Grammer past simple regular and @ Complete the conversation Be careful with [#], =|, and] eg ‘ith the past tense of the verb in brackets. INSPECTOR GRANGER OK Mr ‘Thomas. Relax and tell me the problem. MR THOMAS It’s my wife, She ‘went (go) out yesterday to buy some milk, And she * (not / come) back, INSPECTOR GRANGER Wheit : (/you see} your wife for the last time? MR THOMAS Yesterday evening. MR THOMAS Well, we # she? (go) shopping, 18 INSPECTOR GRANGER When |“ mr THOMAS | '! down in my chair and !? 4 ‘kitehen. 14 nny chair. INSPECTOR GRANGER |* * (come) home? Or™™ MR THOMAS 17! A NEW LIFE= INSPECTOR GRANGER Tell me what happened yesterday, (wake up) at about 8.00 as usual. We ‘ (have) breakfast and then I *_ 8 goes shopping on Wednesdays. Then she ® (come) home at six o'clock, I? (read) the newspaper. Then we (have) dinner, After dinner, my wife © (have) a glass of whisky and (you speak) to your wife when you (not / speak) to her, but after about an hour (drive) to work. I think (be) a Wednesday. She always _ (make) the dinner. home? (Jou come) (sit) _ (go) tothe (sleep) im (she say) anything to you? she ® (say), ‘This isn't a eo life, I'm going out: S (take) her bag and her coat. She _ {not f say) goodbye. | # (hear) the doar close. But 124 (not / ace) her again INSPECTOR GRANGER I see sit. [ think can guess the answer to this mystery. ‘New English File Teacher's Book Elementary Potocapible ©: Oxford University Press 2008 159