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Past Simple Guide
Past Simple Guide
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A WEEKEND IN LONDON
Read the text and complete it with the Look at the pictures. Read the texts and
correct form of the verb in the past simple complete them with the or article.
tense.
Saturday
Our aunt, Jenny, lives in London. One weekend we
…………………………… (visit) her and she
…………………………… (take) us sightseeing.
On Saturday we …………………………… (go)to
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Buckingham Palace. We …………………………… (see) the
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soldiers but we …………………………… (not see) the
Queen. Then we …………………………… (go) to 3Trafalgar
square and …………………………… (feed) the 4pigeons. This is Mike outside ………… Buckingham
After lunch we …………………………… (go) to the Palace. It’s ………… Queen’s house in London.
National History 5Museum. We …………………………… The soldier is wearing a hat called a 14‘busby’.
(stay) there all afternoon. There …………………………… It looks very hot.
(be) lots of things to see. I …………………………… (like)
the dinosaurs best. Then we …………………………… (go)
back to Jenny’s house on the tube.
On Sunday morning we …………………………… (go) to see
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the Houses of Parliament and 7Big Ben. We
…………………………… (hear) Big Ben strike eleven. Then
we …………………………… (go) on a boat in 8the River
Thames. We …………………………… (see) a lot of
bridges. My favourite …………………………… (be) 9Tower This is ………… Trafalgar Square. There’s a
Bridge. statue of Nelson on ‘………… 15Nelson’s column’,
After lunch we …………………………… (go) to 10the some statues of lions, some 16fountains and
Tower of London. The buildings there are very old. lots of pigeons!
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The White Tower was built in 1078. we
…………………………… (see) 12the Beefeaters and 13the
Crown Jewels. At the end of the afternoon we
…………………………… (be) tired. We ……………………………
(go) back to Jenny’s house in a taxi.
It …………………………… (be) a lovely weekend.
Last summer Peter and his parents ……………………………… (go) to London for summer holidays. They
……………………………… (stay) in a small hotel next to a beautiful park in the centre of the city. Peter
……………………………… (find) everything in London very interesting and ……………………………… (have) a good time
there. Only the noise ……………………………… (be) terrible and it ……………………………… (not be) easy to remember
that they always drive on the left side of the road in England. One day, for example, Peter and his parents
……………………………… (wait) and ……………………………… (wait) for the bus to the zoo – and after half an hour a
policeman ……………………………… (say) to them that the bus ……………………………… (stop) on the other side of the
road.
Before they ……………………………… (catch) the plane back to Germany, they ……………………………… (be) all very
excited. And then something ……………………………… (go) wrong: first, their taxi ……………………………… (be) late; and
there ……………………………… (be) twenty passengers at the ticket desk. Suddenly Peter’s father said: “Oh
dear, where are our tickets? I haven’t got them.” Well, can you guess where they ……………………………… (find)
them? Under the clothes in Peter’s bag!
Listen to the song and complete using verbs in past:
Celine Dion: Because you loved me.
For all those times you _________ by I was blessed because I _________ loved by
me you
For all the truth that you ________ me
see You _________ my strength when I_________
For all the joy you ________ to my life weak
For all the wrong that you ______ right You _________ my voice when I couldn’t speak
For every dream you _____ come true You _________ my eyes when I couldn’t see
For all the love I _______in you You _________ the best there was in me
I’ll be forever thankful baby Lifted me up when I couldn’t reach
You’re the one who held me up You _________ me faith coz you believed
Never let me fall I’m everything I am
You’re the one who saw me through Because you _________ me
through it all
You were always there for me
You _________ my strength when The tender wind that carried me
I_________ weak A light in the dark shining your love into my life
You _________ my voice when I You’ve been my inspiration
couldn’t speak Through the lies you were the truth
You _________ my eyes when I My world is a better place because of you
couldn’t see
You _________ the best there was in You _________ my strength when I_________
me weak
Lifted me up when I couldn’t reach You _________ my voice when I couldn’t speak
You _________ me faith coz you You _________ my eyes when I couldn’t see
believed You _________ the best there was in me
I’m everything I am Lifted me up when I couldn’t reach
Because you _________ me You _________ me faith coz you believed
I’m everything I am
You _________ me wings and made me Because you _________ me
fly
You _________ my hand I could touch You _________ my strength when I_________
the sky weak
I _________ my faith, you gave it back You _________ my voice when I couldn’t speak
to me You _________ my eyes when I couldn’t see
You _________ no star was out of You _________ the best there was in me
reach Lifted me up when I couldn’t reach
You stood by me and I stood tall You _________ me faith coz you believed
I _________ your love I had it all I’m everything I am
I’m grateful for each day you gave me Because you _________ me
Maybe I don’t know that much
But I know this much is true I’m everything I am
Because you _________ me
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