Use the Past Continuous tense forms of the verbs in brackets.
Make appropriate questions to the underlined words.
Make the sentences negative and turn them into questions.
Use the Past Simple Tense form of the verb in brackets (consult the table of irregular verbs in the appendix).
Focus on Grammar
1. Use the correct form of the verb to be in the Past Simple Tense.
Model: She ______ (to be) 16 last year. – She was 16 last year.
They ______ (to be) happy to see us. – They were happy to see us.
1. Last year I ______ (to be) a school leader.
2. In his childhood my brother _______ (to be) fond of playing football.
3. It ______ (to be) the best experience.
4. It ______ (to be) not easy to say goodbye on our last day in the camp.
5. My mother ______ (to be) a full-time student.
6. They ______ (to be) full of great hopes.
7. In that camp we _____ (to be) like one big family.
8. You ______ (to be) at the University at that time.
Model: At the age of six I went (to go) to school.
She liked (to like) Geography in school.
1. Yesterday she ______ (to introduce) me to her friends.
2. When I was in school I ______ (to have) 6 classes a day.
3. I ______ (to pass) 3 entrance exams.
4. My friend ______ (to come) at 8 last night.
5. I love small kids. So I ______ (to choose) the Faculty of Primary Education.
6. I ______ (to finish) secondary school in June.
7. Our University ______ (to train) a lot of highly qualified teachers.
8. My sister ______ (to get) higher education in Kharkiv GS Skovoroda National Pedagogical University.
9. They ______ (to become) friends.
10. We ______ (to enjoy) trips to different places.
11. I ______ (to do) well in my school-leaving tests.
Model: They discussed the film yesterday.
They didn’t discuss the film yesterday.
Did they discuss the film yesterday?
They were at the concert.
They weren’t at the concert.
Were they at the concert?
1. She entered Kharkiv Medical University.
2. She planned to become a journalist.
3. They met when they studied at school.
4. I attended classes twice a week.
5. I failed my entrance exams.
6. The graduates forgot their alma mater.
7. When I was at school I had holidays once a year.
8. I took 6 entrance exams.
1. Kharkiv V.N.Karazin National University was set up in 1804.
2. The decree of the tsar Olexander I included the separate chapter ”On the Pedagogical Institute”.
3. She entered that University because she wanted to become a teacher.
4. He was 25 at that time.
5. I passed 3 exams.
6. I took part in the competition in June.
7. He did a course in History at university.
A. Model: She ______ (to watch) a film at that time. – She was watching a film at that time.
They ______ (to play) football at that time yesterday. – They were playing football at that time yesterday.
1. Last June I ______ (to prepare) for my entrance exams.
2. On the morning I left Kharkiv it ______ (to rain), but when I came back
the sun ______ (to shine).
3. When she ______ (to go) the university she met her schoolmate.
4. When I arrived at the party they ______ (to dance).
5. The police fined him because he ______ (to drive) at 120 miles an hour.
6. They ______ (to discuss) a new film during the lesson.