7B GRAMMAR  past simple: regular verbs

Complete the conversations in the past tense. Use the verbs in brackets.

1 Annie 1
Did you study French at university? (study)
No, I 2
Beth  French; I 3 Italian. I 4 in
Rome for six months in my third year. (not study, study, live)
Where 5
Annie  you in Rome? (live)
6
Beth 
Near the Forum. I a house with some Italian students. (rent)
7
Annie  you in Italian all the time? (talk)
8
Beth 
Not always, because they to practise their English. But I
9
to cook great pasta! (want, learn)

2 Alan 10
you Brazil? (like)
11 12
Ben 
We it! We to come home. (love, not want)
13
Alan  you around the country? (travel)
14
Ben 
We much, because we were only there for two weeks.
(not travel)
15
Alan  you in hotels? (stay)
16
Ben 
No, we with Brazilian friends. (stay)

3 17
Dave  you the match? Arsenal and Real Madrid? (watch)
Carl No, I 18 .
Dave Why not?
Carl 
I 19 late last night. I 20 until 7.00. (work, not finish)
Dave 
But the match 21
at 7.45. (start)
Carl 
Yeah, but I 22
my train. I 23 home until 9.30.
(miss, not arrive)
Dave 
What a pity! It was a great game.

4 I 24
Sam  you three times last night, but you 25 .
(call, not answer)
Lucy Sorry. I was at the cinema with my sister.
And I 26
Sam  you, too. Why 27 you me back?
(text, not text)
Lucy 
Because I was angry.
Sam Angry? Why?
Because you 28
Lucy  to me at the party last week. You
29
to Eva for about an hour. (not talk, chat)
I 30
Sam  to Eva for an hour! She had a problem, and she just
31
to tell me about it. (not chat, want)
A problem? Is that why you 32
Lucy  with her for 20 minutes? (dance)

ACTIVATION
Practise the conversations with a partner.

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