Complete the sentences from the story with verbs in the Past Simple

Narrator Amanda Barbara Gordon Claudia

N Inspector Granger
arrive at about 9.00. He

be a tall man with a big black moustache. Amanda,

Barbara, Claudia, and Gordon be in the living room. The

inspector
come in.

"Mr. Travers
die between midnight last night and seven

o'clock this morning", he

say . "Somebody in this room

kill
him." He look at them one by one
but nobody
speak .

Amanda Travers
follow the inspector into the library and they
sit
down.
A When we
finish dinner Jeremy said he was tired and he
g o
to bed.

A Yes, I
hear Jeremy's bedroom door. It opened. I
t hink
it was Jeremy. Then it closed again. I
read
in bed for half an hour and then I went to sleep.

A I get
up at about 7.15. have breakfast
I

and at 8.00 I
take my husband a cup of tea. I
find
him in bed. He was… dead.

A
No, inspector. I
hate him.
B
After dinner? I
p lay cards with Gordon, and then I went to
bed.

G No. I
s in the sitting room and I had a glass of whisky.
tay

Then I went to bed. G No, I didn't. I was very tired. I

 ery well.

s leep v

C I went to my room and I had a bath and I

g to bed.
o

C
 Yes. I hear somebody go into Jeremy's room. It was about
12.00.

C Very well, inspector. Yes, I was in love with him and he

say

he was in love with me. He said

he w to leave his wife —
ant

Amanda — and marry me. I was stupid. I believed him. He

use
me, inspector! I was very angry with him.

C No, inspector, I
love Jeremy.
Match the present and the past forms of the verbs

Part 1
How to do exercises
Groups
Choose a part from one column and connect it with part from the other column

find knew

come felt

drink ate

forget came

drive broke

break drove

buy brought

begin found

know began

feel forgot

eat drank

bring gave

give bought
Lesson / 7. Irregular groups — Grammar task · 7 min

Put the verbs into the chart

How to do exercises
Words to groups
Click on the word and drag it to the group

cost—cost—cost bring—brought—brought build—built—built

buy—bought— bought find—found—found get—got—got

have—had—had hear—heard—heard make—made—made

meet—met—met pay—paid—paid break—broke—broken do

—did—done drink—drank—drunk drive—drove—driven

eat—ate—eaten forget—forgot—forgotten give—gave—given

go—went—gone

All three forms are the

2d and 3d forms are All three forms are
same
the same different

How to do exercises
Words to groups
Click on the word and drag it to the group

put—put—put read—read—read say—said—said send—sent—sent

sit—sat—sat sleep—slept—slept stand—stood—stood

tell—told—told think—thought—thought know—knew—known

see—saw—seen sing—sang—sung speak—spoke—spoken

take—took—taken wake—woke—woken wear—wore—worn

write—wrote—written
All three forms are the
2d and 3d forms are All three forms are
same
the same different
Lesson / 8. Steve’s story — Grammar task · 5 min

Look at the pictures. Write sentences in the Past Simple

1 2 3

arrive

4 5 6

7 8 9

10 11 12

1 Steve
a at Manchester airport.
rrive

2 He rrive s tay
c heck
3 He n ot visit t rain
in w
4 He
ait for
5 He
n ot

6 He
smoke l

7 He
and

8 He
t

9 He
ravel

10 He
a
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the i for three hours.

plane
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in .
Milan.

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play

12 Milan
s six goals.
core
Lesson / 9. Lali's story — Grammar task · 6 min

Complete the story with the Past Simple of the verbs in boxes

Lali
went into the Café Paris and have a coffee. The waiter's

name be
Nestor. He be tall and handsome. Lali

fell in love with him the first time she

see him.

The next day Lali go into the same café. «Do you want to go out

for lunch?» she asked Nestor. He

not/can . He finished work at six.

«But I can meet you after work», he said.

Lali
g back to the café and meet Nestor at
o

6.0. They
d to the beach in Nestor's car. At the beach they
rive

h ave
a drink and danced at a disco. get
home after midnight. They

Every day,
g to the café at 6.00 in the evening and they
Lali
o

d
rive to the beach. They be very happy. On

Nestor's birthday, Lali wanted to surprise him. She go to the café

in the morning. She

see Nestor, but Nestor not/see

Lali. He was with another girl.

Lali leave . She

not/see Nestor again.

Complete these questions about the text

1. Where did Nestor and Lali meet ? They met at the Café Paris.

2. What ? She had a coffee.

3. What time ? She met Nestor at 6.00.

4. Where ? They drove to the beach.

5. What at the beach? They had a drink, had

dinner,

and danced at a disco.

6. What time ? They got home after

midnight.
7. Where on She went to the café.

Nestor's birthday?

8. her? No, he didn't.

9. What ? She left.

10. again? No, she didn't.