When | was a kid, my English teacher looked my way ‘and said: “Name two pronouns” | said, “Who, me?” FORM USES of the verb TO BE ‘of REGULAR VERBS. Whe/she/it WAS Infinitive + -ED 1. finished actions in the past _|you/we/they WERE Ben and | played chess. 2. repeated events in the past Expressions used with the Past Simple: yesterday, last Sunday/week/month/year, four days/ weeks/months/years ago, in 2010, in September Read the following extracts from two conversations and circle the correct answer. LA jow(was)were your birthday party? B: It were/was fantastic! ‘A: When were/was it? --BiLast Friday. _ A: Were/was there many people? B: Oh, quite a lot. There was/were around 50. The music was/were catchy and the food was absolutely delicious, A Were/was all your classmates present? 8: No, they wasn't/weren't. Some of then were/was invited to take part in the Annual Youth Theatre Festival, so they couldn't make it. ‘A:Really? Where was/were that? 8: In Brasov, They were/was really good. The public and the jury was/were all impressed by their Performance. They were/was the winners for the third year in a row. 27 Scanned with CamScannerIl, A: Was/Were you at the barbecue last week? B: Yes, we was/were. The kids were/was more than excited. It was/were their first day out in the forest. A: What was/were the weather like? 8: It was/were sunny. ‘A Was/were your brother with you? B: No, he weren't/wasn't. He was/were on a business trip to Amsterdam. He works for a company that has its main office there. What about you? Where was/were you? ‘A: My wife and I was/were at the seaside. 2. Answer the following questions. You can use the internet if you don’t know ‘the answers, What was Pinocchio made of? _ Pinocchio w of wood. b. What was the first house of the Three Little Pigs made of? c. Where were Hansel and Gretel lost? d. Where was Rapunzel locked? ‘e. Who was the owner of the Chocolate Factory? f. How many adopted girls did Gru have? g. Who joins Zootopia's police force? th, Who was Harry Potter's Godfather? 4. What is the name of Hagrid's huge dog? Scanned with CamScannerthen and now: ON I ED cress be Sige LE Sead ‘hospital. post-office, park, police station, bookshop, museum, chemist's, hotel, cinema Look at the two maps and write about the location of the most ‘important city buildings - ‘A Where was the hospital? B:it was on Camp Avenue, but now it’s on River Street. A: Where were the post office and the park? B:The cinema was on Sun Street, while the park was on St. Peter Street. Scanned with CamScannertable, fill in the blanks , ing 4. Mark, Jane and Tim like travelling a lot. Look at the followil ; with the right form of the verb TO BE in the Past Simple, and then answer the question, ¢ 2000 2004 2007 2010 2014 Mark Paris Prague Tokyo ‘Tokyo London Jane Paris London Oslo Bratislava London Tim Tokyo Brussels Vienna Copenhagen | Tokyo ‘a. When __95_____ Mark in Prague? He was in Prague in 2004. = b. Who in Vienna? i When Jane and Mark in Paris? i, Where 5. Childhood Met with the present situations, as Then 4. Iwas as free as a bird 2. | was happy and relax 3.1 was afraid of mice 4s he was fond of sweets 5. his favourite subject was PE. 6. our hobby was playing outdoor games 7.her favourite food was mashed potatoes with herbs __ Mark when Tim was in Brussels? * 8, her favourite season was winter 9. they had to walk a long way to school mories. Look at the two columns and compa! in the example: a. | am afraid of the dark feher fa g-ourh fond of fruit ed all the time b. he is . his favourite subject is Maths d. their school is close to their house e. her favourite season is summer ourite food is pizza ‘abby is watching films h. 1 am sometimes worried i.lamal ways busy working re the memories of the past Scanned with CamScannerfq These ays 1am afraid ofthe dark, while then I was affaid of mice. . Put the words in the correct order to make questions: . pet/What/the/was/name/your/ot/first? What was the name of your first pet? b, teacher/English/your/Who/was/first? c, What/Christmas/first/your/was/gift? irn the verbs in the following sentences into negatives using the words in brackets: "y were tired yesterday evening, (she) wasn't tired yesterday evening. He was on a trip last week. (They) . We were happy to see Jack. (I) cy Scanned with CamScanner¢. Tim was my friend when we lived in Paris. (lim) r d. Mark and | were in Exeter five years ago. (We) f. They were at home. (You) g. My mum was in the park yesterday morning. (His mum) hh It was sunny yesterday, (It) 4. Sophia was rich. (Miriam) j. Eddie was a good student. (Sammy) Regular Verbs vs. Irregular Verbs in the Simple Past tense irregular verbs don't take -ED, but have specific forms: Example: Mark and Jane went to the market yesterday. (TO GO) | bought a new cell phone for just $50. (TO BUY) I shut the window because of the cold. (TO SHUT) 1, Complete the sentences, using the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets. Then write what each of them expresses using the given prompts: i. single actions inthe past ii, repeated actions in the past iii. past states a. Tim __played (play) football yesterday = (study) the planets all his life. __ live) in Malta when they were young. d, Jack and | sometimes __ ... (play) basketball in the garden at the weekend. e, Laura's father fl g. My litle brother always ___ fh. My grandfather __ 2 _.. (love) animals, especially cats and dogs. _ __ (get) a good mark although the exam was very difficult ..-(get) angry when | (beat) him at cards. _.... (know) the names of all the generals in the civil war, Scanned with CamScanner2. Complete the joke with the right form of the verbs in brackets. AFrenchman 1). (walk) into a bar with a cat on his shoulder. The cat 2)______ (have) alittle baseball cap on its head. “Hey, that's cool"3) (say) the bartender. "Where 4) (you get) that?” France," the cat 5) —-- (say), “they've got millions of them.” 3. Put the following verbs into the right column: «wash, sail cry, want, dance, study, play, look, answer, ask, hurry, receive, belong, try, love, hate, move -£D washed, 7D Y>4+ED 4, Patrick was a successful athelete and he worked hard when he was on the Olympic team. Heisa trainer now and he is telling a reporter what a typical day in the life of an Olympic sportsman was like. Look at the notes and write sentences using the Past Simple. 11 am,-watch training videos with coach 12 ~have lunch and eat whole wheat wrap with turkey, lettuce, tomato, mustard 13 ~relax Eg. I woke up at 6 am. every morning, and | had breakfast. Diary 14- lift weights 6 a.m.-wake up and have breakfast. 14.30 - do 45 minutes on bike and 45 minutes on 8 a.m.- do stretching and warm up exercises treadmill "1030 am.~ take a break, drink a smoothie and have 1600—relax ‘Some peanut butter 17-swim 18.30 ~ have dinner and eat baked sweet potato, baked fish or chicken, 1 cup of brown rice, broccoli 21-gotobed Scanned with CamScanner5. Here is a short biography of two famous people: Beverly Burns, a fist fermale ean pilot, and Ferdinand Magellan, the first man to circumnavigate the ne Pe. texts, find the verbs in the Past Simple and put them in the right col Bi : REGULAR VERBS IRREGULAR VERBS commanded became The first woman to fly a commercial jet plane Beverly Burns became the fist female airline pilot, who commanded a Boeing 747 in 1982. At first, she was flight attendant but she decided to become a pilot after an officer told her that women were not smart enou to become pilots. On her historic flight, she took off from the Newark, New Jersey airport and landed in Li ‘Angeles, California. She married fellow aviator Robert Allen Burns in 1972. Beverly received praise frot President George W. Bush for her service. The first European man to circumnavigate the globe Ferdinand Magellan led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe on his ship Victoria. He was Portuguese explorer who decided to sail from Europe to the East. Unfortunately, he fought in the battle Mactan in the Phillippines and died in 1521. Most of his crew died, too, from hunger or disease. Sea captai Sebastian Elcano led the others who remained and managed to complete Magellan's planned voyage. Th returned home to Europe, weak but triumphant, in 1522. The Magellanic penguin was named after him and also named "peaceful sea” the modern Pacific Ocean. & Scanned with CamScanner6, The Inuits are the people of the Canadian Arctic an raw meat) in the past. Complete the sentences abi Past or Present Simple of the verbs in brackets. P: next to each sentence, Agriculture 1)__iS__ (be) not possible because it) The Inuit only 3)__ id they were called Eskimos (eaters of out their life now and then using the ‘ay attention to the words in capitals —- (be) cold. NOW AND THEN (eat) meat from the animals which they 4) (hunt). THEN They 5). (live) in small colourful wooden houses called “matchboxes” with running water and electricity. NOW The seal 6)_______ (be) the animal which 7): give) them everything they 8)_ (need) to survive. THEN They 9)____. (be) nomads and 10), At school, they 11)_ ---.. (move) from one place to another. THEN ~~ (learn) English. which 12)_________ (help) them understand the TV programmes they 13)_____ (watch) and the computer programmes they 14)____ (use). NOW Ontand, they15) ~ (use) dog stedges to transport things, and they 16)______(travel) in kayaks across water. THEN : ‘They 17]_________ (buy) the things they 18)__ (need) in their daily life from supermarkets and 19)________{have) motor vehicles to travel or transport things. NOW They 20)___ (wear) modern clothes like jeans and baseball caps. NOW A group of friends went to a picnic last weekend. Complete the sentences with the activities they did or not, using the given verbs: went (go) there by car. (yes) _—_______ (lie) in the sun (stay) under a tree (swim) in the lake. (no) (wear) straw hats. (no) (play) board games. (yes) (eat) sweets. (no) (listen) to the radio. (no) (go) fishing, (yes) (pick) flowers. (yes) (walk) barefoot on the grass. (no) (come back) home late. (yes) (have) fun. (yes) Scanned with CamScanneroes his best at school. Choose 8.a. A day at school. Mark isa good student and he always d pees the right verb and fill in the blanks using the Past Simple fo describe his activity at school last week. help, write, do, get. come, listen, answer, not make a.He to class on time. b.He all his homework. to the teacher. He _ everything in his notebook. d.He good grades. any mistakes in the English test. | correctly all the questions in the History test ' e.He tHe geHe the teacher to clean the board. h.He 8.b. Unlike Mark, Alexander doesn’t like studying. Write sentences about his school 4 activity using the verbs in 8.2. Eg He didn't come to class. on time. fo 9. Complete the extract from the story below using the Past Simple of the verbsin the — box. Znier study, move, think practise, answer, hate, search, decide x 3, offer, quit, phone, be, want, receive x 2, pack, prepare, pul, check, hurry, wait, look x 2, cal, stay, arrive, visit, check in, belong, manage, organise, sign, read, invite his job and 3)______ to London three ye _____ to find a job there. He 6)_. _____ up to get job ads Although he 1)_fated__ pig cities, Rob 2)__ ago.He 4) __to make a change in his life, so he 5)_ for a suitable job according to what he 7) at University. He 8). email and he finally 9). _____an interesting job offer. He 10). __ the ad very carefully af then 11)_____ togo ton interview. He 12)_ _ his things in two suitcases and 13). into the station, he 15). for a taxi to take him to the station. When the train 14) at his ticket and then 16)_ 36 to find his place on the train. Scanned with CamScanner-Althis journey he 17)_. When he finally 19). when he 22). again and 24)__. for the interview and 18) __how to answer possible questions. he 20)___________ at the Luxor Hotel where he also 21). some friends last summer, He 23)____. the address of the company once jot far from the hotel. He 26). _ the building that 27). __....--. to one of the biggest international {T companies. After he 28)_.. for half an hour, the Human Resources manager 29).__ him into his office. After the interview he 30) thathe 31)______ to get the job because he 32)__ — all the questions very confidently. Indeed, the company 33). stay. He immediately 34) his friends in London and 35)..___________ a night out in the city. to walk there as it 25)____. him the job and a place where to 10, Make questions in the Past Simple tense with the words in brackets: g. She watched CNN last night. (he) Did he watch CNN last night? a. He liked the film. (she) My parents moved to Prague two years ago. (you) c. They heard the news two minutes ago. (we) ~ d. She met Lady Diana in 1990. (you) . My neighbours went on a trip last week. (his neighbours) f. The Thames froze last night. (the Danube) g.| made a mistake in my test papers. (your colleagues) h. They went on a holiday in Paris. (your friend) i. Matthew wrote a science fiction novel. (he) Scanned with CamScanner