It’s Sunday at Ann’s house.
Helen: Where 1) is__ (be) David?
Ann: He 2) ______________ (clean) his bicycle. He usually 3) _____________ (play)
basketball on Sundays, but today he 4) ___________________ (not / want)
to play basketball.
Helen: 5) _________________ (be) your father in the garden now?
Ann: Yes, he 6) ________________ (cut) the grass. He 7) _____________ (not / like)
long grass. He often 8) _________________ (say) that he 9) _______________
(want) a perfect garden! I usually 10) ________________ (help) him, but now I
11) ___________________ (learn) some French verbs.
Helen: Why?
Ann: Because I 12) _______________ (not / know) them and we always 13) ________
(have) a test on Monday morning.
Ex. 54. Find the mistakes, then underline and correct them.
Today is Saturday and we is at the shopping centre. Every Saturday my mother is taking me shopping with her. She is wanting to buy a new skirt but she not lke the one that the lady showing her. I am hating shopping with my mother. She never know what to buy. I look at some lovely trousers now and I want to buy them but I am not having enough money.
1. are____ 2. __________ 3. ___________ 4. __________ 5. __________
6. ________ 7. __________ 8. ___________ 9. __________
Ex. 55. Choose the correct form.
1. She drinks milk every morning. 9. John __________________ to school now.
a) drinks b) is drinking c) drink a) walks b) is walking c) walk
2. We ______________to the park now. 10. My cat usually ____________by the fire.
a) goes b) are going c) go a) sleep b) is sleeping c) sleeps
3. They __________shopping every week. 11. I ______________ a letter at the moment.
a) goes b) go c) are going a) write b) am writing c) is writing
4. She often_____________her red dress. 12. They _____in a restaurant every Sunday.
a) wears b) is wearing c) wear a) eats b) are eating c) eat
5. Look! The cat ____________ up the tree. 13. Father always _____________ the grass a) climbs b) is climbing c) climb a) cuts b) cut c) is cutting
6. He never _______________ the dishes. 14. I ______________ to tidy up my room.
a) wash b) is washing c) washes a) hates b) hate c) am hating
7. This book __________________ to me. 15. We ____________ abroad last summer.
a) belongs b) belong c) is belonging a) travel b) travels c) travelled
8. Ann __________________ coffee now! 16. Do you like spaghetti? Yes, _________
a) drank b) drink c) is drinking a) do I b) I do c) I don’t
UNIT 4 PAST SIMPLE
TO BE
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Affirmative |
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Negative |
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I was You were He / she / it was We / you /they were |
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I was not (wasn’t) You were not (weren’t) He / she / it was not (wasn’t) We / you / they were not (weren/t) |
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Questions |
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Short answers | |
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Was I? Were you? Was he / she / it? Were we / you / they? |
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Yes , I was Yes, you were Yes, he/ she / it was Yes, we / you / they were |
No, I wasn’t No, you weren’t No, he / she / it wasn’t No, we / you / they weren’t |
- Last year she was 22, so she is 23 now.
- When I was a child, I was afraid of dogs.
- We were tired after the journey but we weren’t hungry.
- The hotel was very comfortable and it wasn’t expensive.
- Where were you at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon?
- Was the weather good when you were on holiday?
- Those shoes are nice. Were they expensive?
Ex. 56. Nick and his family are on holiday in Europe. Complete his letter to Bob.
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City |
Weather |
Food |
Museums
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Monday |
Madrid |
fine |
not very good |
boring
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Tuesday |
Paris |
fine |
good |
interesting
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Wednesday |
London |
bad |
not good |
OK
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Thursday |
Amsterdam |
OK |
good |
not very interesting |
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Friday
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Zurich |
bad |
terrible |
quite interesting |
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Saturday |
Venice |
not very good |
bad |
great
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Sunday |
Rome |
nice |
great |
interesting
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Hotel Roma Bologna
Hi Bob!
As you can see I’m on holiday here with my family. On Monday we were in Madrid. The weather was fine, but the food wasn’t very good, and the museums were boring. 1 On Tuesday we __________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________
2 _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________
3 _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________
4 _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________
5 _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________
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Ex. 57. Nick’s friends ask questions. Reproduce their questions and Nick’s answers.
Use the table above.
Example: weather / Madrid / fine?
Steve: Was the weather in Madrid fine?
Nick: Yes, it was.
Example: food / Zurich / good?
Liz: Was the food in Zurich good?
Nick: No, it wasn’t. It was terrible.
1. museums / Paris / interesting?
2. weather / London / good?
3. museums / Zurich / boring?
4. food / Paris / good?
5. museums / Madrid / interesting?
6. weather / Rome / nise?
7. food / Amsterdam / good?
8. museums / London / OK?
9. weather / Zurich / fine?
10. food / Madrid / good?
Ex. 58. Look at this chart, and complete the sentences below with IS, ARE, WAS/WASN’T
WERE, and other words and information from the chart.
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In 1987 NOW | ||||
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Jane Segall |
1st violin |
22 |
student |
architect |
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Peter Jimson |
2nd violin |
22 |
student |
engineer |
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Brian Cooley |
viola |
32 |
actor |
TV producer |
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Marianne Wells |
cello |
25 |
housewife |
music student |
1. In 1987 Brian Cooley ______ the violin player. He _______32 years old. He ______ an actor.
2. Now he ________ ________ years old, and he _________ a TV producer.
3. In 1987 Peter Jimson _______ a _______ player. He _______ ______ ______ ______.
He ________ __________ __________.
4. Now _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ and ______ _______ _______ _______.
5. In 1987 Jane and Peter _________ violin players. They ________22 years old. They _______
students.
6.Now they ______ ______ years old. Jane ______ an architect and Peter ______ an engineer.
7. – How old _______Marianne Wells in 1987? - She _______ _______ ________ old.
8. – And _______ she a music student at that time? - No, she ________. She ______a _______.
Ex. 59. Put in AM / IS / ARE / WAS / WERE. Some sentences are present and some are past.
1. Last year she __was 22, so she ___is__ 23 now.
2. Today the weather _______ nice, but yesterday it ________ cold.
3. I _________ hungry. Can I have something to eat?
4. I _________ hungry last night, so I had something to eat.
5. Where ________ you at 11 o’clock last Friday morning?
6. Don’t buy those shoes. They _________ too expensive.
7. Why _________ you so angry yesterday?
8. We must go now. It ________ very late.
9. This time last year I _________ in Paris.
10. “Where ______ the children?” “I don’t know. They _______ in the garden ten minutes ago.
Ex. 60. Write questions.
