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Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets into the correct tense Past Simple or Past

Continuous.

1.- It _____________ (snow) when I _________ (leave) home this morning.


2.- It was a sunny afternoon and people __________ (sit) on the grass in the park. Then suddenly it __________
(start) to rain.
3.- A: I tried to explain my problem to her. B: ____________________ (she/listen)?
4.- My brother ______________ (talk) on the phone when I arrived, but when he ____________ (see) me, he
___________ (finish) the call. Perhaps he thought that I ____________ (listen) to his conversation.
5.- I nearly had an accident today. A car ____________ (come) towards me, but I moved quickly out of the way and
fortunately nothing ____________ (happen).
6.- A: Which hotel ______________ (you/stay) in when you lost your passport? B: I don’t remember. I
____________ (visit) many places during my European tour and I ____________ (stay) in many different hotels.
7.- I ____________ (move) to Hastings in 1999. I ____________ (live) there when I met them.
8.- ________________(many people / wait) for the 9:15 bus last night?
9.- I ______________ (dance) with my girlfriend when the disc jockey played our favourite song.
10.- I ____________ (study) grammar when I ___________ (fall) asleep.
11.- The scientists ___________ (work) in their laboratory when they___________ (discover) the new drug. 12.- We
___________ (climb) the wall when the gardener ___________ (see) us.
13.-Vicky ___________ (have) a beautiful dream when the alarm clock __________ (ring)
14.- As he ____________ (run) for the bus he ___________ (collide) with a street lamp.
15.- When he __________ (carry) a suitcase, he __________ (drop) it on his foot.
16..- ___________ (you / do) your homework on the bus while you ____________ (come) to school?
17.- The students ____________ (read) the article when the last class ___________ (finish).
18.- When I ____________ (arrive) at the cinema, my friends __________ (wait) for me.
19.- ____________ (you / listen) to the teacher when she ___________ (explain) this exercise?
20.- Susan __________ (play) the piano while Mary ___________ (sing).

Put the vebs in brackets into the correct form Past Simple or Used To +V-Inf

1. I (see) Marcus at the library working hard. He told me to say hello to you.

2. She (be) a lot happier, but then she lost her job.

3. There (be) three restaurants in this town, but two closed down leaving only one.

4. If you look over there, you can see the field where they (fight) the Battle of Harris Hill in 1509.

5. Did you (take) a lot of photos when you were in Moscow last year?

6. How many hours a day did you (go) to school when you were ten?

7. Children never (talk) so aggressively to their parents. It's terrible!

8. Soldiers (build) this bridge near the end of the Second World War.
I (work) part time when I was a student.

My parents (take) me to the park every weekend when I was a child.

He ( not, smoke) in the past, but now he smokes a lot.

9. We (live) in New York when I was a kid.

10. There ( not, be) a petrol station there. When was it built?

11. I ( visit) my grandmother last month.

12. I (go) swimming every Thursday when I was at school.

Complete sentences with quantifiers SOME, ANY, NO, A FEW, A LITTLE, MUCH, MANY

1. They have found gold in that old mine.


2. How players are in a handball team?
3. How pocket money do you get per week?
4. Look! He's having sandwiches.
5. How coins did you find yesterday?
6. You can't buy posters in this shop.
7. She always takes sugar with her coffee.
8. I have magazines for you.
9. We haven't got oranges at the moment.
10. Pam does not have pencils on her desk.
11. I have seen nice postcards in this souvenir shop.
12. There wasn't dust in that house, was it?
13. There aren't folders in my bag.
14. They don't know about the history of their country.
15. He speaks Spanish, so we were able to find a nice room in Madrid.
16. There are only bananas in the box.
17. We need butter for this cake.
18. There are only days left to hand in the reports.
19. I bought apples in this shop.
20. There's pizza in the fridge for you.

Make questions for the sentences using the given question word|

Teresa visits Germany every summer.. What

The dog broke the TV. What


Insurance costs $100 per month.. How much

Alyssa hired Joe for the job. Who

Nathan gave me a bottle of wine.What

Henry plays the trumpet. What

We invite everyone to our parties.Who

We were watching football match last night. When

John and Tom spent their summer holidays in Italiy. Where

Complete the questions with a word from the box

who, how much, when, which, where, how many (2x), why(2x), how, what

………... is the best football player in the world?

……….. are my shoes?

..….….. drink did you order – the rum or the beer?

……….. brothers and sister do you have?

……….. do the shops open?

………... do we need a nanny?

……….. does he know the answer?

…………day do you prefer for a meeting – today or tomorrow?

….…….. days are there in April?

………... time do you have to finish the test?

………… does he complain all the time?

Complete the sentences with too much, too many, enough.


1. Ken is always at home. He doesn't go out

2. I don't like the weather here . There is rain

4. You drink coffee. It's not good for you

5. I can't wait for them. I haven't got time

6. There was nowhere to sit on the beach. There were people

7. Our team didn't play well. We made mistakes

9. Dear friends, did you have to eat? Yes, thank you

10. You don't eat fruit, you should eat some more.

Complete the sentences with (much, many, a lot of)

1. We have oranges.

2. We don't have bananas, and we don't have fruit juice.

3. . How is this? It's ten dollars.

4. How do you want? Six, please.

5. He's very busy; he has work to do.

6. .David has rice, but Tyler doesn't have ?.

7. London has beautiful buildings.

8. They eat apples.

9. I wrote poems.

10. I have money.

11. I visited European cities.

12. Were there guests in the wedding? Yes, there were. a lot

13. Leila is popular. She's got friends. Nancy does not have .
14. She hasn't got patience.

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