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Exercise
1: Use was or were
1.
I _____ in New York in 1999.
2.
She _____ a good student.
3.
They _____ very happy yesterday.
4.
I _____ born in 1989.
5.
We _____ sad yesterday.
6.
You _____ angry last night.
7.
_____ you in Spain in 1900?
Exercise
2: Change to past simple this text
Mr.Smith
gets up at 6:45 every morning and has a shower. Then he
has breakfast. He always has tea and cornflakes for
breakfast He leaves home at 7:55 and goes to work by
bus. He always takes the 8:05 bus and gets to work at
8:30. He has lunch from 1:00 till 2:00 and leaves work
at 6:00 in the evening. When he gets home, he reads the
newspaper. Then he has dinner. He always has dinner at
7:15. After dinner he takes his dog for a walk.He always
goes to bed at 10:30 exactly!
Exercise
3: Correct the verb
Mary
_________(go) to the cinema yesterday.
Ex: Mary went to the
cinema yesterday.
2) Peter _______(watch) tv last night.
3)
Alice _________(have) a sandwich for lunch.
4) The children
________(play) basketball all afternoon.
5) Susan
___________(buy) a new jacket for Jim.
6) The
girls__________(study) all the weekend.
7) The dog _________(eat)
all his food.
8) I _________(sleep) wonderfully last night
Exercise
4: Translate into Spanish
Paul:
What did you do yesterday? (¿Que
hiciste ayer?)
Alice:
I went to the cinema.
P: What film did you see?
A: I saw The
king´s speech.
P: Did you like it?
A: Yes, I did. It was a
very good film.
P: What time did the film start?
A: It started
at 8:00 pm.And what did you do?
P: Oh, I stayed at home.
Exercise
5: Use -d; -ed; -ied.
I
______ (walk) to work last week.
He
_________ (study) computers for five years.
They
_______ (arrive) late for the party.
We
_________ (marry) in a church.
It
________ (end) at 6 pm.
Ana
________ (wait) for an hour.
You
________ (like) the movie. I didn't.
Bob
________ (need) that book yesterday.
They
_______ (use) my new pen.
The
teacher _______ (help) the students after class.
Exercise
6: Coplete the underlined verbs
1.
He always goes to work by car. Yesterday he ______ to work by
bus.
2. They always get up early. This morning they
______ up late.
3. Bill often loses his key. He _______
one last Saturday.
4. I write a letter to Jane every
week. Last week I _______ two letters.
5. She meets her
friends every evening. She _______ them yesterday evening, too.
6.
I usually read two newspapers every day. I _______ only a
newspaper yesterday.
7. They come to my house every
Friday. Last Friday they ______, too.
8. We usually go
to the cinema on Sunday. We ________to the cinema last Sunday,
too.
9. Tom always has a shower in the morning. Tom
_______ a shower this morning, too.
10. They buy a new
car every year. Last year they _______ a new car, too.
11. I
eat an orange every day. Yesterday I _______ two oranges.
12.
We usually do our shopping on Monday. We _______ our shopping
last Monday, too.
13. Ann often takes photos. Last
weekend she ________ some photos.
14. We leave at 8.30
every morning. But yesterday we ________ at 8.00.
