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I/ Complete the paragraph in the PAST SIMPLE Use a verb from the box:

My first day at school

I remember my first day at school in 1995! I1) at 8.30 and2) lesson at 9.00 We3) from 9.00 to 12.00 The teachers4) to us a lot! Then we5) football for an hour In the afternoon we

6) the lessons and7) to the teacher very carefully Then at 3.30 the lessons8) It was a long and tiring day!

II/ Match the questions a) to h) with the answers 1) to 8):

a) What were you doing when you saw the

accident?

b) Did you go to Italy last summer?

c) What did you do last weekend?

d) What did you do when you saw the two

men?

e) Did you go to school yesterday?

f) Did you have a good time at the party?

g) When did you find the money?

h) Did Paula phone yesterday?

1) Yes, I really enjoyed my self

2) I called the police

3) Yes, she phoned while you were playing golf

4) Yes, I spent three weeks there

5) I was standing at the bus-stop

6) While I was cleaning the floor

7) I met my friends, and spent time with

my family

8) No, I was ill I stayed at home

Your answers:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

III/ Write a question for each answer:

a) Were ?

- Last night? No, I wasn’t working last night

b) Was ?

- Yes, that’s right Jim was waiting at the bus stop

c) Was……… ?- No, Mary wasn’t talking

d) Was ?

- Yes, that’s right Kate was wearing jeans

e) Were ?

- Yes, Ali and Mehmet were playing football

f) Was……… ? - Raining? Yes, it was

g) Were ?

- No, I wasn’t reading I was writing

h) Was ?

IV/ In each sentence, there is one mistake Correct them:

1) When I was arriving at Dan’s house, he was waiting outside

2) While we were writing a maths test, the head teacher was

coming into the room

3) While we swam, it started to rain

4) While I was having a bath, the lights were going out

5) Debra watched TV when the storm began

6) While I was walking to the shop I was losing my bag!

7) What were you doing when I was seeing you yesterday?

8) I was walking up the stairs when I was hearing the phone

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2 _

3 _

4 _

5 _

6 _

7 _

8 _

V/ Give the correct form of the verbs:

 When he1 (be) a boy at school, Edison 2 (ask) a lot of questions The teacher 3 (think)

he 4 (be) stupid and she 5 (send) him home Edison's mother 6 (teach) her son at home

and he 7 (begin) to carry out a lot of experiments He 8 (earn) money for his experiments by

9 (garden) Later he 10 (work) on a train and 11 (continue) to experiment there.

Unfortunately, in one of his experiments, he12 (set) fire to the train!

 Teresa Cardin1 (hear) a strange sound on the telephone one morning She 2 (not think) the

call3 (be) a joke.

"Do you want help?" she4 (ask) However, the caller 5 (not speak) "I'm now saying the

names of the letters of the alphabet", Teresa said 6 (Hit) the phone when I come to the first letter of your

street Teresa 7 (begin) to recite the letters and 8 (hear) a noise The caller 9 (hit) the

phone after a certain letter Next Teresa10 (recite) all the names of streets beginning with that letter In

this way she11 (find) out the name of the street Soon policemen and a doctor 12 (arrive)

at the caller's house The caller was an old lady She was very ill

VI/ Complete the following sentences with the past form of any given irregular verbs:

1) A: Why isn’t Bill here for the meeting? He’s supposed to give the weekly report

B: I _ to him on the phone last night, and he said he would be here

2) After I gave a large bone to each of my three dogs, they went to separate corners of the backyard and _ holes to bury their bones

3) After looking at all the chairs, I finally the red one It was a difficult decision

4) The players are depressed because they _ the game last weekend Next time they’ll play better

5) A: How can you take a three-month vacation? What about your job?

B: I won’t be going back to that job ever again I _ yesterday

6) Laurie has circles under her eyes because she _ only two hours last night She was studying for her final exams

7) Matt lost his watch He looked everywhere for it Finally, he _ it in his pants that were in the washing machine He had washed his watch, but it was still ticking

8) Joy was barefoot She stepped on a piece of broken glass and _ her foot

9) Danny and I are old friends, we _ each other in 1985

10) My father _ how to make furniture

11) I didn’t have a garden, so I _ tomatoes in a pot on the balcony outside my

apartment

12) The student with the highest grade point average _ a speech at the graduation

ceremony She _ about her hopes for the future of the world

13) Paul was in a hurry to get to class this morning He _ to comb his hair

14) Last week I an interesting book about the volcanoes in Iceland

15) When Erica and I were introduced to each other, we _ hands

16) Mike is in jail because he _ a car

17) When I heard about Sue’s problem, I _ sorry for her

18) The students all _ pictures of their teacher, but few of the drawings looked like her She tried not to laugh at the pictures

19) A few minutes ago, I _ on the radio about a bad plane accident

20) Joe had an accident He off the roof and _ his leg

VII/ PAST CONTINUOUS vs SIMPLE PAST:

1) A: There was a power outage in our part of town last night (your lights, go out) _

_ too?

B: Yes, they did It (be) terrible! I (take) _ a shower when the

lights went out My wife (find) _ a flashlight and rescued me from the bathroom.

We couldn’t cook dinner, so we (eat) _ sandwiches instead I (try) to

read some reports by candlelight, but I couldn’t see well enough, so I (go) to bed

and (sleep) _ How about you?

2) It (begin) to rain while Amanda and I (walk) to school this morning.

3) While I (wash) _ dishes last night, I (drop) a plate and (break) it.

4) When the teacher (come) _ into the room, two boys (play) football.

5) While I (listen) _ to music, I (hear) the doorbell.

6) I (break) my pen while I (do) _ my homework.

VIII/ Complete the following paragraph with suitable verbs Use either the PAST SIMPLE or PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE:

John Blake was born in London in 1969 He 1) to work in France when he was nineteen While he

2) in a restaurant in Paris, he3) Luisa, an Italian student He4) her to marry him, but she wouldn’t Heartbroken, he 5) to England Three years later, John 6) along the street in London when he 7) Luisa She 8) London with a friend called Maria When John and Maria

9) , they fell in love at first sight, and10) married the following year