‭Grammar in context‬

‭Past simple‬

‭I. Instructions.‬‭Complete the sentences with the past‬‭form of these verbs.‬

‭buy eat go read see‬

‭speak take understand‬

‭ ast year I (a) went _ to Italy with my family. I(b) _Took_ a guide book with me and‬
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‭I (c)_Read___it to find out useful information.‬
‭In Rome, we(d) ___saw__ the Colosseum and we(e)__ate__ lots of really good‬
‭pasta.‬
‭I (f) bought _ some presents for my friends in a big shopping centre in Rome. My‬
‭mum(g) spoke_ Italian all the time because her Italian is very good.‬
‭She(h)_Understood__ everything that people said to her.‬

I‭I. Instructions.‬‭Complete the sentences with the‬‭correct past form of the verbs‬
‭given.‬
‭1. Yesterday afternoon I_had__(have) a lot of homework.‬
‭2. Last night my brother and I__made__(make) dinner.‬
‭3. The day before yesterday my parents__caught___(catch) a taxi to go to the‬
‭airport.‬
‭4. Two days ago we___did___(do) a history project at school.‬
‭5. Last week my friends and I__swam__(swim) in the sea.‬
‭6. Last month our English teacher__taught___(teach) us different parts of the body.‬
‭7. Last year I_came__(come) to school by bus.‬
‭8. Three years ago my parents_bought__(buy) me a pet for my birthday.‬

‭III. Instructions.‬‭Re- write these sentences in past‬‭simple in their negative form.‬

‭ . She studied abroad_She didn`t study abroad‬

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‭2. He won a package holiday to Japan__He didn't win a package holiday to‬
‭Japan___‬
‭3. They ate at a famous restaurant in Paris. They didn't eat at a famous restaurant‬
‭in Paris.‬
‭4. She went to Canada last summer___She didn't go to Canada last summer.‬
‭5. My mother spoke Russian when she was five years old.__My mother did not‬
‭speak Russian when she was five years old._____‬