5 Grammar was/were New English File Teachers Book Elementary

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a Complete with was/wasnt or were/werent to make true sentences.

1 Julius Caesar wasnt the first Roman emperor.

2 The Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1996.
3 Mozart the composer of the Marriage of Figaro.
4 Albert Einstein born in Germany.
5 Valentina Tereshkova the first woman in space.
6 Vincent Van Gogh from Belgium.
7 The 2002 football World Cup in China.
8 The Incas from Mexico.
9 The Beatles from Manchester.
10 Socrates and Plato Roman philosophers.
11 Che Guevara born in Cuba.
12 Bill Clinton President of the United States in 2002.
13 Marie Antoinette Louis XVI's wife.
14 The Vikings from Germany.
15 Garibaldi born in Italy.

b Make questions and test your partners memory.
A Was Julius Caesar the first Roman Emperor?
B No, he wasn't.

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 5 Grammar past simple regular verbs New English File Teachers Book Elementary
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1 arrive at Manchester airport 2 check in 3 wait for the plane 4 not smoke

5 land in Milan 6 travel by bus to the hotel 7 arrive at the hotel 8 stay at the hotel
for two nights

9 not visit the city 10 train for three hours 11 not play the match 12 Milan score five goals

a Look at the pictures. Write sentences in the past simple.

b Test your memory. Cover the
1 Steve arrived at Manchester airport . sentences and look at the pictures.
Remember the story.
2 He checked in .
3 .
4 .
5 .
6 .
7 .
8 .
9 .
10 .
11 .
12 .
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 5 Grammar past simple irregular verbs New English File Teachers Book Elementary
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a Complete the story with the past simple of the verbs in brackets.

Lalis story
ALI 1
L
name
2
3
went into the Caf Paris and
(have) a coffee. The waiters
(be) Nestor. He 4
(be) tall and handsome. Lali fell in love with
him the first time she 5 (see) him.
The next day Lali 6 (go) into the
same caf. Do you want to go out for lunch?
she asked Nestor. He 7 (not / can).
He finished work at six. But I can meet you
after work, he said.
Lali 8 (go) back to the caf and
9 (meet) Nestor at 6.00. They
10 (drive) to the beach in Nestors car.
At the beach they 11 (have) a drink
and danced at a disco. They 12 (get)
home after midnight.
Every day, Lali 13 (go) to the caf at
6.00 in the evening and they 14 (drive) morning. She 17 (see) Nestor, but
to the beach. They 15 (be) very happy. Nestor 18 (not / see) Lali. He was
On Nestors birthday, Lali wanted to surprise with another girl. Lali 19 (leave). She
him. She 16 (go) to the caf in the 20 (not / see) Nestor again.

b Complete these questions about the text.
1 Where did Nestor and Lali meet ? They met at the Caf Paris.
2 What ? She had a coffee.
3 What time ? She met Nestor at 6.00.
4 Where ? They drove to the beach.
5 What They had a drink, had dinner,
at the beach? and danced at a disco.
6 What time ? They got home after midnight.
7 Where She went to the caf.
on Nestors birthday?
8 her? No, he didnt.
9 What ? She left.
10 again? No, she didnt.

c Test your memory. Cover the answers. Can you remember them?

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5 Grammar past simple regular and irregular New English File Teachers Book Elementary
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Complete the conversation with the past tense of the verb in brackets.
Be careful with + , , and ? .

A NEW LIFE
inspector granger OK Mr
Thomas. Relax and tell me the
problem.
mr thomas Its my wife. She
1went (go) out yesterday to buy

some milk. And she 2

(not / come) back.
inspector granger When
3 (/you see) your wife
for the last time?
mr thomas Yesterday evening.
inspector granger Tell me what happened yesterday.
mr thomas Well, we 4 (wake up) at about 8.00 as usual. We
5 (have) breakfast and then I 6 (drive) to work. I think
she 7 (go) shopping. It 8 (be) a Wednesday. She always
goes shopping on Wednesdays. Then she 9 (make) the dinner.
inspector granger When 10 home? (/you come)
mr thomas I 11 (come) home at six oclock. I 12 (sit)
down in my chair and 13 (read) the newspaper. Then we
14 (have) dinner. After dinner, my wife 15 (go) to the
kitchen. I 16 (have) a glass of whisky and 17 (sleep) in
my chair.
inspector granger 18 (/you speak) to your wife when you
19 (come) home? Or 20 (/she say) anything to you?
mr thomas I 21 (not / speak) to her, but after about an hour
she 22 (say), This isnt a
life. Im going out. She 23
(take) her bag and her coat. She
24 (not / say) goodbye. I
25 (hear) the door close.
But I 26 (not / see) her
again.
inspector granger I see sir. I
think I can guess the answer to this
mystery.

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