ASSIGNMENT -4

Exercise

A. Change the verbs in the following sentence into past tense.

1. Yesterday, I went to the restaurant with a client.
2. We drive around the parking lot for 20 minutes in order to found a parking space.
3. When we arrived at the restaurant, the place is full.
4. The waitress asked us if we have reservations.
5. I say, "No, my secretary forgot to make them."
6. The waitress tells us to came back in two hours.
7. My client and I slowly walked back to the car.
8. Then we saw a small grocery store.
9. We stop in the grocery store and bought some sandwiches.
10. That is better than waited for two hours.

B. Correct the mistakes in the following sentences:

1. Last night, Samantha had pizza for supper.
2. Last month, My pet lizard was died.
3. Yesterday I spend two hours cleaned my living room.
4. This morning before coming to class, Jack ate two bowls of cereal.
5. What did happened to your leg?
6. Last night,I was met my old friend at the party.
C. Fill in the gaps with the correct past simple form:

Last summer my friends and I…have dicide…………… (decide) to go

camping. We met…………… (meet) at the station on Friday. I
packed……………… (pack) my rucksack on Thursday night. I …put………
(put) a pair of boots, a cap and a raincoat. I ....did not forgot....................... (not/
forget) my sleeping bag and my binoculars because I like bird watching.

On Friday at 15:30 I and my three friends ……got………… (get) on the

train to the mountain. We …arrived………… (arrive) at 18: 15 and
………went……… (go) to the local shop to get some food. Pete is a good cook,
so he …prepared…………… (prepare) our meals. He ……brought………
(bring) a portable stove, but he ....did not brought........................... (not/ bring)
any matches, so we ……had……… (have) to ask the campers next to us.

When we ……got……… (get) there, we immediately ……put……… (put)

the tent up. At night, we ……made……… (make) a fire and …sat………… (sit)
around. We ……told……… (tell) stories and jokes and …sang……… (sing).
Everything …been………… (be) dark, but the stars and the moon
…………shone……… (shine). However, in the tent we .....did not can
saw........................... (not/can /see) anything, so we …used……… (use) Tom’s
torch to get into our sleeping bags.

In the morning we …got……… (get) up early and …had……… (have) a

big breakfast. Then we ………went…… (go) walking or climbing. We
………saw…… (see) some nice birds, but we ……needed……… (need) some
insect repellent because there …been………… (be) lots of mosquitoes near
the river. Fortunately we ………… (bring) our water bottles and …………… (fill)
them there, so we ………… (drink) fresh water when we …………… (stop) for
a snack.

Not everything ………… (go) well. I have to confess that we …………

(lose) our way twice since Terry ………… (forget) the compass in the tent. We
also ………… (find) some mushrooms, but we …………… (not/ pick) them up
because we …………… (not/have) a penknife and we …………… (not/ want)
to damage them. Anyway, we ……… (spend) a nice couple of days living in a
clean, peaceful place.
 Not everything …went……… (go) well. I have to confess that we ……lost…… (lose) our
way twice since Terry ……forgot…… (forget) the compass in the tent. We also
…found……… (find) some mushrooms, but we …did not picked………… (not/ pick) them up
because we …………… (not/have) a penknife and we …………… (not/ want) to damage
them. Anyway, we …spends…… (spend) a nice couple of days living in a clean, peaceful
place.

HOME WORK

1. Tell what you did yesterday. Remember to use past tense.

Example,
Yesterday, I went to the mall. I bought some shorts and a baseball cap.I spent almost
$20.
Yesterday. I went to the market with my mother . we bought some vegetables , in the
market my mother forgot to bring her wallet. We went to our home and we arrived. We
went to home used becak. We back to market used angkot.
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2. Write two or three paragraphs about what you usually do on Sunday, and what you
did last Sunday. Make sure that you use the correct forms of present and past tense.

___last Sunday, i usually woke up at 5 am, i went to gbk with my family we went to
have some exercise , first i ran with my brother around the gbk. After that we having
breakfast together. I bought some souvenir at cfd in sudirman street. ___we walked
around senayan until sudirman street. After that i went to home and slept all day.
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