- •Grammar reference past tenses
- •1. Complete the sentence with the past simple form of the verb in brackets.
- •2. Complete the sentence with the past simple form of the verb in brackets. Then decide if each sentence is True or False. Check the factual answers after the exercise.
- •3. Seven of the sentences (including the example) contain historical errors. Guess which ones are wrong and rewrite them with a negative past simple form.
- •4. Complete the question for each answer.
- •5. Complete the text with the past simple affirmative, negative or question forms of the verbs in brackets. Louis Pasteur 1822-1895
- •6. Complete the sentences with the correct auxiliary (was/wasn’t or were/weren’t)
- •8. Rewrite eaсh sentenсe aссording to the instruсtions given.
- •9. Complеte еaсh sеntenсе with a suitable timе expression from the box. You сan
- •10. Put еaсh vеrb in braсkets into either the past simple or past сontinuous.
- •11. Complete the sentence with the past simple or past continuous form of the verb in brackets. Alexander the Great
- •12. Translate the sentences.
- •2. Complete the sentence with the past simple or past perfect simple form of the verb in brackets.
- •Interview
- •6. Read the sentences about two mountain climbers. Then complete the sentence with the past perfect simple or past perfect continuous form of the verb in brackets.
- •2. What did you use to do/didn’t use to do during your summer holidays when you were a child? Make up sentences, as in the example. You can use your own ideas.
- •3. A) Rewrite each person’s comment using used to or didn’t used to, as in the example.
- •4. Complete the sentences with use to or used to and a verb below:
- •5. Replace the Past Simple with used too in the sentences, where possible.
- •2. Undеrlinе the сorrесt word or phrase in еaсh sentеnсe.
- •3.For еaсh question, сomplete the seсond sеntenсe so that it means the samе as the first, using no more than thrее words.
- •4. Underline the correct form.
- •5.Complete the text with the past simple, past continuous or past perfect simple form of the verbs in brackets.
1. Complete the sentence with the past simple form of the verb in brackets.
1) Aztec civilization (develop) …………. in the Valley of Mexico, 7,500 feet above sea level.
2) The Aztecs (leave) ……………. their own land of Aztlan at some time during the 12th or 13th century.
3) They (believe)…………….. that Huitzilopochtli their war god (want)………….. them to search for a new land.
4) They (arrive)………….. in the Valley of Mexico during the 12th or 13th century AD.
5) They (build)………… their capital city, Tenochtitlan, on an island in Lake Texcoco.
6) They (plant)………….. trees on the island to make the land better, (work)…………. hard and (improve)……………. the land.
7) When the Spanish (arrive)……………HH in 1519, Montezuma, the Aztec ruler, (think) ……………..that Cortez was a returning god.
8) When the Spanish (see)………….. the Aztecs' gold, they (decide)……………. to conquer the city.
9) Later they (kill)…………….. Montezuma, (defeat)………….. the Aztecs and (destroy)…………..Aztec religion and culture.
2. Complete the sentence with the past simple form of the verb in brackets. Then decide if each sentence is True or False. Check the factual answers after the exercise.
1) Greek actors (wear) wore masks and special boots. True
2) Spartan children (take)………………. baths only two or three times a year.
3) The philosopher Socrates (drink)……………. poison and died.
4) Alexander the Great's army (go)…………….. as far as China.
5) Heron of Alexandria (make)………………. a kind of jet engine.
6) The Roman Emperor Caligula's name (mean)……………… 'Happy Soldier'.
7) Roman mathematics (have)……………….. no zero.
8) Most Roman girls (get)………………. married at the age of 18.
9) Roman soldiers (pay)………………. for their own equipment and food.
10) The Romans (know)…………….. how to make soap and cement.
All true except: d the army went as far as India; f Caligula meant “Little Boot”; h girls married at 14.
3. Seven of the sentences (including the example) contain historical errors. Guess which ones are wrong and rewrite them with a negative past simple form.
1) Alexander the Great married Cleopatra.
…………… Alexander the Great didn’t marry Cleopatra…………………..
2) Nelson Mandela became President of South Africa in 1994.
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3) Leonardo da Vinci invented the Internet.
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4) Confucius the Chinese philosopher died in 1900.
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5) Marco Polo stayed in China for five years.
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6) The ancient Romans used steam engines in their battles.
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7) Genghis Khan invaded Italy and captured Rome.
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8) Christopher Columbus reached America by accident.
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9) William Shakespeare wrote Don Quixote.
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True b and h
4. Complete the question for each answer.
The Industrial Revolution in Britain
1) When did the Industrial Revolution happen in Britain ?
The Industrial Revolution happened during the second half of the 18th century in Britain.
2) How ………………………………………………………….. ... ?
Work changed with the building of large factories.
3) What....................................................................................?
The first factories produced iron, steel, and textiles.
4) What……………………………………………………….?
New technology encouraged the production of more ships, and railway equipment.
5) What power ....................................................................?
Factories used steam power.
6) What ………………………………………………………?
These factories required lots of coal for the steam engines.
7) Where……………………………………………………
Manufactures constructed their factories close to coal mines.
8) Why ...................................................................................?
They decided to do this because it was expensive to transport coal.
9) What …………………………………………………………………?
Factories also needed limestone and iron ore, for the manufacture of steel.
10) Where .................................................................................................?
Industry in the UK developed near the coal fields of South Wales, the Midlands, north-east England and central Scotland.