8th grade 23th October due date: 27th October name: ________________

PAST SIMPLE TENSE

1. Spodnjo zgodbo dopolni z manjkajočimi glagoli iz okvirja. Glagole postavi v

PAST SIMPLE TENSE

MR SMITH

Mrs Smith’s husband went (0) on a business trip to Europe. He was due to catch the
3.00 o’clock plane to Paris. She was very surprised when he telephoned her at 5
o’clock to say he ___________________________ (1) still at the airport.
“What happened?”asked Mrs Smith.“Well,”___________________________ (2) Mr
Smith.“Everything was going fine. I ___________________________ (3) my ticket,
________________________________ (4) my luggage and
___________________________ (5) in the queue at the gate. I
_______________________________ (6) across the tarmac to the aeroplane and I
__________________________________ (7) my friend Jack Phillips who’s an
aeroplane engineer, checking one of the wings. I
__________________________________ (8) at him and a policeman
__________________________________ ( 9) me.” “Why did they arrest you?” “I
don’t know,” answered Mr Smith. “All I ____________________________ (10) was
say – Hi, Jack!”

2. Spodnji opis dopolni z glagoli iz okvirja. Glagole postavi v PAST

CONTINUOUS TENSE.

It was a beautiful summer’s day. The sun (0) was shining, gentle breezes
_______________________________ (1) from the sea and only a few clouds
____________________________________ (2) in the sky. Seagulls
___________________________________ (3) over the cliffs and cicadas
__________________________________ (4) in the nearby pines.
Only a few kids ______________________________ (5) in the warm sea. Some
people ______________________________ (6) lazily on the beach. A boy and a girl
______________________________ (7) a sand castle. Some boys
______________________________ (8) their kites. A
girl______________________________ (9) shells. A dog
_____________________________ (10) a hole in the sand.

3. Glagole v oklepajih postavi v PAST SIMPLE ali PAST CONTINUOUS

TENSE.

A DREAM (1)

I dreamt (0) (dream) that one summer’s afternoon I

______________________________________ (wait) (1) at a bus stop. A cute girl
___________________________________ (come) (2) to me and
______________________________________ (give) (3) me a beautifully wrapped
box. I was surprised and ______________________________________ (want) (4)
to see what ______________________________________ (be) (5) inside. While I
______________________________________ (open) (6) the present, I
______________________________________ (lose) (7) my consciousness.
Then I ______________________________________ (wake) (8) up in another
dream. A huge snake ______________________________________ (crawl) (9)
towards me, but I ______________________________________ (can’t) (10)
shout ...

4. Glagole v oklepajih postavi v PAST SIMPLE ali PAST CONTINUOUS

TENSE.

A DREAM (2)

A week ago I (1) ______________________________________ (dream) I (2)

______________________________________ (walk) down the street that leads to my house. As I (3)
______________________________________ (pass) a guy who (4) ______________________________________
(get) his mail, I accidentally (5) ______________________________________ (bump) into him. I (6)
______________________________________ (apologize), and (7) ______________________________________
(try) to move on, but he just (8) ______________________________________ (grab) me and (9)
______________________________________ (start) dragging me into his house. He (10)
______________________________________ (be) stronger, and I (11)
______________________________________ (cannot) get away. While he (12)
______________________________________ (drag) me, I (13) ______________________________________
(scream) as loudly as I (14) ______________________________________ (can). Two random women
who (15) ______________________________________ (walk) a little ways ahead (16)
______________________________________ (hear) me and (17) ______________________________________
(come) to help. The guy (18) ______________________________________ (drop) me and (19)
______________________________________ (run) inside. I (20) ______________________________________
(wake up) with tears in my eyes.