitals.
1 Do you think you get a good......................at your school? EDUCATE
2 I'm not an expert. I'm only a..................! BEGIN
3 The police are going to give Tracy an award for................... . BRAVE
4 I'm writing in.................. to your advertisement for a guitar teacher. REFER
5 I want............... at all times during the exam. SILENT
6 Rupert is an................... at a local extreme sports centre. INSTRUCT
7 I'm afraid that answer is.................. so you haven't won today's top prize. What a shame! CORRECT
8 You don't understand.......................? Look! Twelve divided by four is three. It's easy! DIVIDE
9 This is really difficult to understand. Why don't we............... it a little? SIMPLE
10 Actors have to.................... a lot of words when they are in a play. MEMORY
Complete each second sentences using the word given, so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentences. Write between two and five words.
1 Sasha is a really good tango dancer. talented
Sasha is really.................tango dancing.
2 Our teacher wasn't feeling well but she didn't stop the lesson. continued
Our teacher wasn't feeling well but she....................the lesson.
3 I've got no experience at designing clothes. know
I.......................designing clothes at all!
4 Dan couldn't do his homework on his own so I've been helping him. helping
I've been.................his homework because he couldn't do it on his own.
5 No one can learn all that in one day! capable
No one......................all that in one day!
6 I really hope you find a solution to the problem. succeed
I really hope you..........................a solution to the problem.