Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of past simple.

Write different questions to the following sentences.

Answer the following questions.

Make sentences negative.

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of past simple. Use the list of irregular verbs.

Write the past simple forms of the verbs into the correct box.

Read the following sentences and correct them. Write two true sentences as in the example.

E.g.: The sun goes round the earth.

a) The sun doesn't go round the earth.

b) The earth goes round the sun.

1. The sun rises in the west.

2. Carpenters make things from metal.

3. The River Amazon flows into the Pacific Ocean.

4. Mice catch cats.

5. Ice melts at 100° С

6. Water boils at 0° С

7. Sheep eat meat.

8. Birds fly away to the North in winter.

9. The moon rises in the west.

10. Exercise is bad for your health.

11. Journalists never ask questions.

12. Edinburgh is the capital of the UK.

laugh, study, travel, pray, stop, close, cry, rob, call, love, tidy, dance, miss, drop, phone, enjoy, try, live, refer, look, carry

1. Нe (to stay) at the Institute after classes. 2. I (to know) all the words very well. 3. She (to study) English at the Institute. 4. She (to write) the letter. 5. Some years ago she (to live) in the country. 6. She (make) an interesting report. 7. Last year he (to work) at the factory. 8. Yesterday we (to go) home by metro. 9. It (to take) me half an hour to get home. 10. We (to see) the film a week ago. 11. She (to find) time to help us. 12. He (to do) the translation without a dictionary. 13. He always (to do) his best to learn to speak English correctly and understand it. 14. Last night we (to watch) a hockey match on TV. 15. She (to leave) for England the day before yesterday.

1. We had our breakfast at the Institute dining-room. 2. He want­ed to go to Kiev during the holidays. 3. Our English class began at 10 o'clock. 4. Last night I got a letter from my parents. 5. My daugh­ter tried to write the letter in English. 6. She made a report last week. 7. It snowed hard.

1. Did you go skiing last Sunday? 2. With whom did you prepare your homework? 3. What did you do last night? 4. Did your friend see the new film yesterday? 5. Where did you have supper? 6. Did you watch TV last Sunday? 7. At what time did you go to bed? 8. Did you come home early or late yesterday? 9. What did you do before classes yesterday? 10. Did you get a letter from your friend last week?

1. We listened to the latest news over the radio. 2. The meeting began at 3 o'clock. 3. My father left for London last week. 4. I got up late yesterday. 5. We went to the cinema a week ago. 6. We spent the holidays in the country last summer. 7. It was pleasant to bathe in the river in summer. 8. There were a lot of leaves on the ground in the park. 9. He asked the same question. 10. We went in for skating last winter.

1. A: __________ (you/go) on holiday last summer?

B: Yes, I __________ (go) to Hungary.

2. A: Where __________ (be) you last night?

B: I __________ (meet) a friend for dinner.

3. I __________ (call) her house but there __________ (be) no answer.

4. Yesterday, Sue __________ (receive) a package in the post from Tom.

5. A: What __________ (you/do) when you __________ (finish) school?

B: I __________ (travel) through Europe.

6. I __________ (send) an e-mail to Maria yesterday and she __________ (write) back immediately.

7. A: _____________ (they/go) to the football game on Saturday?

B: No, they __________ (watch) it on TV.

8. A: __________ (you/finish) the book I __________ (give) you?

B: Yes, I did.

47. Open the brackets, use the Present Simple or Past Simple.

1. I ( go) to bed at 10 o'clock every day. 2. I (go) to bed at 10 o'clock yesterday. 3. My brother (wash) his face every morning. 4. Yesterday he (wash) his face at a quarter past seven. 5. I (not have) History lessons every day. 6. We (not rest) yesterday. 7. My brother (not drink) coffee yesterday. 8. My mother always (take) a bus to get to work, but yesterday she (not take) a bus. Yesterday she (walk) to her office. 9. You (talk) to the members of your family every day? - Yes, I ... . But yester­day I (not talk) to them: I (be) very busy yesterday. 10. You (come) home at 6 o'clock yesterday? - No, I... . Yesterday I (come) home from school at half past eight. I (be) very tired. I (have) dinner with my family. After dinner I (be) very thirsty. I (drink) two cups of tea. Then I (rest). 11. Your sister (go) to school every day? -Yes, she ... .

48. Stefano is asking his friend Pietro about his new girlfriend. Complete his questions with the correct form of be, have and do.

Stefano: What (a) __________ your girlfriend’s name?

Pietro: Masako.

Stefano: (b) _________ that a Japanese name?

Pietro: Yes, That’s right.

Stefano: Which part of Japan (c) ________ she come from?

Pietro: Osaka.

Stefano: Uh-huh … so (d) ________ you speak Japanese?

Pietro: No. ‘Hello’ and ‘thank you’, but that’s it!

Stefano: Oh, right. (e) _________she do that English course with you last month?

Pietro: No, her English is much better than mine.

Stefano: Well, how (f) ___________ you meet her, then?

Pietro: At the bus stop – she lives near me.

Stefano: I see, (g) ________ she got her own flat here?

Pietro: Well, it’s her parents’ flat.

Stefano: Oh. (h) _________ they live here, too?

Pietro: Some of the time, yes.