Worksheet: Azar: Basic English Grammar, Appendix 5

Find the verbs – past tense

E P O N W E N T M L J K B W Y F
E Q R S T I D I D P U T R V Z E
L T S P O K E D C C I H O X Z L
T L E H W S S C E D H G A B D T
S L G S A I D H L F G U U A A G
S U O G S W R O T E S O E T B H
D U T F D M T S E N T R Q X F E
R J K W B C D E A W O Z R A B A
O B O U G H T N P W O R E Z E R
V E F H E A J K N O K K F H T D
E D G V I D D R A N K T E V A X
B T A U G H T L M P R S U U W D
C G B R O U G H T Q M A D E P X

Find the past tense:

bring _____________ am__________________ speak ____________

buy ______________ drink ________________ take _____________

choose ___________ drive ________________ teach ____________

do _______________ eat __________________ tell ______________

hear ______________ put __________________ wake up __________

make _____________ have _________________ wear _____________

send ______________ sleep _________________ write _____________

From Grammar 2 Packet. Copyright by Edmonds Community College, Lynnwood, WA. Reproduced with permission.
 Usually she works at the office, but this week she’s working at home.

1. (You / not / eat / very much at the moment. Are you ill?)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. (She / know / three words in Italian!)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. (I / take / the bus to work this week, but usually I / walk)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. (I / study / Japanese this year. It’s very difficult.)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. (you / watch / the television at the moment?)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. (I / not / remember / the name of the hotel.)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
7. (She / speak / three languages.)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
8. (The sun / shine /. It’s a beautiful day!)
………………………………………………………………………………………………

WORKSHEET 7

SUBJECT : Simple Past Tense

A) Fill in the blanks with a verb from the box in the SIMPLE PAST:

break swim have make sit write

spend buy drink lose wash

1. She ………………….. a cake an hour ago.

2. She ………………….. a hat last week.
3. The boy ………………….. a letter yesterday.
4. They ……………………. in the sea for an hour.
5. They ………………….. a lot of Coke last night.
6. She ………………… her arm last week.
7. He ……………………. all his money last week.
8. She …………………… a bath two minutes ago.
9. He ……………………. his wallet last night.
10. She ………………….. on the old chair a minute ago.
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 11. She ………………….. the clothes yesterday.

B) Fill in the blanks with the SIMPLE PAST of the verbs in brackets:

Last Saturday my father …. took…. (take) my friends and me to the circus. We ………(see)
lots of things. My father …………………. (buy) us some popcorn and orange juice. We
……………………. (eat) the popcorn and ………………………… (drink) the orange juice.
We …………………….. (laugh) at the funny clowns. There …………………. (be) a lion-tamer.
The lions …………………… (do) tricks; they ………………………… (jump) through hoops.
A girl ………………………. (ride) an elephant around the ring. We all ………………… (have)
a wonderful time.

C) Write what Jean DID or DIDN’T do yesterday:

go shopping ( - ) ………… Jean didn’t go shopping yesterday. …………….

clean the house ( + )
feed the cat ( + )
telephone Mary ( - )
watch a film on TV ( - )
visit her grandparents ( + )
take them a cake ( + )
………………………………………………………………
.………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………

D) Fill in the blanks with the PAST form of the verbs:

Benjamin Franklin …… was born ….. (be born) in Boston in 1706. He ………………… (be)
the fifteenth of the seventeen children of a poor candlemaker. He …………………(go ) to
school only one year. He …………………………… (begin) to work when he was twelve. At
the age of fourteen he …………………………… (decide) to be a writer. He ………………….
(copy) the great stories of famous writers and later he …………………………… (become) the
best known writer in his time.
When he ………………….. (be) seventeen, he ………………………… (leave) Boston and
…………………………… (arrive) in Philadelphia with only a few pennies in his pocket. He
……………………… (get) a job as a publisher of a newspaper and ……………………. (retire)
from business as a very rich man at forty-two. Then he ………………………. (spend) the next
forty years for his government. He ………………………. (play) an important role in the
founding of the USA.
Franklin ……………… (be) also an important scientist and inventor. He ……………. (draw)
electricity from a cloud on a kite string. He ……………………… (write) one of the first text
books on electricity. He ……………………… (invent) a simple lightning rod and many other
practical tools. He ……………………… (make) a study of water and ……………………….
(discover) many principles of hydrodynamics. He even ………………………… (invent) bifocal
glasses when he was seventy-eight and ……………………… (need) them himself.
Franklin ……………… (do) all these things and many more because he …………….………
(believe) he ………………………… (can).

E) Read the following story:

Bob is a young sailor. He lives in England, but he is often away with his ship.
One summer he comes back from a long voyage and finds new neighbors near his mother’s
house. They have a pretty daughter, and Bob soon loves her and he wants to marry her when he
comes back. Bob promises the girl to send a present from every port.

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 Bob’s first port is Capetown in Africa, and he sends the girl a parrot from there. The parrot
speaks three languages. When Bob’s ship reaches Australia, a letter comes from the girl. The
letter says, “Thank you for the parrot, Bob. It tasted much better than a chicken.”

a) Write the story again. Use THE SIMPLE PAST:

Bob was a young sailor. He lived in England, but he was often away with his ship.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………

b) Answer the questions about the story:

1. What was Bob?

He was a young sailor.
2. What change did he find when he was back home?
………………………………………………………………………………………..
3. How was their daughter?
………………………………………………………………………………………..
4. How did Bob feel about the girl?
………………………………………………………………………………………..
5. What did Bob tell the girl?
………………………………………………………………………………………..
6. What did Bob send the girl from Capetown?
……………………………………………………………………………………….
7. Where is Capetown?
……………………………………………………………………………………….

8. How many languages did the parrot speak?

…………………………………………………………………………………………
9. What did the girl do with the parrot?
…………………………………………………………………………………………

G) Rewrite the sentences using the word and signs in parenthesis:

1. We ate lunch at the cafeteria last night.

(he) (-) 2. He didn’t eat lunch at the cafeteria last night.
(yesterday) (?) 3. …………………………………………………
(study in the library) (-?) 4. …………………………………………………
(we) (-) 5. …………………………………………………
(play tennis) (+) 6. ………………………………………………….
(I) (-) 7. …………………………………………………
(get a present) (+) 8. …………………………………………………
(you) (-?) 9. …………………………………………………
(go shopping) (?) 10. ………………………………………………..
(last week) (-) 11. ………………………………………………..
(she) (+) 12. ………………………………………………..
(stay home) (?) 13. ………………………………………………….
(last night) (-?) 14. …………………………………………………
(they) (-) 15. …………………………………………………
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 (get into trouble) (+) 16. …………………………………………………
(you) (?) 17. …………………………………………………
(see him) (-?) 18. …………………………………………………
(yesterday afternoon) (?) 19. …………………………………………………
(I) (+) 20. …………………………………………………

WORKSHEET 8

SUBJECT : Simple Past and Past Continuous

A) Fill in the blanks with a correct form of PAST CONTINUOUS:

1. Alice hurt herself while she ……………………………………………. (skate).

2. I met my neighbor while I ………………………………………. (walk) home from work.
3. Sally saw a friend while she …………………………….. (ride) her bicycle along Park St.
4. Peter fell asleep while he …………………………………… (study).
5. Bob stepped on Jane’s feet while they ………………………………….. (dance) together.
6. I cut myself while I ……………………………………. (shave).
7. Mr. and Mrs. Brown burned themselves while they …………………………... (bake)
cookies.
8. Tommy had a nightmare while he …………………………….. (sleep) at a friend’s house.

B) How did it happen?

1. How did Alice hurt herself? (play soccer)

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 READTHEORY
Name________________
Date________________
• Reading Comprehension 2 Level 4

Directions: Read the passage. Then answer the questions below.

Next week I am on vacation. While I am on vacation, I will work on two projects.

First, I will fix the washing machine. The washing machine has been broken for two
weeks. To fix it, I will need three tools: a screwdriver, a wrench, and a clamp. It will take one day
to fix the washing machine.

Next, I will fix our back porch. This is a bigger project. It will probably take about two days
to fix the back porch, and will require a screwdriver, a hammer, nails, and a saw.

My vacation starts on Monday. I have a lot of work to do, but hopefully I can relax after I
finish my work

Questions

1) Which of these tools will the author use more than once?

A. a screwdriver
B. a hammer
C. a clamp
D. a saw

2) As used in paragraph 3, what does require mean?

A. need
B. use
C. find
D. buy

3) Which of the following tools does the author not need to fix the back porch?

A. a screwdriver
B. a wrench
C. nails
D. a saw

4) What is the earliest day that the author can finish both projects?

A. Monday
B. Wednesday
C. Thursday
D. Friday

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5) On which project will the author need to use the most tools?

A. fixing the washing machine

B. fixing the back porch
C. both projects need the same number of tools
D. neither project needs any tools

6) According to the passage, fixing the back porch will take longer because

A. the author really doesn’t want to do it

B. it has been broken longer
C. it needs more tools
D. it is a bigger project

7) The author of this passage can best be described as

A. interesting
B. lazy
C. constructive
D. intelligent

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Answers and Explanations

1) A
In paragraph 2, the author says that to fix the washing machine, he or she will need “a screwdriver, a wrench, and a
clamp.” In paragraph 3, the author says that to fix the back porch, he or she will need “a screwdriver, a hammer, nails, and
a saw.” The author needs the screwdriver for both projects, so it will be used more than once. Choice (A) is correct. The
passage does not contain information to support choices (B), (C), and (D). Therefore they are incorrect.

2) A
require (verb): to have a need for.
In paragraph 2, the author writes that to fix the washing machine, “I will need three tools: a screwdriver, a wrench, and a
clamp.” In paragraph 3, the author talks about the next job, which is fixing the porch. Like in paragraph 2, the author writes
that, “It will probably take about two days to fix the back porch, and will require a screwdriver, a hammer, nails, and a
saw." In paragraph 3, the author is telling us about the tools he or she will require, or need, to complete the job, just like in
paragraph 2. Using this information, it can be understood that require means need. Therefore (A) is correct. The passage
does not provide information to support choices (B), (C), and (D). Therefore they are incorrect.

3) B
In paragraph 3, the author says that he or she requires, or needs, “a screwdriver, a hammer, nails, and a saw” to fix the
back porch. The author does not say that he or she needs a wrench. Therefore (B) is correct. The passage does not
contain information to support choices (A), (C), and (D). Therefore they are incorrect.

4) B
In the final paragraph, the author writes, “My vacation starts on Monday.” In paragraph 1, the author writes, "While I am on
vacation, I will work on two projects." This lets us know that the author plans to start working on Monday. In paragraph 2,
the author writes that, “It will take one day to fix the washing machine.” In paragraph 3, the author writes that, “It will
probably take about two days to fix the back porch.” If the author starts the projects on Monday, the first day of vacation,
and it takes 3 days to finish both projects, the earliest that he or she can be finished is Wednesday. Therefore (B) is
correct. The passage does not contain information to support choices (A), (C), and (D). Therefore they are incorrect.

5) B
In paragraph 2, the author writes that to fix the washing machine, “I will need a screwdriver, a wrench, and a clamp.” This
is 3 tools. In paragraph 3, the author writes that to fix the back porch, he or she will require, or need, “a screwdriver, a
hammer, nails, and a saw.” This is 4 tools. 4 is greater than 3, so (B) is correct. The passage does not contain information
to support choices (A), (C), and (D). Therefore they are incorrect.

6) D
In paragraph 3, the author writes, “Next, I will fix our back porch. This is a bigger project. It will probably take about two
days to fix the back porch.” The author says that fixing the porch is a bigger project just before he or she says that it will
take two days to fix the back porch. Since these ideas are next to each other, the reader can understand that being a
bigger project is the reason the back porch will take longer to fix. Choice (D) is correct. The passage does not contain
information to support choices (A), (B), and (C). Therefore they are incorrect.

7) C
The author tells us about the projects that he or she plans to complete during vacation. Both projects involve fixing things.
Since the author is willing to work during his or her vacation, and since the author plans to fix things using tools, we can
understand that he or she can best be described as constructive. Choice (C) is correct. Although the author may seem
like an interesting person, we cannot know this simply because he or she fixes things during vacation. Therefore (A) is
incorrect. The author plans to work during his or her vacation. This means that he or she is not lazy. (B) is incorrect. The
author talks about fixing things. However, the author does not talk about how he or she plans to fix them. It may be the
case that the author plans to fix them in a unintelligent way. Therefore, we cannot tell if the author is intelligent or not.
Choice (D) is incorrect.

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 WRITING

Describe the following graph.

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