beautiful animals.
Anna ____________ (not like) the food at
1. At the weekend
Patrick: So, what did you do at the weekend?
Claire: Well, on Saturday I went shopping.
Patrick: Really? What did you buy?
Claire: I bought this new dress. Do you like it?
Patrick: Nice. How much did it cost?
Claire: It cost 30 pounds.
Patrick: And what did you do in the evening?
Claire: In the evening, I met my friends Nicole and Kate.
We went to the cinema.
Patrick: What did you see?
Claire: We saw a romantic comedy. After that, my
friends went dancing. But I was tired so I didn’t go with
them. I went back home and read a book. And you?
What did you do?
Patrick: I went to an Italian restaurant with my friends.
We ate pizza and drank wine. Then we went to a club
together.
Claire: Really? Did you have a good time?
Patrick: Yes, we did. We had a great time. We drank a
lot and listened to music.
Claire: I hope you didn’t drive.
Patrick: No, I didn’t. My friend drove.
Claire: What time did you get up on Sunday?
Patrick: I got up very late on Sunday. About midday.
 Now answer the questions below using the
past forms above.
1. What did Claire buy on Saturday?
2. Who did she meet in the evening?
3. Where did they go?
4. What did they see?
5. What did she do at home later?
6. Where did Patrick go with his friends?
7. What did they eat?
8. Where did they go after that?
9. What time did he get up on Sunday?
2. Complete the following text using the past tense
of the verbs in brackets.
Anna's holiday ____________ (be) great last summer. She
_______________ (stay) in a college in England for two weeks.
She ________________ (have) classes in the mornings and in
the afternoons she ___________ (do) some sports like
swimming or tennis. In the evenings she often
__________________ (go) dancing or _________ (watch) films
with her new friends. At weekends they _____________
(drive) to some interesting places. Once they ___________
(visit) Marwell Zoo where they ___________ (see) some
the college but that _____________ (not be) a problem. She
___________ (meet) a lot of people and _____________ (learn)
some English. All the students in her class ________ (be)
sorry to go home. They all _____________ (promise) to come
back next summer.
1.B) Complete the story. Use the verbs in the brackets:
Last year I went (go) on holiday. I ……………… (drive) to
the sea with my dad. On the first day we ……………… (look)
at the beautiful buildings and ……………. (eat) in lots of
cafes. The next day ……………… (be) very hot so we
…………….. (drive) to the sea. We ……………….. (leave) our
clothes in the car and ……………. (swim) all day. At six
o’clock we ………………. (walk) to our car, but the car
……………(be, not) there. We ……………… (buy) some
clothes and ………………. (go) to the Police Station. The
police …………… (be) nice and we …………….. (sleep) in the
police station.
Ex. 2. Put the verbs in the correct places. Use the past
simple. Sometimes you need the negative form.
Be win break buy can get go fall
know lose miss sell spend want
wake
1. Jane, Nelly and Ann are excellent players, so they won
the first match easily.
2. We ______________anywhere and _______________ most of our
time at home last summer.
3. Yesterday my aunt ___________in town and
________________some new clothes at Bailey’s.
4. I _____________up early and quickly _______________out of bed
so I ________________the train.
5. Our cousin Frank first ________________ abroad alone when
he _______________only seven.
6. They ______________good friends and they
_______________each other very well.
7. Little Paul _________________the key and _______________open
the front door.
8. Two days ago Nick ___________________off the ladder and
_______________his leg very badly.
9. I ________________how to drive, so I _____________________my
brother to teach me.
10. My neighbour __________________a car in a lottery two
months ago and __________________his old BMW.