GRAMMAR BANK

2A b Complete the questio ns in the pas t simple.

Where did you 80 on holiday last year?
a Put the verbs in brackets in the past imple.
We went to Va ncouver.
Two summers ago we hilii. (have) a holiday in 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a good time?
Scotland . We 1 (drive) there from
Yes, we had a great time.
London, but our car 2 (break) down _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ ____ with?
2
on the motorway a nd we 3 (spend) the
first ni ght in Birmi ngha m. W hen we 4 (get) to Edi nburgh I went with my fa mily.
we 5 (nor can) find a good hotel - they 6 (be) all fu ll. 3 ______________________________ ?
We 7 (not know) what to do, but in the end we 8 (find) We stayed in a hotel.
a Bed and Breakfast and we 9 (stay) there fo r the week. We 4 _ ____ the plane ticket __________ ?
10 (see) the castle, 11 (go) to the A res Festival, and It cost £500.
we 12 (buy) a lo t of souvenirs. We 13 (wa nt) to go to 5 - - - - -- - - - - the weather like?
Loch ess, but we 14 (not have) much rime and it 15 (be) It was ho t and sun ny.
quite fa r away. The weather 16 (not be) very good, and it
17
6 _ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ at night?
(start) rai ning the day we 18 (leave).
We went tO bars and restaurants. p.l 3

28 b Put the verbs into the past simple or past continuo us.
when we were havinB dinner. (arrive, have)
a Complete the sentences with a ve rb in the past
I my arm when I footba ll.
conti nuo u .
(break, play)
I was eatin&dinner, so I did n't answer the phone. (eat) 2 you fas t when the police
I took this photo when my wife in the _____ you? (d rive, stop)
ga rden. (work) 3 It when we the pub. (snow, leave)
2 He met his wife when he in Japa n. (li ve) 4 the ma tch because l _ _ _ __
3 They for us when we arrived. (not wait) (not see, wo rk)
4 _____ she _ _ ___ a coat whe n she went o ut? 5 When yo u _ _ ___ me, I _____ to my boss.
(wear) (call, talk)
5 The sun _____ when I left for work. (shine) 6 We _____ in Cambridge when we _ _ _ __
6 What you at 7.30 last night? (do) (study, meet)
7 I when you gave the instructio ns. 7 _____ they _____ in R o me when they
(not listen) _ _ _ _ their fi rst baby? (live, have)
8 We _ _ _ _ TV when you phoned. (not watch)

2C b Complete the sentences with so, because, bu t:, or

althouah.
a Put the sente nces in the r ight o rder.
We couldn't find a tax i, S.Q we wa lked ho me.
a D He told me he was a policema n and that they were I it was very cold, she wasn't wearing a coat.
looking for a thief. 2 I woke up in the ni ght there was a noise.
b D Then another man tried to do the same . 3 1 called him, his mobile was turned off.
c [JJ One day in 2011 I was standing in the queue fo r a bus. 4 she's very nice, she doesn't have many friends.
5 There was noth ing o n TV, I went to bed.
d D ext day I read the story in a news paper.
6 All the cafes were fu ll it was a publ ic holiday.
e D When the second man went in fro nt of me, I cold 7 She wanted tO be a doctOr, ______ she fai led her exams.
him to go and stand in the queue.
8 The garden looked very beautiful, I took a
f D A few seconds later, the first policeman got off the photograph.
bus with a man. 9 ______ the team played well, they didn't win.
g D Suddenly a man ran in from of me and got on the bus.
h D After that, a police car came and took the men away.