Class 58

The sailor

Bob is a young sailor and lives in Cape Town, South Africa, but he often goes out with his ship.
One summer, he returns from a long trip around the world and ________(find) new neighbors
near his mother's house. They had a beautiful daughter, and Bob soon_______(fall) in love
with that lovely young woman at the gate. Bob after some time knowing that
girl_______( promise) to send a gift from each port he visited on his next trip. Bob's first port is
Santos, in South America, and from there he _________(send) her a beautiful straw hat. When
Bob's ship arrived in Australia, a letter arrived from the girl. The letter read: “Thanks for the
hat, Bob. I _________(be) looking forward to hearing from you! Bob read the letter and was
encouraged by the perfume coming out of the envelope. Months later, the young people
______(meet) and assumed a relationship and some time later Bob and Louise________(be)
embarking together to the next destination Panama right in the middle of the Caribbean. From
there they sent news to their families saying that they were married right in front of the
sunset.

1-Answer the question below:

a)If you were a sailor which destination would you go? why?
b)Could you survive many months on the high seas?

2-Put the sentences below in afirmative form in Simple Past:

a)The tiger ________ in the last trainer. (beat)
b)A boy ________ his bus to the Colorado. (miss)
c)They _________ a big hole to plant a tree. ( dig)
d) The Tearchers_________ behind the pulpit ( sit)
e)The fighter _________ his oponente. (slap )
f)our coats ________ on clothesline ( freeze)
g)At last the plane ________from the ground. (rise)
h) I ________ all the plastic’s bag. ( bend)

3- Ask the question to the answers below:

a)___________________________________ ? No, they weren’t. My parents were born in

Turkey.

b)_________________________________? The art’s class began around 30 minutes.

c)__________________________________? Yes, I did. I had a big scar on my abs.

d)________________________________? They yelled several times my name on Tv show.

e)_______________________________ ? No, They didn’t. They seemed spooky after

recording.

4-Complete the conversation with the verbs in the past simple.

A: Where ____________(you/went) for your last summer holiday?

B: We ________ (go) to Egypt
A: Oh really? How interesting! __________(you /enjoyed) it?
B: Oh yes. We____________ (love) the River Nile and I _____ (see) the pyramids and all the
historical sights ....
It __________(be) fascinating.
A: How long _________ (you/stayed)?
B: For four weeks. We __________ (be) there for the whole of October
A: How nice. So you" _______ (have) lots of time to travel round.
B: Yes, we______ (have) well, quite a lot. But we only ______(see) a few places so I'd like to go
again.
A: _________ (you/learnt) any Egyptian Arabic?
B: Yes, I ________ but Paul __________n't. I ______ (study) the language for a few weeks
before we _______(go).
I ___________(find) a good Arabic language cassette in the local library and that
"....__________ (be) very helpful.
A: __________ (you/talked) to the local people?
B: Not really, but I a _________ (know) how to order food and drink in the cafés and
restaurants.
A: Well, that's good.
B: Yes it is, but I ________ (want) to talk to people too so I'm still studying Arabic and I hope to
go again next year.
A: Well, best of luck!

5-Complete the blanks with interrogative form in Simple Past:

1) ____________(You/cost)your uncle for the dinner?

2)  ____________(they/chose) their next destiny?
3) _____________(we/were) to Spain in July?
5) ______________(Sally and Victoria/paid) to a cafe at lunchtime?

6)_______________(James and I / sat) on the table yesterday?

7) ____________(stars/ shone) in the sky?

8)______________(the rocket/ flew) to space last day?

6- Use How much or How many in the sentences below:

       a)___________socks did you sell ?

       b)____________tequila did you drink ?
     c)____________ fishes were there in lake ?
      d)  ___________bottles of yogurt did you want ?
      e) ____________were the blueberrys ?
      f) ____________ time have you got to play ?
      g) ____________ cartoons can you watch ?
      h) _____________flour would you like in your cake ?
      i) ____________ coins did you give for your cousin ?
       j) ____________hours did they study every night ?