Prof.

Mustapha BENZAHRA
Business English
EG / S2

1/ Please watch this video. It is about the simple past

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rerTABKfFJE

2/ Please, do these exercises. They are about simple past

Exercises:

Exercise One:

Give the simple past of the following:

Speak, go, look, apply, fly, try, sell, seek, win, select, buy, choose, search,
travel, find, sleep, write, show, supply, know, make, cost and give.

Exercise Two:

Complete the sentences with one of these time expressions:

Last year, ago, in 2015, when.

1/ ……………….., she led a team of four.

2/ ……………… I was an accountant, I wrote a lot of reports.

3/ ………………., we couldn’t recruit new employees.

4/ He worked as a banker a long time ………………..

Exercise Three:

Write questions and answers using these verbs:

Go, have, change, visit and use.

Example:

Question:

Did you go to the university?

Positive answer: Yes, I did.

Negative answer: No, I didn’t.

1/ Question:
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Positive answer:……………………………….

Negative answer:………………………………

2/ Question:
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Positive answer:……………………………….

Negative answer:………………………………

3/ Question:
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Positive answer:……………………………….

Negative answer:………………………………

4/ Question:
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Positive answer:……………………………….

Negative answer:………………………………

Exercise Four:

Put the verbs in brackets in simple present or simple past:

Last year, I ……………. (go) to Fabra University in Barcelona. It ………….

(be) fantastic. The university ……………. (be) a modern building. I
……………. (attend) a lecture about spiritual and professional gifts. It was
interesting. At this university, International rescue and relief ………….. (be) a
new academic option. It ……………. (prepare) students for careers of
humanitarian service.

I and some colleagues ……………. (do) a bus city tour. We …………… (see)
incredible architecture, UNIESCO world heritage sites and Catalunya square. At
lunch, we ………………(try) some Spanish food and …………….. (have) fun.
It …………… (be) a cool and unique experience.