Past Simple27. Complete the sentences with the right verb. Choose from:helped, followed, visited, walked, crossed,arrived, served, finished, stopped, talked1. We Disneyland last year.2. He . Fast and home earlier yesterday.3. The boy the street when the traffic light was red.4. My classmates . Me organize my birthday party at school.5. We cakes and orange juice to the other children.6. 6. They in front of Mikes house and . For a long time.7. John my advice and his composition for the English class.28. Write the following sentences in the Past Tense.

Example: The dog (chase) the cat.The dog chased the cat.

1. The dog (chase) the cat.___________________________2. The cat (climb) the tree quickly.___________________________3. The dog (start) to bark.___________________________4. I (want) to chase the dog away.___________________________5. The dogs owner (arrive) and (walk) away with it.___________________________6. The cat (look) happy.___________________________29. a. Write the sentences in the negative.

Example: Jane cleaned her room yesterday.Jane didnt clean her room yesterday.

1. Father watched TV last night.____________________________________2. The teacher talked about Robinson Crusoe last week.____________________________________3. I wanted to read the book.____________________________________4. I walked to my friends house two days ago.____________________________________5. The reporter asked the film star a lot of questions.____________________________________

6. They travelled a lot on their holiday.____________________________________b. Write the sentences in 29. a. in the interrogative.

Example: Jane cleaned her room yesterday.Did Jane clean her room yesterday?

30. Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple.Pay attention!play played cry criedstay stayed try - tried

fry friedstudy studied

1. Mother (fry) fish yesterday.__________________________________________2. The little boy (cry) for his mother.__________________________________________3. The scientist (study) English when he was a child.__________________________________________4. They (play) tennis together last week.__________________________________________5. They (stay) at home because the weather was bad.__________________________________________6. John and Susan (try) to write a song for the school festival.__________________________________________31. Study the list of irregular verbs from be to cost, then put the verbs in brackets inthe past tense simple.1. Your friend ... his leg in the park yesterday. (break)2. . He . you flowers last Saturday? (bring)3. Where .. you last night? (be)4. Her mother .. pancakes yesterday. (not cook)5. My friend a new dress last Saturday. (buy)6. We at a hotel last summer. (stay)7. . he .. to Cluj last winter? (come)8. This dress her a lot of money. (cost)9. There . Any books on my desk yesterday. (not be)32. a. Study the list of irregular verbs from cut to get, the put the verbs in bracketsin the past tense simple.1. My cat .. its leg yesterday. (cut)2. We cheeseburgers last Thursday. (eat)

3. Where . you . your keys yesterday? (lose)4. These men .. a lot yesterday. (work)5. I my jacket at school last Monday. (forget)6. Wendy . A good mark yesterday. (get)

33. a. Study the list of irregular verbs from give to run, then put the verbs inbrackets in the past simple.

b. Order the events to write the story of Red Riding Hood.1. He .. to grandmothers house and . there before Little Red Riding Hood.

(run) (arrive)2. When she .., the wolf .. Little Red Riding Hood, too. (arrive) (eat)3. The wolf . where she .. . (find out) (go)4. Little Red Riding Hoods grandmother sick. (be)5. He the grandmother and her clothes. (eat) (put on)6. Little Red Riding Hood to her grandmothers house. (go)7. On the way to her grandmothers place she . a wolf. (meet)8. She .. bread, cheese and fruit in her basket. (have)34. Study the list of irregular verbs from sell to think, then put the verbs in bracketsinto the past simple.

Last week I (go) with my friends to the seaside. We (spend) four days there.We (take) food, water, clothes and sleeping bags. We (sleep) in a tent. In Constanta we(see) the Aquarium and the Dolphinarium. At the Aquarium we (meet) some Americantourists and we (speak) to them in English. They (tell) us about their country. One ofthem (study) the sharks. He (say) he (like) danger and the fish in the sea. We (think) he(be) a bit crazy. But after talking to him, we (become) more interested in sharks.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

35. a. Put the following irregular verbs in the past simple.Example: I (drink) juice at her birthday party.

I drank juice at her birthday party.1. I (eat) a lot of fresh fruit last week.___________________________________

2. Mary (go) for a walk with her friend yesterday evening._______________________________________3. The children (make) a robot from empty boxes yesterday._______________________________________4. Jane (take) her dog for a walk last night._______________________________________5. They (see) a good film on TV last Sunday._______________________________________6. I (be) on duty yesterday at school._______________________________________7. Tom (be) a good student._______________________________________8 Tony (have) a good time at my birthday party._______________________________________9. She (give) me a wonderful present._______________________________________10. Sheila (write) a letter to her parents from the summer camp._______________________________________11. Ben (read) Robinson Crusoe when he was eleven._______________________________________12. They (come) to see me last week._______________________________________b. Write the sentences in 35. a. in the negative.

Example: I drank juice at her birthday party.I didnt drink juice at her birthday party.

c. Write the sentences in 35. a. in the interrogative.Example: I drank juice at her birthday party.

I didnt drink juice at her birthday party.36. Write questions about the underlined words.

Example: He met his friends.Who did he meet?

1. She was 11 years old.How ?2. The weather was wet and cold yesterday.What .?3. The children liked reading stories.What ..?4. Tom saw two sparrow chicks on his way home.How many ..?5. He ate all the cakes because he was hungry.Why ?6. Father washed the dishes yesterday.

Who ..?7. Anne put her books in her schoolbag.Where ?8. The dirty T-shirt was Sams.Whose ?37. Student A: take a look at the following form and write the questions.

Student B: look at the form on page .

1. where/ you/ go last Sunday? ___________________________2. how/ you/go there? ___________________________3. what/ you/ eat? ___________________________4. how/ be the food? ___________________________5. what/ you/ drink? ___________________________6. what/ you/ see? ___________________________

Now fill in this form:1. to the forest_________________2. ___________________________3. ___________________________4. ___________________________5. ___________________________6. ___________________________Student A: ask Student B the questions above and write full answers.1. Last week Alex went to ______________2. ____________________________________3. ____________________________________4. ____________________________________5. ____________________________________6. ____________________________________Form for Student B see Appendix II.38. Put the verbs in brackets in the past tense simple, affirmative, negative orinterrogative.1. The dog (run) away from home because his owner (not feed) him.________________________________________________________2. Why you (write) such a short composition?________________________________________________________3. He (take) a bad mark yesterday.________________________________________________________

4. They (spend) all their money on sweets.__________________________________________________________5. You (see) the big truck in front of our school?__________________________________________________________6. You (be) at home last night?__________________________________________________________7. Tom (not hear) us knocking at his door.__________________________________________________________8. They (find) a stray puppy in the street.__________________________________________________________9. My cousin (come) to visit me at the weekend.__________________________________________________________10. You (give) her your address?__________________________________________________________

39. Read the story of The Ugly Duckling.A duck sat on her nest, waiting for her eggs to hatch. When the eggs cracked and

the little ducklings came out, she saw that one of them was very ugly. She looked at himangrily, so the little duckling ran away in the fields.

Soon he arrived at a great marsh where the wild ducks lived. All the ducks theretold him he was very ugly and laughed at him. He ran away from the great marsh. Therain started to fall. The ugly duckling was wet and cold and hungry.

Just as the night fell, he found a little house. He went in to get warm. An oldwoman lived there. She had a cat and a hen. But when they all found him in the morning,they sent him away, telling him how ugly he was. So the little duckling was on his ownagain.

One day, he saw a flock of beautiful white swans and felt sorry he wasnt asbeautiful as they were. Winter came and the duckling had nowhere to go and no food toeat. He was always cold and hungry.

But after many long weeks, the spring sun began to shine again. The ducklingspread his wings they were strong wings now! He flew high into the sky to meet thebeautiful white swans. Now he was one of them.____________________________________to hatch = a iesi din ouflock = stolto spread the wings = a ntinde aripilea. Underline the verbs in the past tense. Write down the two forms of the irregular

ones.Example: sit sat

b. Ask questions about the story.Example: Why did the ugly duckling run away from the ducks nest?

He ran away because the duck was angry with him for being ugly.1. ______________________________________________________?He arrived at a marsh where the wild ducks lived.2. ______________________________________________________?No, he didnt stay there long.3. ______________________________________________________?Next he went to a small house.4. ______________________________________________________?An old woman lived there.5. ______________________________________________________?He went away from the old woman because she told him he was ugly.6. _______________________________________________________?One day he saw a flock of beautiful white swans.7. ________________________________________________________?He felt sorry because he wasnt like them.8. _________________________________________________________?When spring came he turned into a beautiful white swan.