"slow.

" Albert ________ a terrible student who didn't want to

attend classes regularly and take exams. Einstein's best-known
work, the theory of relativity, _______ published in 1905.
Unfortunately, the theory of relativity _______used to create
the atomic bomb
5. Complete t h e t e x t w i t h w a s , w e r e , w a s n ’ t o r
weren’t.
It ______ Friday evening. My brother and I _______ in his
bedroom. My parents _______at work so they _______(not) at
home. My brother _______ bored. I ________(not) pleased
because my favorite sports program ________(not) on TV. Then
there________ a noise. My friends, Jack and Nick,________ at the
door with three DVDs and a huge pizza! The DVDs________horror
films and the pizza_______ fantastic. What agreat surprise!

6. Write questions with was or were.

1. where / you / yesterday / ?
2. Choose the correct option. 2. they / at the cinema / ?
1. The weather was/were sunny yesterday. 3. who / your / favourite actor / ?
2. The Science test was/were very easy. 4. she / a maths teacher / ?
3. They was/were at the beach yesterday evening. 5. when / they / born / ?
4. Rose and Peter was/were very busy 6. he / famous / in the 1940s?
5. Where was/were Violet last Saturday?
6. My grandparents was/ were at home yesterday. 7. Answer the questions
7. That was/were my brother’s favorite toy.
8. My family was/were in an island last summer 1. How was the school yesterday?
2. Where were you with your mom yesterday?
3. Write affirmative and negative sentences. Use thecorrect 3. What was your favorite sport when you were a child?
form of was or were. 4. What country was the champion of world cup?
1. This book (interesting / it not boring) 5. Where were you the last vacations?
6. When was your primary graduation?
2. They (Japanese / not American) 7. When was your birthday?
3. We (in the café / not at school) 8. Who was your favorite teacher in primary?
4. Tweetie (a bird / he not a parrot) 9. Who was the king of the soccer?
10. When was the Diomedes Diaz’s birthday?
4. Albert Einstein 11. Why were you happy, yesterday?
12. Where was the party?
When Albert Einstein _________young, his parents worried
13. Who was the president of Colombia in 2021?
about him. Einstein's parents ______ concerned that Albert was
 EXERCISES WAS BORN- WERE BORN

2. Look for the information. Use WAS BORN- WERE BORN

Sofia Mulanovich.
Michael Jackson. Pepe Guardiola.
Date of birth: ________________
Date of birth: _________________ Date of birth:
Place of birth:________________.
Place of birth: __________________ Place of birth:

Selena Gómez Daniel Radcliffe

Shakira
Date of birth: Date of birth: ________________
Date of birth: __________________
Place of birth: ________________ Place of birth: _______________
Place of birth: _________________

Paolo Guerrero.
Tina Turner. Jackie Chan.
Date of birth:
Date of birth: Date of birth: _______________
Place of birth: ________________
Place of birth:_________________ Place of birth: _______________

Example:
Selena Gomez is a ___________ She was born in ____________________. She was born on __________
3. Complete with Was / Were
I ______ born in Germany on January 12th, 1998. My mother says it _____ a very cold day. It _____white with snow.
My father and grandparents ______ at home and my brother and sister _____ at school. It _____ almost midday. My dad
______ very nervous. My grandparents _____ very nervous, too. My mom _____ not. After all, I ________ her third child. I
________ born an hour later. I _____ named Julie.

I am from Ireland. I _____born on July 15th, 2000, 15 days earlier than I ________ supposed to. I _______ already hyperactive. It
____ a sunny day and my parents ______on holiday, so they ______ at the beach. It _____ hot, so they ______ at
the sea when my mom said it _____time to go to the hospital. My dad _____ very nervous because I ______ his first
child. I ____born four hours later. My name is Henry.

USED TO

1. Use USED TO and write sentences:

1. My mother / go swimming
2. Peter / smoke.
3. I / play table tennis.
4. They / be happy.
5. We / eat a lot.

2. Complete with USED TO / USE TO / DIDN’T USE TO / DID – USE TO/ DID/ DIDN’T
1. My mother _____________ play the guitar when she was young
2. Did you ________sing in a band? - Yes, I __________
3. What _________ you _______ do at the weekends when you were young?
4. They __________go to the cinema every Sunday but now they watch films at home
5. I didn't _________have a dog! I ________have a cat
6. I ___________be a teacher in the past but now I'm a translator
7. My parents __________have a cat in the past but they have a cat now
8. Did she __________wear glasses? - Yes, she ________but now she wears contact lenses
9. I ________be very fat in the past
10. This ___________to be my school!
11. My wife __________play chess with me in the evenings but now she doesn't have time anymore.
12. Did he _________to work as a waiter? No, he ____________

3.
 COULD / COUDN’T

1
.

2.
 3 Complete with Could – Couldn’t
1. When
. I was young, I _________ play the guitar, it was too difficult
2. Her grandmother was bilingual, she ________ speak both Spanish and English
3. Yesterday, Peter ________ do that exercise alone. So, he called me for help.
4. In 1950, people __________ use mobile phones.
5. When his mother was young, she _______ skate but she can’t do it now
6. We _______ open the door, it was looked from the inside.
7. In 1900, people _________watch T.V.
8. Mary’s grandfather _________ play chess and he was the best.
9. In 1945, people _____ play video games.
10. Peter ________ play tennis the last Friday, he had broken his arm.
11. Last Sunday, we _______ take photos in the museum, it was forbidden.
12. Mozart _______ play the piano when he was 5.

1. Make sentences 4. Complete

1. We / think / about recycling ________________
2. They / not / sing / at the concert
3. I / not / pay / attention
4. Who / clap / at the end?
5. Why /you / not / watch / the movie?
2. Write sentences Continuous Tense

5. Complete the sentences using the verb in brackets

1. Lorena __________her bedroom in the morning. (tidy)

2. The kids _____________football in the garden. (play)
3) Order the words to make questions. Then match 3. My grandmother a chocolate cake. (bake)
4. Some students for the exams. (study) 5.
1 she/ with/ skiing/ was/ her dad/? Vanessa and her sister in the kitchen. (help) 6.
2 you/ were/ music/ listening to/? Your brother ________his bicycle at the garage. (repair)
3 where/ going/ you/ were/? 7. Sylvia ______her bedroom yesterday afternoon. (clean) 8.
4. feeling/he/was/worried/?
My uncle Tony to Los Angeles (fly)
5 you/ what/ doing/ were/?
THERE WAS/ THERE WERE

a. ___ I was going to the movies. 1. Write THERE WAS/ THERE WERE to complete the sentences
b. ___No, he wasn’t. 1. ______________ a fantastic shopping Centre in the town.
c. ___ No, she wasn’t. 2. ______________ Many teenagers at the rock concert.
d. ___ I was doing park our 3. ______________ An enormous whale in the sea.
e. ___Yes I was. 4. ______________Two American bands on the stage.
5. ______________some of my friends at the party.
6. ______________an excellent saxophonist called Jimmy. 3. WRITE THERE WAS/ THERE WERE
7. ______________ a lot of delicious cakes on the table. This was my bedroom 5 years ago.
8. ______________an old school boyfriend in the car.
9. ______________a few monkeys jumping on the tree.
10. ______________some custard on the bowl.

2. WRITE SENTENCES USING THESE WORDS

1.- was/ a /on the sofa/sitting/ boy/ there/
2.-dress/on the sales/there/beautiful/a/was
3.-weren’t/ any/ instructions/ on the paper/there
5.-a/French/ girl/ in my /university class/there/wasn’t
6.-some/interesting /books/in the library/there/were
7.-weren’t/ DJs/ at the discoteque/there/

PAST SIMPLE TENSE

REGULAR VERBS

VERBO PASADO ESPAÑOL VERBO PASADO ESPAÑOL VERBO PASADO ESPAÑOL

Accept accepted aceptar Hate hated odiar Remember remembered recordar
Amuse help rent
Announce hurry require
Answer Interest Retur n
Arrive Interview Rob
Ask Invite Seem
Believe Jump Show
Belong Kill Sign
Call Kiss Skate
Cancel Laugh Ski
Carry Like Smoke
Change Listen to Start
Check Live Stay
Clean Look Stop
Climb Love Study
Confuse Marry Suggest
Consider Move Talk
Cook Need Telephone
Copy Open Tidy
Cry Paint Travel
Dance Pass Tur n off
Decide Pick up Tur n on
Design Plan Try
Die Play Use
Discover Prefer Visit
Dress Prepare Wait
Enjoy Prevent Walk
Explain Provide Want
Explore Pull Warn
Finish Punish Wash
Fix Push Watch
Follow Receive Work
Graduate Remain worry
 IRREGULAR VERBS

infinitive past simple past participle infinitive past simple past participle
be was/were been learn learnt learnt
become became become leave left left
begin began begun let let Let
bite bit bitten lose lost lost
break broke broken make made made
bring brought brought meet met met
burn burnt burnt pay paid paid
build built built put put put
buy bought bought read read [red]* read [red]*
catch caught caught ride rode ridden
choose chose chosen ring rang rung
come came come rise rose risen
cost cost cost run ran run
cut cut cut say said said
do did done see saw seen
draw drew drawn sell sold sold
drink drank drunk send sent sent
drive drove driven shake shook shaken
eat ate eaten shine shone shone
fall fell fallen shoot shot shot
feed fed fed show showed shown/showed
feel felt felt sing sang sung
fight fought fought sit sat sat
find found found sleep slept slept
fly flew flown speak spoke spoken
forbid forbade forbidden spend spent spent
forget forgot forgotten steal stole stolen
forgive forgave forgiven sweep swept swept
freeze froze frozen swim swam swum
get got got/gotten swing swung swung
give gave given take took taken
go went gone teach taught taught
grow grew grown tell told told
have had had think thought thought
hide hid hidden throw threw thrown
hit hit hit understand understood understood
hold held held wake woke woken
hurt hurt hurt wear wore worn
keep kept kept win won won
know knew known write wrote written
 SIMPLE PAST: REGULAR VERBS

1. Write the Simple Past in the correct column.

watch clap stop like live practice try climb
visit Tidy carry open stay repeat wash hate
change decide listen travel clean play arrive talk
cry plan hurry study look finish marry call
Rain walk enjoy chat start phone Worry pray

2. Complete the sentences with the Simple Past of the verbs in brackets.
a) The people (enjoy)...................................... the party last weekend.
b) The children (phone) ................................... their grandparents two days ago.
c) We (plan) ....................................... a trip to England last year.
d) The family (stay) ................................. at home yesterday.
e) Mum (fry) ................................ fish and chips for our lunch on Sunday.
f) The teacher (arrive) ................................. an hour ago.
g) The student (organize)................................. a picnic last week.
h) The children (close) .............................. their books after the lesson.
i) John (invite) ........................................ his neighbors to a party.
j) It (rain) .................................. all day yesterday.
k) Walter and Catherine (visit) ....................................... the circus last month.
l) Janet ......................................................................... (watch) a film on TV.
m) The car ...................................................................... (stop) in the middle of the street.
n) Helen ........................................................................ (wash) her hair with a new shampoo.
o) My friends ................................................................. (notice) my new dress
p) Yesterday I ................................................................ (wait) for you for an hour.
q) My mother ................................................................ (divide) the cake in six.
r) I................................................................................. (talk) to John on the phone.
s) Last weekend I ................................................................ (dance) with Jim
 3. REGULAR VERBS.
Complete the sentences with the past simple of one of these verbs:

1. Yesterday evening I ____________________________ television.

2. I _____________ my teeth tree times yesterday.
3. Bernard ________________________ 20 cigarettes yesterday evening.
4. The concert last night _________________ at 7.30 and ___________________________ at 10 o´clock.
5. The accident _______________________________ last Sunday afternoon.
6. When I was a child, I _____________________________ to be a adoctor.
7. Mozart _______________________ from 1756 to 1791.
8. We _________________ our holiday last year. We ____________ at a very good hotel.
9. Today the weather is nice, but yesterday it _____________________________ _ .
10. It was hot in the room, so I ______________________________ the window.
11. The weather was good yesterday, so we ______________________________ tennis.
12. William Shakespeare ____________________________________________ in 1616

4. PAST SIMPLE – IRREGULAR VERBS

1. Somebody______________ (break) this window last night.

2. I_____________(go) to the cinema but I________(not, enjoy) thefilm much.
3. I___________be) angry because they (be) late.
4. I___________(buy) a ticket to Paris at the airport.
5. He (leave) the hotel, _______(take) a taxi and ___(drive) to the station.
6. This house (cost) $ 35,000 in 1998.
7. Philip (make) no haste to move from where he__________(sit).
8. I (ring) the bell, but nobody__________(be) at home.
9. Stephanie Meyer _________(write) great books about vampires.
10. When Jane (have) her Saturday job at a flower shop she__________(send)me flowers.
11. Elvis Presley (sing) lots of hit songs.

5. True (T) or False (F ) 2. Carol ____________(appear) for the party.

1. I call my friend yesterday. _______
2. The students studyed hard. _______
3. We waited for the bus. _______
4. The cleand the house. _______
5. My sister plaied football. _______
6. Arthur waterd the flowers. _______
7. Merlin helped Arthur. _______
8. We rested under a tree. _______
9. My mother cookd fish. _______
10. They solved the questions. _______
11. We enter the room. _______
12. She combd her hair. _______
13. I decideed to go shopping _______
3. Peter ____________ (close) the door when he entered.
4. The jewels____________ (disappear).
5. I ____________ (wait) for you because I was in a hurry.
6. The students ____________ (identify) the mistake
7. Caroline ____________ (like) to be disturbed.
7. Now use the interrogative form of the past simple.
1. ___________________(Caroline / like) to be disturbed?
2. ___________________ (Mum / cook) dinner yesterday?
3. ___________________ (The pupil / ask) any question?
4. _____________ (You / visit) the museum last weekend?
5. ________________ (Charles / arrive) early last night?
6. _______________ (The secretary / cancel) the meeting?
7. ___________________ (Mrs. Clark / water) the plants?

8. Fill in with Past Simple.

6. Fill in the gaps with the Past Simple (negative) of
the verbs in brackets. a. They __________(have) a good time at the party.
1. David____________ (watch) the film in the cinema. b. Grandma _______(pay) for our ice creams.
c. My brother_______ (take) me out yesterday.
 d. Sandra’s friend __________ (give) her a new
camera.
e. Mum __________( meet) my teacher.
f. They ___________ (write) a letter last week.
g. Alice __________ (buy) a jacket yesterday.
h. George ____________(see) me at the party.
9. PAST SIMPLE QUESTIONS
a. a. What did you do yesterday?
b. b. What time did you go to bed last night?
c. c. What time did you get up this morning?
d. d. What did you have for breakfast this morning?
10
e.
f. e. What time did you arrive in class today?
g. f. Did you do exercise last week?
g. Did you watch TV yesterday? what did you watch?
h. h. Did you do homework yesterday? If ‘yes’, what kind?
i. i. How much money did you spend yesterday? What did
you buy?
j. j. Did you read a book or magazine last week? If ‘no’,
why not?
k. k. Did you eat at a restaurant last week? If ‘yes’, what
did you eat?
l. l. Did you get a haircut last month? If ‘yes’, where did
you get it?
 3. Answer the questions.

1. Where did Ann and Kate play with a ball?

_____________________________________
2. How did Kate help her mother?
______________________________________
3. Where did Kate go with her parents on Saturday evening?
______________________________________
4. Where was Ann on Saturday?
______________________________________
5. Where did Ann walk her dog?
______________________________________
6. What did Kate and Ann do at the beach?
______________________________________
7. Why did the girls go to bed early?
______________________________________
8. Did Ann and Kate have a lovely time at the beach?
______________________________________
11.

12. Complete the text with the correct past form

William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare_______ (be) born in Stratford-on-Avon on April 23, 1564. He ____ (go) to the local Stratford
Grammar School, where he_____ (be) student of Master Walter Roche. Lessons began at six o'clock in the morning in
the summer in order to make the most of daylight.
His father _________ (be) John Shakespeare a Stratford upon Avon glove-maker. He _______ (send) William to the
local grammar school in 1571, but when William ______ (be) only 14 years old his fortunes fell so low that William
______ (have) to leave school. Some historians say he ______ (work) in his father's shop.

At the age of 19 William _______ (to marry) Anne Hathaway the daughter of a rich farmer near Stratford. Three
years later Shakespear _______ (go) to London. How he _______ (live) there we do not know.

In about 1587 he _______ (become) a member of one of the few theatrical companies which _________ (exist) in
those days. Around 1590 he ________ (begin) to try his hand at writing plays. There ______ (be) no female actors in
those days, all the female parts _______ (be) ________ (play) by boys. It is thought that he _______ (write)
his first major play, Henry VI., Part One, in 1592.

His most famous play, Hamlet________ (be) probably first seen in 1601 at the Globe Theatre. Shakespeare ________
(continue) to write about 2 plays a year.
He ________ (return) to Stratford in 1612, where he _______ (live) the life of a country gentleman. He _____( die)
of a fever on his birthday in 1616.

13. Read and complete the paragraph and answer the questions

Ian Fleming was born in London on 25th May,1905. He studied at Eton College, the Royal Military Academy,
Sandhurst and the Universities of Munich and Geneva. Fleming worked in journalism, banking, newspaper
management and as a personal assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence during the second World War. Fleming
became famous as the creator of the spy, James Bond. His first successful book was Casino Royale.
Between 1953 and his death on 12th August 1964 he wrote eighteen books. His most famous books are: Goldfinger,
Diamonds are Forever, Live and Let Die, You only live twice. The actors Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan
have played the part of James Bond in the films based on Fleming´s books.

Questions:
1. Who was Ian Fleming?
2- When was he born?
3- Where was he born?
4- Did he work as a journalist?
5. Why did he become famous for?
6. What was his first successful book?
7 - How many books did he write?
8- Who did play the part of James Bond in the films?

14. Last summer

I’m Helen, last summer holidays, I went with my family to Paris. We went by car. There was me, my
parents, my brother Tom and my little sister Susan. We live in Brighton and we are English. We saw the
most interesting places in Paris, as the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre Museum and we made the city
tour. I loved it, because Paris is a very beautiful city.

On the fifth day we went to Euro Disney.That was fantastic. We all enjoyed ourselves a lot. We stayed in Euro Disney
four days. They were the most exciting days I had all my life. We were all very tired because we had to walk a lot to
watch everything and enjoy all the amusements. My sister is only 4 years old and she loved it. I met all the Disney
characters and they were very funny. We stayed at a hotel inside Euro Disney.
 Answer the Questions

1- Where did Helen go last Summer?

2- How did she go?
3- Who did Helen go with?
4- What did they see in Paris?
5- Did Helen like Paris?
6- Where did they go on the fifth day?
7- Did they enjoy it?
8- How long did they stay in Euro Disney?
9- Were they tired?
10- Did they stay in Euro Disney for 3 days?
11- How old is Helen’s sister?
12- Who did Helen meet in Euro Disney?

15.
Past Simple
Regular & irregular verb forms

1. Fill in the correct regular verb forms 2. Fill in the correct irregular verb
in the Past Simple. forms in the Past Simple.
Infinitive Past Simple Infinitive Past Simple
play be
watch can
look buy
listen catch
wash drive
open put
stop eat
3. Put into the Past Simple.
cry 4. What
go happened? Use the correct
Present Simple Past Simple Past Simple verb form.
close think
they drink a) Last week the Richards ____________ (come)
help sleepfrom the USA.
back
she answers b) Two weeks ago Betty ____________ (do)
he sings a presentation at school.
c) At the weekend Rob ____________ (bring)
it snows a present for Sue.
you ride d) Last night I ___________ (write) an e-mail to
my friend in England.
I stay e) On Wednesday Carol ___________ (meet)
we fly Jessy after school.
f) Yesterday Dan and Jou ___________ (have)
they swim fish and chips for dinner.
I dance