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A Who’s that?
B No, she (wasn’t)4. She (was)5 American. She (was)6 born in New York
City in 1862.
A: No, he wasn’t.
A: Yes, he was.
A: No, he wasn’t.
A: No, he wasn’t.
A: Yes, he was.
A: No, he wasn’t.
1 invent An inventor
2 write A writer
3 play A player
4 compose A composer
5 music A musician
6 paint A painter
7 business A businessman
9 science A scientist
10 sail A sailor
a) Complete the sentences with a regular verb in the simple past, first in
the affirmative and then in the negative.
4 My sister (watched) the movie with me, but she (didn’t watch) the soccer
game.
5 The secretary (booked) a table for lunch, but she (didn’t book) a taxi.
B At six o’ clock.
B Modern Languages.
B Rio de Janeiro.
B At ten o’ clock.
A It opened in (1998).
A He died in (2009).
A It started in (2004).
A He created in (1990).
10 I played golf the day yesterday before / the day before yesterday.
A Roberta Vinci.
A (Was)8 it expensive?
B Yes, it was.
It was my wife’s birthday last Saturday, so we (went)1 away for the weekend. I
booked a hotel on the Internet, and on Friday we (got)2 the train to the coast. It
was late when we arrived, so we just (had)3 a sandwich and (went)4 to bed. The
next day, we (got)5 up early and (had)6 breakfast in the hotel. It was a beautiful
day, so we (went)7 to the beach. We took a swim in the morning, and in the
afternoon we (went)8 for a walk. In the evening, we (had)9 dinner in an expensive
French restaurant. The food was delicious! The next day was Sunday, so we
(went)10 back home again. The weekend was very short, but we (had)11 a great
time.
1 turn l (eft)
3 turn r (ight)
5 on the c (orner)
6 across f (rom)
7 a b (ridge)
A Excuse me. Can you (tell)6 me the (way)7 to the train station, please?
D Yes, of course. Go past the hotel. Then turn left at the traffic lights. It’s at
the end of the street.
D Yes. Go past the hotel. Then turn left at the traffic lights and it’s at the end
of the street. You can’t (miss)9 it!
A Thank you.
1 (What) a view!
8 Yes, of (course).
a) Read this police report. Complete the sentences with the simple past
form of the verbs in parentheses.
We arrived (arrive) at the bank at 9:36 in the evening, and we (parked)2 (park)
our police car outside. The bank (was)3 (be) closed and all the lights (were)4 (be)
off, but we (looked)5 (look) through the window. We (saw)6 (see) a person inside
the bank. At first, we (couldn’t)7 (not can) see who it was, but then he (opened)8
(open) the door and came out – it was Steven Potter. He (didn’t run)9 (not run)
away – he just walked slowly to his car, and then drove away. The next morning,
we (went)10 (go) to his house at 6:00 a.m. We (found)11 (find) him in bed. He
(didn’t want)12 (not want) to speak to us, but we (took)13 (take) him to the police
station.
D Hmm. Very interesting. And who (did you go)4 to the movies with? (go)
SP With my friend.
SP At about 10:30.
D And what (did you do)7 after you left the movies? (do)
D La Dolce Vita? I know it. Very good spaghetti. What time (did you leave)8
the restaurant? (leave)
D That’s very late. (Did you go)9 home after that? (go)
a) Complete the base form and past form of these irregular verbs with A,
E, I, O or U.
8 S (i) t S (a) t
9 Sw (i) m Sw (a) m
10 W (a) ke [up] W (o) ke [up]
11 W (i) n W (o) n
12 Wr (i) te Wr (o) te
b) Complete the sentences with the simple past form of the verbs in the
box.
buy – find – break – hear – make – take – can – lose – meet - think
9 We were worried because we (could) see a police car outside our house.