Grammar exercises

UNIT
Past simple: affirmative, was / were
negative and questions 5 Complete the sentences with was, wasn’t, were
1 Complete the sentences with the past simple or weren’t.
affirmative form of the verbs in brackets. My friends weren’t at school yesterday. ✗
We watched a great film on TV. (watch) 1 I in Paris in May. ✓
1 You that book. (read) 2 We tired so we went out. ✗
2 I a great time at your party. (have) 3 There a lot of events for
3 We some money in the teenagers. ✓
park. (find) 4 My dad at work at 8pm. ✗
4 She home late last night. 5 They very happy because it
(arrive) rained all day. ✗
5 My friend some new jeans. (buy) 6 The concert really good. ✓

2 Rewrite the sentences with the negative form of
the past simple.
I stayed up all night.
I didn’t stay up all night.
1 My classmate wrote a book last year.
2 My teacher invented a new computer.
3 We sent an email a few minutes ago.
4 I became famous last year.
6 Order the words to make questions.
you / in bed / Were / at 11pm ?
Were you in bed at 11pm?
1 yesterday / Was / hot / it ?
2 from / Where / Shakespeare / was ?
3 he / Was / last week / at school ?
4 tired / last night / Were / you ?
5 happy / Why / your friends / were ?

3 Write questions using the past simple.

What / you / watch / on TV last night? could / couldn’t
What did you watch on T V last night ?
7 Complete the sentences with could or couldn’t
1 When / Picasso / paint Guernica?
and the verbs in the box.

2 Who / you / see / at the concert? perform  ​make  ​play  ​

ride  ​speak  ​swim
3 What / Mark Zuckerberg / invent?
She could play the piano when she was
five. ✓
4 How often / they / play football / last year? 1 I English when I was six. ✓
2 We in the lake because it was
too cold. ✗
4 Circle the correct time expressions.
3 He a bike before he was five. ✓
It was my birthday in Thursday / on Thursday. 4 We a cake because we didn’t
1 I went shopping last week / the last week. have any eggs. ✗
2 We bought a flat screen TV two weeks ago / for 5 The band at the concert
two weeks ago. because the singer was ill. ✗
3 My brother won the match the last day /
yesterday.
4 They moved to a new flat last month / in the
last month.
5 She saw the film last summer / the last summer.

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