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Exercise 1. 

Students

    A. Regular verbs (V+ed).

1. Bob ... (start) his job two years ago.

2. We ... (study) English with a new teacher last week.

3. They ... (finish) work only at nine o’clock last night.

4. Ann ... (graduate) from university last year.

5. We ... (visit) Moscow in Russia last month.

6. He ... (work) for BBC company three years ago.

7. She ... (walk) home yesterday after party.

8. They ... (travel) around the USA by coach.

9. Sally ... (answer) telephone calls yesterday.

10. My family ... (live) in Canada three years ago.

    B. Irregular Verbs (the 2nd form).

1. We ... (eat) tasty fish at a restaurant last night.

2. She ... (make) dinner for her friends yesterday.

3. He ... (get up) very late this morning.

4. I... (go) to Italy on holiday last year.

5. She ... (buy) a new dress for birthday party yesterday.

6. I... (have) a bicycle when I was a child.

7. The parents ... (give) her a camera for her birthday.

8. They ... (see) some dolphins in the sea this morning.

9. She ... (take) a taxi to the station last week.

10. I... (do) my homework two hours ago.

    C. Past forms of the verb to be (was/were).

1. I... busy on Sunday.

2. How ... your sister’s birthday?

3. There ... a cinema next to the post office.

4. My parents ... born in the same year.

5. It... a great time!

6. There ... a lot of food and drink on birthday table.

7. Only about twenty people ... in the village.

8. ... you at work yesterday?

9. It... rainy yesterday.

10. There ... a lot of events in my life last year.

Students

1. She ... English at school, she studied French.

2. We ... a bus to the airport, we took a taxi.

3. I... porridge for breakfast as usual, I ate a sandwich.

4. My mother lived in this house, but I.. .there.

5. The weather changed my plans, but it... my mood.

6. It was very warm in the room, but it... the same outside.

7. I saw Barbara at the party, but I... her husband there.

8. She had a piece of paper, but she ... any pen to write the note.

9. Usually he stayed there for a long time, but that year he ... much.

10. They worked on Monday, but they ... on Sunday.

11. We went to the museum yesterday, but we ... to the Art Gallery.

12. John ... football yesterday, he played basketball.

13. Angus ... trousers for his wedding, he wore a kilt.

14. I... a cup last night, I broke a plate.

15. We ... in Spain last summer, we were in France.

Exercise 3.   Ask questions using interrogative words in the brackets.

1. I started my job five years ago. (When)

2. I paid a lot for the computer. (How much)

3. Mrs Robinson taught foreign languages at the university. (What)

4. I started university straight after school. (When)

5. We often went to the cinema last month. (Where)

6. Mike chose several English books. (Which books)

7. Jack told something interesting about the accident. (What)

8. I met my husband in my final year at university. (When)

9. Mary made some spelling mistakes in her test. (Where)

10. We had dinner very early at 5 o’clock yesterday. (What time)

11. He came early after his work. (When)

12. She took somebody’s notebook by mistake. (Whose)

13. Last time I met Peter in January. (When)

14. I found my umbrella under the table. (Where)

15. They went to the British Museum last week. (Who)

16. David watched DVD last night. (Who)

17. Suzy went shopping yesterday. (Who)

18. The fish was good at the local restaurant. (Where)

19. He was born in this nice town. (Where)

20. It was a very warm day yesterday. (What)

Exercise 4.   Complete the text with the past simple of the verbs in brackets.

A. 

Students

When we 1.____________ (go) on holiday last year, it 2._________ (be) all a bit of a rush. My friend Ann 3. (come) to the travel agent’s on Wednesday and 4.______ (book) a holiday for the two of us. We 5.___________ (set off) from home at six on Friday morning and 6.___________ (drive) to the airport, where we 7.___________ (leave) our carfor the week. At the airport, we 8.____________ (check in) as soon as we could, then 9.______ (find) the nicest cafe and 10._________ (have) a cup of coffee. We 11._______ (sit) there and 12._______ (plan) all the things we 13______________ (want) to do on our holiday in Spain. Within an hour, we 14_____________ (be) in the departure lounge and then, we 15. ________ (fly) on the plane and on our way to Spain. The plane 16._____ (land) two hours later. We 17._______ (feel) ready for our week on the beach!

B.

When he 1.____________ (be) young, Harry 2._______ (live) in a seaside resort on the Adriatic Sea for five years. His parents 3._______ (run) an Irish pub there, and Harry 4.______________ (go) to the local primary school. It 5.______________ (be) a bit difficult at first, but then he 6.___________ (become) fluent in Italian and he 7._____________ (can) even write it quite well. He 8._______________ (have) a great time during the summer when young people from Great Britain 9.______________(come) to the seaside and he 10._________ (talk) to them in English. But the season he 11._________ (like) best 12._______ (be) spring. There 13.________________ (be) no tourists yet, and Harry and his Italian friends 14.________________ (play) on the beach every day after school.