The Past Indefinite Tense

  Positive form Negative form Questions
Sing. I was I was not Was I?
You were You were not Were you?
He, she, it was He, she, it was not Was he, she it?
Plural We were We were not Were we?
You were You were not Were you?
They were They were not Were they?
  Positive form Negative form Questions
Sing. I had I did not have Did I have?
You had You did not have Did you have?
He, she, it had He, she, it did not have Did he, she it have?
Plural We had We did not have Did we have?
You had You did not have Did you have?
They had They did not have Did they have?
  Positive form Negative form Questions
Sing. I worked/ wrote I did not work/write Did I work/write?
You worked/ wrote You did not work/write Did you work/write?
He, she, it worked/ wrote He, she, it did not work/write Did he, she it work/write?
Plural We worked/ wrote We did not work/write Did we work?
You worked/ wrote You did not work/write Did you work/write?
They worked/ wrote They did not work/write Did they work/write?

№1. Put in was(not)/were(not):

% The weather was not good when we were on holiday.

  1. We did not like that house. It ___ very old and it ___ large enough.
  2. Helen got married when she ____ 21 years old.
  3. I called you yesterday evening but you ___ at home. Where ___ you?
  4. My son ___ at work last week because he ___ ill. He is better now.
  5. The shops ___ open yesterday because it ___ a public holiday.
  6. “___ you at home at 9.30?” No, I ___. I___ at work.
  7. The hotel ____ too expensive.
  8. Where ___ you at 10 a.m. yesterday?

№ 2. Put in am/is/are/was/were. Some of the sentences are present and some are past:

% Last year their son was 26, so he is 27 now.

  1. Today the weather __ nice, but yesterday it __ cold.
  2. I ___ cold. Can I have something hot to drink?
  3. I ___ (be) hungry last night, so I (have) something to eat.
  4. Where ___ you at 10 o’clock last Sunday morning?
  5. Do not buy those shoes. They ___ too expensive.
  6. Why ___ you so tired yesterday?
  7. We must go now. It ___ very late.
  8. This time last year I ___ in England.
  9. We ___ tired when we arrived home, so we went to bed.
  10. Chekhov died in 1904. He ___ a famous Russian writer.
  11. “Where __ the dogs?” “I do not know. They __in the garden 10 minutes ago”.

*№ 3. Translate into English:

1. Где они были вчера вечером? 2. Почему ты вчера опоздал? 3. Его вчера не было в институте. 4. Меня там не было. 5. Её не было дома в 8 часов.

№ 4. Read sentence about the present and then write a sentence about the past:

% Granny usually gets up at 6.30. Yesterday she got up at 6.30.

  1. Granny usually wakes up early. Yesterday morning____.
  2. Granny usually walks in the garden. Yesterday___.
  3. Granny usually has a sandwich for lunch. Yesterday___.
  4. Granny usually goes out in the evening. Yesterday evening____.
  5. Granny usually sleeps very well. Yesterday_____.

№ 5. Put one of this verbs in each sentence: hurt, teach, spend, sell, throw, fall, catch, cost, buy.

% I was thirsty, so I bought apple juice in the shop.

  1. My father ___ me how to drive when I was 17.
  2. Jim ___down the stairs and ___ his leg.
  3. We needed some money so we ___ our summer house.
  4. They __ a lot of money yesterday. They __a dishwasher which __ 5 roubles.
  5. The boy ___ the ball to the dog and the dog ___ it.

№ 6. Write questions. A friend has just come back from Italy and you are asking him about it:

% What place/go? What place did you go to?

  1. how long/stay there?
  2. stay in a hotel?
  3. go alone?
  4. how/travel?
  5. the food/good?
  6. what/do in the evenings?
  7. make a friends there?

*№ 9. Translate into English using Past Indefinite Tense:

  1. Кому вы отдали эти журналы? 2. Где вы были час тому назад? 3. Вчера я видел вас. 4. У нас было мало работы. 5. Мы решили отправить это письмо вчера.

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