English Class – Teacher Carla

Put the verbs into the simple past:

a) Last year I (go) went to England on holiday.
b) It (be) was fantastic.
c) I (visit) visited lots of interesting places. I (be) was with two friends of mine.
d) In the mornings we (walk) walked in the streets of London.
e) In the evenings we (go) went pubs.
f) The weather (be) was strangely fine.
g) It (not / rain) isn’t rain a lot. Didn’t rain
h) But we (see) saw some beautiful rainbows.
i) Where (spend / you) you spended your last holiday? spent
Write the past forms of the irregular verbs.
Infinitive Simple Past
1. Meet met
2. Drive driven drove
3. Speak Spoke
4. Put Put
5. Write Wrote
6. Sing sang
7. Do Did
8. Sit Sat
9. Stand stood
10. Run Run ran
Complete the table in simple past.
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
He wrote a book. He didn’t wrote write a book Does Did he wrote write a book?
He sing sang He did not sing Did he sing?
She was pretty She wasn’t pretty Was she pretty?
Put the sentences into simple past.
a) We move to a new house. → We moved to a new house
b) They bring a sandwich. → They brought a sandwich
c) He doesn't do the homework. → He didn’t do the homework
d) They sell cars. → They sold cars
e) Does he visit his friends? → Did he visit his friends?
Write sentences in simple past.
a) Janet / miss / the bus → Janet missed the bus
b) she / tidy / her room → She tidied her room
c) Nancy / watch / not / television→ Nancy didn’t watched tv
d) she / read / a book → She readed a book read (red)
Choose "Was“ or "Were“:
a) The teacher____was_______nice.
b) The students______were_____very clever.
c) But one student______was________in trouble.
d) We_____were_________sorry for him.
 e) He___was___________nice though.

Identify the tense of each of the following verbs.

1. will be going future continuous

2. ride simple present

3. was bringing past continous

4. had kept simple past past perfect

5. had been leaving perfect present past perfect continuous

6. wrote simple past

7. will have written future future perfect continuous

8. has given perfect present

9. will ride future

10. will have been crying future future perfect continuous

Conjugate the following regular and irregular verb using the given pronouns as the
subject.

visit  (with he)
     Ex. He visits

Present: He visits
Past: He visited
Future: He will visit
Present Perfect: He had visited x
Past Perfect: He had visited
Future Perfect: He will visited x
Present Continuous: he visiting x
Past Continuous: He was visiting
Future Continuous: He will visiting x
Present Perfect Continuous: He had visiting x
Past Perfect Continuous: He had visiting x
Future Perfect Continuous:

begin  (with they)

Present: they begin

Past: they begun

Future: they will begin
Present Perfect: they has begun x
Past Perfect: they has begun x
Future Perfect: they will begin x
Present Continuous: they beginning x
Past Continuous: they beguning x
Future Continuous:They will beginning x
Present Perfect Continuous: they has beguning x
Past Perfect Continuous: they has beguning x
Future Perfect Continuous:

Some of the verbs in this paragraph are in the wrong tense. Decide which verbs must be
changed, then rewrite those sentences, correcting those verbs.

1) Last year for my birthday, my parents took me to New York City. 2) We visited the Empire
State Building and took a boat to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. 3) I would liked best the
boat ride through the harbor to the Statue and Ellis Island. 4)It made me think of the boat ride my
great‐grandfather took to come to Ellis Island as an immigrant. 5)My father says he remembers
his grandfather telling him the story of the ocean voyage. 6)When great‐grandfather arrives in
New York, he saw the statue. 7)I am sure that I had always remember that story too.

 Complete with may, can, could and might:

1 They (can/might) _______can_______ be away for the weekend but I'm not sure. x

2 You (may/might) _____might________ leave now if you wish. x

3 (Could/May) _______Could________ you open the window a bit, please?

4 He (can/could) ________could__________ be French, judging by his accent. x

5 (May/Can) ___________can____________ you play the piano?

6 Listen, please. You (may not/might not) _______might not________ speak during this exam. x

7 They (can't/may not) ___________They cant___________ still be out!

8 You (couldn't/might not) ______might not_____________ smoke on the bus.

9 With luck, tomorrow (can/could) _______can____________ be a sunny day.

10 You (can/might) ________can___________ be right but I'm going back to check anyway.

11 _____Can_______ you please pass me that book over there?

12 When he was young he _____can______ dance all night long x

13 ___Can_____ you speak Chinese?

14 You____could________at least come with us and meet our new neighbor, don't you think?
15 She______can______drive but she takes the bus to go to work

16 In that country citizens_____can________ now make suggestions openly, it is a new democracy.

17 Nowadays, people______can______travel very easily all over Europe

18 ______May_______ you please let me know your answer by the end of the week?

19 I don't know yet, but I ____could_____ come with you after all!

20. Children ________might not_____bring their teddy bears to school