Level 4

Our Past

Past Simple
1 Regular and irregular verbs
Complete the sentences. Put he verbs in parentheses into the Past
Simple.
1. I started (start) to work when I was five
2. I_______ (work) until 8:00, and then I________ (meet) some
friends and we_________ (go) to the movies.
3. She___________ (sell) her old car and_________ (buy) a new
one
4. I__________ (play) tennis in the morning, but it________ (rain)
in the afternoon so I____________ (study) for my exams.
5. Last week we__________ (drive) to Miami and _________ (visit)
our grandparents.
6. I____________ (lose) my umbrella last week ---I _________
(leave) it in the bank and someone _______ (steal) it.
7. He _________ (retire) and __________ (move) to the country.

2 Past Simple negative.

Make the verbs negative.
1. He went to Thailand. He didnt go to Thailand.
2. They won a vacation in the Caribbean.
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3. We were at home yesterday.
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4. Dickens wrote sixteen novels.
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5. Columbus was born in Genoa.
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6. She spent a week in the Rockies.

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7. I brought you a present.
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3 Past simple questions
Put the words in the correct order to make questions. Then write true
answers.
1. Yiu high school when graduate did from
When did you graduate from high school?
I graduated from high school when I was eighteen.
2. You were born where ?
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3. Morning at you were 10:00 yesterday where?
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4. Time bed did to last go night what you
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5. In when you country last did walk the
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6. Many month did last see movies you how
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7. Last restaurant week did you eat in
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4 Describing a vacation

Read the information and complete the conversation about David and Annas last
vacation.
Where/go?
How long/spend there?
When/come back?
How/travel?
Where/stay

Brazil
Two weeks
Friday
Plane and car
Not much money,
cheap hotels

What/do?

The
north--walked,
ate and drank a lot,
photographs
Rio de Janeirothe
beach, not much time

Enjoy the vacation?

What/bring back?

Yes
coffee
Helena Where did you and Ana go for your last vacation?
David We (1) ________ to Brazil
Helena Oh, how nice! How long (2) ________ you there?
David Only two weeks. We (3) ______last Friday.
Helena And how (4) ______ you _________?
David We (5) _________ to Rio de Janeiro, and then we (6)_________ around the
country.
Helena And where (7) _________ you _________?
David Well, we (8) _________ much money, so we (9) _________ in cheap hotels.
Helena And what (10) _________ you _________?
David In the north we (11) _________ walking, (12) _________ Brazilian coffee, and
(13) _________ lots of food! And Ana (14) _________ hundreds of photographs. In Rio
we (15) _________ to some great beaches, but we (16) _________ time to see
everything .
Helena (17) _________ you _________ your vacation?

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David Yes, it (18) _________ fantastic

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Helena And (19) _________ you _________ anything back?

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David Yes, we (20) _________ lots of coffee heres some for you!