THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE
Exercise 8. Read a sentence about the present and then write a sentence about the past.
Example. John usually gets up at 7.30. Yesterday
he got up at7.30
John usually wakes up early. Yesterday morning
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John usually walks to work Yesterday ..........
............
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John is usually late for work. Yesterday .
..........................
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John usually has a sandwich for lunch. Yesterday
..
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John usually goes out in the evening. Yesterday evening
.........
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John usually reads newspapers in the evening. Yesterday evening ...
.......
John usually writes letters to his friends. Yesterday ...................
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John usually sleeps well. Last night .......................
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Exercise 9. Make up questions. Ask your friend about his holiday.
Examples: where / go? Where did you go?
food/good? Was the food good?
1) how long / stay there? 2) stay in a hotel? 3) go alone? 4) how / travel? 5) the weather / fine? 6) what /do in the evenings? 7) meet any interesting people?
Exercise 10. Put the verbs into the correct form. All the sentences are past.
Example: I... didnt go
(not/go) to work yesterday because I
wasnt
(not/be) very well
1. Tom ...
(not/shave) this morning because he
(not/have) time.
2. We
(not/eat) anything because we
(not/be) hungry.
3. I .....
(not/rush) because I
(not/be) in a hurry.
4. She ....
.(not/be) interested in the book because she ........(not/understand) it.
5. He ..
....(not/invite) me to the party, so I
.(not/come).
Exercise 11. A) Steve Baxter is a journalist Hes a very busy man. Look at Steves diary and see what he did last week.
B) Ask all types of questions on Steves daily activities last week.
Monday 21st
| 9.00 - visit the BBC Television Centre
14.00 - opening the art museum
| Tuesday 22nd
| 10.15 - interview Lord Harley
14 15 - press conference at the British Museum
| Wednesday 23rd
| 9.30 - discuss new project with Mr. Short
15.00 - meet reporters from Canada
| Thursday 24th
| 11.00 - interview Sam Jones
14 00 - press conference at Hilton Hotel
| Friday 25th
| 10.00 - phone Scotland Yard (Chief Inspector Marks)
| C) Tell your classmates about your activities last week.
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