Упражнения Past Simple

1. Give the second form of the verbs.

to meet-                                    to play-      to open-

to go-                                        to say-       to read-

to be-                                        to write-    to see-

to take-                                     to like-   to give-

to live-                                      to count-  to look-

to get-                                       to bring-     to tell-

2. Give the first form of the verbs.

took-                                         did-                                           loved-

were-         wrote-         said-

lived-         skied-         looked-

answered-      had-         came-

gave-         was-         saw-

danced-        skated-        wanted-

3. Write the forms of the verbs.

4. Say where you and your family were. Use the table.

5. Answer the questions.

a) 1. Where were you at 7 p.m. yesterday?

     2. Where were you in summer?

     3.  Was your father at home in the afternoon yesterday?

     4. Where was your mother yesterday?

     5. Were you at home at this time yesterday?

     6. Where were you born?

 b) 1. Did your parents learn English when they were schoolchildren?

      2. When did you begin to learn English?

      3. What did you do on Sunday?

      4. When did you do your homework yesterday?    

      5. Where did you spend your last summer holidays?

      6. What was the weather like last summer?

      7. When did your parents get married?

6. Translate words in brackets into English.

1. (Неделюназад) we wrote a dictation in English.

2. (Недавно) the children went to the cinema.

3. The boys played football in the yard (вчера).

4. (Прошлоевоскресенье) went to the village to see our grandmother.

5. ( Давно) my grandparents lived in the town of Minsk.

7. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple Tense.

1. He (to come) to school after the first lesson yesterday.

2. The weather (to be) cold last week.

3. When I (to be) a little girl I (to spend) summer in the village.

4. Why did you (to return) so late home yesterday?

5. I (to get) two good marks in English two days ago.

6. The children did not (to study) English two days ago.

7. Where (to be) you at three o’clock p.m. yesterday? I  (to be) at home.

8. Make questions to the sentences.

1. Mike went to England a month ago.

a) Who? b) Where? c) When?

2. The boys played games out of doors last Sunday.

a) Who? b) Where? c) When? D) What?

3. The children stayed at the seaside for two weeks a year ago.

a) Who? b) Where? c) When? D) How long?

9. Write a letter to your friend about your last visit to the Zoo\ cinema. Write about these things:

when you went there;

who you went with;

what you saw;

how long you were there.

10. Make the questions to the answers.

a) A: … …

    B: I went to the library yesterday.

    A: … …

    B: I too the book “Two Captains” by Kaverin.

b) A: … …

    B: We played on the yard last Sunday.

    A: … …

    B: The weather was nice.

    A: … …

    B: We played hockey and snowballs.

11. Say it in English.

1.  А: Ты ходила вчера в кино?

     В: Нет, не ходила. Вчера я ходила в театр.

     А: Твоя сестра ходила с тобой?

     В: Да, она тоже ходила.

2. Ты навестила свою бабушку в прошлое воскресенье? Ты не навестила свою бабушку в прошлое воскресенье? Моя сестра навестила нашу бабушку в прошлое воскресенье.

Я не навестила бабушку в прошлое воскресенье.

3. Мы  были в театре неделю назад. Вы были в театре неделю назад? Я не был в театре неделю назад. Он был в театре неделю назад. Разве они не были в театре неделю назад?

Они были в театре неделю назад.

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