7A GRAMMAR past simple of be: was / were

Q Complete with was / wasn’t or were j w eren’t to make true sentences.

1 Edward VIII wasn’t King for very long.

2 Julius Caesar___________ the first Roman emperor.

3 Tchaikovsky__the composer of Swan Lake.

4 The Vikings_______________from Germany.

5 Helena Bonham Carter____________ in the Harry Potter

films.

6 Roald Dahl___________ a famous British musician. _

7 The 2010 football World Cup___________ in South Africa.

8 Brad P itt_____________married to Jennifer Aniston.

9 Socrates and Plato______________ Brazilian footballers.

10 Pablo Picasso___________ Spanish.

11 Beethoven___________ a Swiss composer.

12 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin___________ the first men

to walk on the Moon.

13 Hilary Clinton_____________President of the USA in the

1990s.

14 The Incas___________ from Mexico.

15 Marco Polo___________ born in Italy.

16 The Beatles________ from Liverpool.

17 Vincent van Gogh and Leonardo da Vinci___________

famous German painters.

18 William Wallace (Braveheart)______________ from Ireland.

19 The last Olympic Games in Asia____________ in Beijing in

2008.

20 The Wall Street Crash_______________________in 1939.

Q Work with a partner. Make questions and test your partner’s memory.
Was Edward VIII King for very lon g Q ^ J No, he wasn’t.

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7В GRAMMAR pas^ff.^ie.iegular verbs
Q Complete the dialogues in the past tense. Use the verbs in brackets.

Annie 'D idyou study French at university? (study)

Beth No, 12_________________ French, 13_________ . Italian. I . in
Rome for six months in my third year, (not study, study, live)
Annie Where you ______in Rome? (live)
Beth Near the Forum. I a house with some Italian students, (rent)
Annie you in Italian all the time? (talk)
Beth _______ to practise their English. But I
Not always, because th e y 8________
9___________ to cook great pasta! (want, learn)

Alan .you . Brazil? (like)

Ben We H_ it! We . to come home, (love, not want)
Alan 13____ you . around the country? (travel)
Ben We . much because we were only there for two weeks.
(not travel)
Alan 15___________ you. . in hotels? (stay)
Ben No, we 16_________ . We stayed with Brazilian friends.

Dave .you. .the match? Arsenal and Real Madrid? (watch)

Carl No, 118___
Dave Why not?
Carl 119_______ . late last night. I : until 7.00.
(work, not finish)
Dave But the match 2I_ _____at 7.45. (start)
Carl Yes, but 122_____ . my train. 123________ . home until 9.30.
(miss, not arrive)
Dave What a pity! It was a fantastic match.

Sam . you three times last night but you

(call, not answer)
Lucy Sorry. I was in the cinema with my sister.
Sam And 126___________ you too. W hy27______ .you - me back?
(text, not text)
Lucy Because I was angry.
Sam Angry? Why?
Lucy Because you . to me at the party last week. You
29
to Eva for about an hour, (not talk, chat)
Sam | 30
______ to Eva for an hour! She had a problem and she just
31
_______ to tell me about it. (not chat, want)
Lucy A problem? Is tha t why yo u 32___________ with her for twenty minutes?
(dance)

Q Practise the dialogues on this page in pairs.

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7С GRAMMAR past simple: irregular </erbs
ф Complete the story with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.

My memorable night at the Edinburgh Festival

by Lotte
his happened in my first sum m er w hen I was a t Edinburgh University. I lived in a room in a big

T house with three friends. That sum m er some musicians rented two oth er rooms in our house. It

1w as (be) August and the Edinburgh Music and Arts Festival was on. The m usicians2__________
(be) from Poland, Italy, and the Netherlands. One afternoon th e y 3_______ _ _ _ (tell) m e about a Latin
music club. My friends and 14_____________ (say) th a t we wanted to go w ith them . W e5____________
(meet) them a t the club th a t evening a t 9.00 p.m. I t 6_____________ (have) a really friendly atm osphere
and the m u sic7____________ (be) fantastic! Our new frien d s8_____________ (speak) English very well and
w e 9____________ (spend) the evening dancing and chatting. W hen we 10_____________(leave) the club,
w e 11_____________ (find) th a t w e 12____________ (not have) the money for a taxi home. I t 13_____________
(be) a w arm night, so we walked hom e through the streets. The m usicians14____________ (see) the
historic buildings and m onum ents for the first time, and th e y 15_____________ (think) th a t they
16 (be) really beautiful. W e17___________ (get) hom e at 4.00 a.m., but w e 18_____________ (not
go) to bed. W e19____________ (make) some coffee and chatted. Then our friends played their guitars
and w e 20____________ (sing) songs th a t we a ll21_____________(know). I t 22_____________(be) a wonderful,
m em orable evening and, ten years later, we are still friends.

Q Complete these questions about the story.

1 Which month was the Edinburgh Festival in? It was in August.
2 Where_____________ ________________from? They were from Poland, Italy, and the
Netherlands.
3 What.__ _ . Lotte about? They told her about a Latin music club.
4 What time. _ at the club? They met at 9.00 p.m.
5 _________ _____ good? Yes, it was fantastic.
6 What. . at the club? They danced and chatted all evening.
7 Why _ . a taxi home? Because they didn’t have enough money.
8 What. . for the first time? They saw Edinburgh’s historic buildings
and monuments.
. when they got home? No, they made coffee and chatted.
10 What. _________ after that? They played their guitars and sang.

Work with a partner. Cover the answers. Take turns to answer the questions. Then cover the
questions and take turns to make the questions from the answers.

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7С VOCABULARY go, have, get
Student A Student В
0 Complete the questions with go, have, or get. Q Complete the questions with go, have, or get.

1 i
What time did you Where did you lunch
to bed last night? last Saturday?
2 2

Did you up early yesterday? Did you out last night?

3 3
What did you for breakfast Did you a good time
this morning? last weekend?
4 5
How many emails did
What car does your family ?
you yesterday?
5 5
Did you to the cinema What time did you out
at the weekend? during the week?
6 6
How often do you Do you usually dressed
a taxi? before breakfast?
lL zJ
When do you usually How do you usually
shopping? to work / school?
8 8
Do you usually dinner with How often do you to bed
your family at Christmas? before midnight?
9 9
How many brothers and What did you for dinner
sisters do you ? last night?
10 Ю
Do you up at the
Do you usually home
same time during the week
after class?
and the weekends?

Q Ask your partner the questions. Ask for Q Ask your partner the questions. Ask for
more information. more information.

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