I- Complete the lists with the irregular past forms from the box.

broke came caught did gave heard held rea said

sent sold spoke thought told took tore went wore

a-)
go - _____________ do - _____________ send - __________
b-) hold - ___________ sell - _____________ tell - ____________
c-) think - ___________ catch - ___________ hear - ___________
d-) take - ___________ break - ___________ speak - __________
e-) tear - ___________ come - ___________ wear - ___________
f-) read - ___________ say - _____________ give - ___________

1 - Make sentences about yesterday.

a-) I / use / a computer
_____________________________________
b-) I / walk / to work
_____________________________________
c-) I / plan / a holiday
_____________________________________
d-) I / listen / to music
_____________________________________
e-) I / cook / the dinner
_____________________________________
f-) I / study / English
_____________________________________

Underline the correct word.

Julia: (1) Was / Were you at home yesterday?
Dan: Yes, I (2) was / were. Why?
Julia: (3) Was / Were Joe with you?
Dan: No, he (4) wasn’t / weren’t.
Julia: (5) Was / Were Sara with you?
Dan: No, she (6) wasn’t / weren’t.
Julia: (7) Was / Were Tom and Ben with you?
Dan: Yes, they (8) was / were. Why do you ask?
Julia: Oh, it isn’t important.
Use was, were, wasn’t or weren’t to complete the questions and answers.
- Write the questions about a holiday. Put the subject you in the correct position.
a) _________ you in high school in 2002? Yes, I ________ No, I __________
a) Where / did / go? ________________________________________________
b) _________ you at work yesterday? Yes, I ________ No, I __________
b) Why / go / did / there? ______________________________________________
c) _________ it sunny yesterday? Yes, it _________ No, it __________
c) go / When / did? ___________________________________________________
d) ________ your mother born before 1963? Yes, she _______ No, she _______
d) Who / go / did / with? ______________________________________________
e) ______ you and your friends in town yesterday? Yes, we ______ No, we ______
e) travel? / How / did _________________________________________________
f ) ________ your parents in college in 1975? Yes, they _______ No, they _______
f ) did / What / do? ___________________________________________________

2- Match the answers 1- 6 with the questions in exercise 1.

1- ____ By air. 3- ____ In July 5- ____ We swam and went clubbing.

1- Complete the questions and answers about your family’s past.
2-____ Will and Harry 4- ____To Ibiza 6- ____ Because the hotel was cheap
a) ______ you go to elementary school near here? Yes, I ______ No, I ________
b) _________ you walk to school? Yes, _________ No, ___________
c) ________ you move when you were a child? Yes, ________ No, ___________
I- Complete the text with the past form of the verbs in parentheses.
d) ______ your father leave school at sixteen? Yes, _________ No, ___________ James Dean (1) ____________ (be) born on February 8
e) ______ your mother study English at school? Yes, _________ No, ___________ 1931, in Marion, Indiana.

f ) ________ your parents go to college? Yes, ___________ No, ______________ When he was five years old, he and his parents
(2)_________ (go) to Los Angeles. After high school he
2- Complete the questions and answers about yesterday. (3) __________ (study) at college in California. He

a) _________ the weather good yesterday? Yes, it ________ No, it __________ (4)________ (want) to become an actor, so he
(5)_________ (go) to Hollywood. He (6) _______ (do) some TV work and
b) _________ you get up early? Yes, _________ No, ___________
then, in 1954, (7) _________ (play) Cal in the movie East of Eden. He (8)
c) _________ you take a bath? Yes, ________ No, ___________
___________ (become) a star and (9)________ (get) money to buy a car.
d) ________ your mother make breakfast for you? Yes, _______ No, __________ He (10) ______________ (buy) a Porsche, but then he (11) ___________
e) ________ you late for work or school? Yes, _________ No, ___________ (have) and accident and died. He (12) ______________ (be) only 24 years

f) ______ your friends call or text-message you? Yes, _________ No, ___________ old.
g) _________ you go out at night? Yes, __________ No, _____________
 Simple past. Verb BE.
Charles Darwin [1- was / were]

1. born on February 12, 1809. He [2

-was / were] a British naturalist

2.
who became famous for his

3. theories of evolution and natural

selection. In South America,

4.
Darwin found that fossils of
5. extinct animals [3- was / were]

6. similar to modern species. Many

people [4-was / were] strongly opposed to the idea of evolution

7.
because it conflicted with their religious beliefs. Throughout his life,

8. Darwin [5-was / were] a reserved, thorough, hardworking scholar.

9. When Albert Einstein [6-was /

were] young, his parents worried

10.
about him. Einstein's parents [7-
11. was / were] concerned that Albert

12. was "slow." Albert [8-was / were] a

terrible student who didn't want to

13
attend classes regularly and take

14 exams. Einstein's best-known work,

the theory of relativity, [9- was /

were] published in 1905. Unfortunately, the theory of relativity [10-

was / were] used to create the atomic bomb.