PAST SIMPLE: TO BE

A. Fill in the gaps with was or were.

1. Neil Armstrong __ was __________ the first man on the Moon.

2. Leonardo da Vinci __ was __________ a great inventor.

3. Marilyn Monroe ____ was ________ a famous actress.

4. Beethoven and Mozart ___ were _________ composers.

5. Picasso and Dali ______ were ______ Spanish painters.

B. Rewrite the sentences in the negative and interrogative forms.

1. She was in Paris last month.

___ She wasn´t in Paris last month ________________________________.
____ was She in Paris last month _______________________________?

2. Jessica and Tom were at home yesterday.

___ Jessica and Tom weren´t at home yesterday _________________________________.
__ were Jessica and Tom at home yesterday __________________________________?

3. The concert was fantastic.

________________ The concert wasn´t fantastic ____________________.

_ was The concert fantastic ___________________________________?

C. Order the sentences.

1. they / on / Spain / holiday / in / were / .they were on holiday in Spain

2. was / he / September / in / born / ? was he Born in September he
3. it / yesterday / cloudy / was / .it was cloudy yesterday
4. at home / were / we / last / not / night /.We weren´t at wome last night

5. your mother / English / was / at / good / ? was your mother good at English.
 PAST SIMPLE: REGULAR VERBS

A. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple.

1. Yesterday Rachel ___walked___________ (walk) to school.

2. She ____received__________ (receive) a postcard from Brazil.
3. I _____phoned_________ (phone) Ann in the evening.
4. We ____studied__________ (study) English in the morning.
5. The pupils _____painted_________ (paint) the classroom walls.
6. They _____worked_________ (work) hard yesterday.
7. They ___used___________ (use) the school computers.
8. I ______played________ (play) baseball in the afternoon.

B. Look at Peter’s diary. Write affirmative or negative sentences in the past simple.

1. Peter listened to music , Listen to music ✔

but he didn´t play the piano Play the piano ✘

2. He ________________________________________ Visit his cousins ✔

___________________________________________ Phone his friends ✘

3. ___________________________________________ Watch TV ✔
Walk in the park ✘
___________________________________________
Tidy his room ✔
4. ___________________________________________
Cook dinner ✘
___________________________________________

C. Ask and answer in the past simple.

1. you / water / the plants ✔ __________________________________?

2. Ann / bake / a cake ✘
3. they / travel / by train ✘
4. Jim / finish / his homework ✔
Yes, I _______; I __________ the plants.
__________________________________?
____________; _____________________.
__________________________________?
____________; _____________________.
__________________________________?
____________; _____________________.
 PAST SIMPLE: IRREGULAR VERBS

A. Complete the gaps with the correct past form of the verbs.

Nelly Kim Furtado (born on 2nd December, 1978) is a Canadian singer and record producer.

1. She grew up______________ (grow up) in a house full of music with her Portuguese parents.

2. Her mother sang (sing) in a church choir.

3. Furtado learnt (learn) to play the ukulele, the trombone and the guitar.

4. At the age of 12, she began (begin) writing songs.

5. At 18, she won (win) a talent competition.

6. I'm Like a Bird was (be) a success.

7. Nelly wrote (write) "Força", the official anthem of the 2004 European Football Championship.

B. Complete the sentences with the verb in the negative.

1. We didn´t see (see) Nelly Furtado on TV.

2. I didn´t fly (fly) to Canada.

3. Nelly didn´t meet (meet) her friends at a restaurant.

C. Ask and answer.

1. you / buy / a CD ✔ ______________________________?

Yes, _______; I ____________ a CD.

2. they / go / to the concert ✔ ______________________________?

______________________________.

3. Mark / lose / his ticket ✘ ______________________________?

______________________________.

4. Tom / take / some photos ✔ ______________________________?

______________________________.
 MODAL VERBS

Complete the sentences with can, can’t, could, couldn’t, should,may, must or mustn’t.
 1 2 PLURALS3 4

Match the pictures and the words in the box. Then write the plural.

•woman - women • bus • boy • witch • wolf • city ✔ • butterfly • leaf

• box • cat • mouse - mice • family • baby • roof - roofs • sheep - sheep • foot - feet
Maggie __can__ play When I was four, You _should__ sleep at __May__ I ask a
the violin. I _could__ play chess. least 8 hours a day. question?
1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

i HATE
YOU
city / cities ______ / ______ ______ / ______
______ / ______

You _mustn´t_ be mean to You__must__ do your Sorry, I __can´t__ hear You __must__ arrive
5 6 7 8
your colleagues. homework. you. on time.

9 10 11

______ / ______ ______ / ______ ______ / ______ ______ / ______

9 10 11 12
Teacher, __could__ _Can__ I use your You __mustn´t___ run
you step aside, please? pen? in the corridors.

______ / ______ ______ / ______ ______ / ______ ______ / ______

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______ / ______ ______ / ______ ______ / ______ ______ / ______