Fill the gaps

(Write ‘was’ or ‘were’ in each space.)

Millions of years ago, there …………………. Many types of dinosaurs on Earth. Some
dinosaurs ………………. Meat-eaters and other dinosaurs …………………. Plant-eaters.
The biggest meat-eating dinosaur ………………… probably the Tyrannosaurus Rex. It
…………………. about as long as four cars and as tall as the tallest giraffe today. Its head
…………………. about 1.2 metres long. Its teeth …………………… very sharp. Its legs
…………………. very big but it ………………. Too heavy to run for a long time. It killed
other dinosaur for food. The smallest dinosaur …………………. Also a meat-eater. It
………………….the Compsognathus. It …………… only 50 cm long. It walked on two legs
and it had many sharp teeth.

Complete the texts with the Simple Past Tense of the verbs given in brackets.
1.
One day in 1943, a farmer ……………………. (work) in his field. Suddenly the steam
………………….. (start) to come from the ground. Then the land ………………..(open) and
lava ………………… (start) to come out. The farmer ………………….. (hurry) back to his
village to tell everyone. They ………………….. (decide) to leave the village. About 500
people ………………….. (live) there. They …………………. (move) to another town. Two
weeks later , the lava …………………… (cover) the whole village.
2.
Thousands of years ago, people …………………(live) in long houses. They ………………
(make) their houses with small trees and grass. In those days children ……………….. (not
go) to school. They ………………….. (go) into the fields and …………………..(help) with
the animals. They …………………… (collect) trees for fire in the wood. They
…………………… (have) cows, pigs, sheep, goats and dogs, but they ………………….(not
have) horses, cats or chickens. The women ……………… (cook) meat and
………………….. (make) cheese and butter from milk. They ………………… (eat) fruit and
herbs from the forest. They ………………(wear) wool clothes and leather boots. The people
…………………… (not stay) in one place. They ………………… (see) how other people
…………………. (live). When strangers ………………….. (come) to the village they
………………. (buy) pots, crops and metal from each other. They …………………. (use)
many parts of animals like wool, leather, meat, milk and bones.
 The Simple Past Tense
The Simple past tense pokazuje radnju koja se desila
u proslosti i potpuno je zavrsena.
Priloske odredbe: yesterday, two days ago,
last year (week,month, summer, Saturday, weekend).
GLAGOLI

Pravilni Nepravilni
(glagol + ed) (druga kolona)
Live be, was were
Start go, went
Watch have, had
Try see, saw
Help come, came
Move buy, bought
Decide wear, wore
I was happy.
Were you at home last night?
She was not at the cinema last night.
We moved to a bigger house ten years ago.
Did you move to a bigger house ten years ago?
We didn’t move to a bigger house ten years ago.
Peter wore a leather jacket yesterday
Did Peter wear a leather jacket yesterday?
Peter didn’t wear a leather jacket yesterday.