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 …………………............….........

John usually walks to work Yesterday ..........……………………............…............

John is usually late for work. Yesterday .………………..........................…............

John usually has a sandwich for lunch. Yesterday …………..…..............................

John usually goes out in the evening. Yesterday evening ………….........…............

John usually reads newspapers in the evening. Yesterday evening ...………….......

John usually writes letters to his friends. Yesterday ...................…….……………

John usually sleeps well. Last night .......................…………………………..........

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... didn’t go …… (not/go) to work yesterday because I … wasn’t … (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 He’s a very busy man. Look at Steve’s diary and see what he did last week.

B) Ask all types of questions on Steve’s daily activities last week.

C) Tell your classmates about your activities last week.

Date: 2015-01-12; view: 1621