Practice: Past Simple

1) Прочитайте вслух три формы неправильных глаголов и выучите их:

to take — took [tuk] — taken [teikn]

to find — found [faund] — found

to give — gave — given

to go — went — gone [gon]

to do — did — done [dAn]

to see —saw [so:] —seen

to know — knew [nju:] — known [noun]

to read — read [red] — read [red]

to speak — spoke — spoken

to write — wrote — written

to begin — began [bi'gæn] — begun bi'gan]

to get up — got up — got up

to put — put — put

to sit down — sat down — sat down

to sell — sold [sould] — sold

to buy — bought [bo:t] — bought

to bring — brought [bro:t] — brought

to come — came — come

to meet — met — met

to make — made — made

to be — was, were — been

to have — had — had

to send — sent — sent

to tell — told [tould] — told

to drink — drank — drunk

to eat — ate [et] — eaten

can — could [kud]

may — might [mait]

2) Поставьте следующие предложения в отрицательную и вопросительную форму:

1.They discussed the terms of delivery with them last week. 2. They received this flat five years ago. 3. She bought this computer last Sunday. 4. His son went to the nursery school last year. 5. The director of the factory was at our office yesterday. 6. He spoke at the meeting about it. 7. They came home at a quarter to eleven. 8. I sent her a letter the other day.

3) Choose the correct verb for each sentence and put it into the simple past:

Repair, copy, need, stop, play, try, use, laugh, stay, drop, enjoy, smile.

1. John ________ his trip to England.

2. We ________ at a restaurant to have something to eat.

3. Peter and Sarah ________ in England for a few weeks.

4. Manchester United ________ against Blackburn Rovers last week and won.

5. Sam ________ off John in the test and was told off.

6. He didn't know that he ________ a visa to enter Russia.

7. Mark very kindly ________ me off at the cinema.

8. The baby ________ at me because I was being silly.

9. I ________ to do my homework but I just couldn't do it.

10. The children ________ their heads off at the clown.

11. Christopher ________ my computer but it still crashed a few days later.

12. Celia ________ her brother's calculator at school and lost it.