At the moment, always, two months ago, in 1986, last night, never, last summer when I was a child, ten minutes ago, every week, twice a year, just now

1. We saw a really good film at the cinema _______last night________________________ _

2. They went to Egypt for the whole month of August _________________________________

3. My mother does the shopping __________________________________________________

4. He finished school ___________________________________________________________

5. I am working _____________________________________________ I can’t come with you.

6. She ____________________________ sneezes when she is near a cat; she’s allergic to them.

7. He passed his driving test ______________________________________________________

8. He is preparing for his final exams _______________________________________________

9. Her parents live far away in another country so she can visit them only __________________

10. The police always stop him as he ___________________________________ washes his car.

11. “Mr Carpenter isn’t in. He left the office ________________________________________”.

12. I didn’t like milk _________________________________________________ but now I do.

Revision Exercises

Ex. 72. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple.

Pamela: What 1) __________________________(you / do) last weekend?

Tony: I 2) ___________________________ (go) to my cousin’s house.

Pamela: 3) _________________________________________(be ) it far?

Tony: No, it only 4) ________________________ (take) us 30 minutes.

Pamela: 5) _______________________________ (you / stay) there long?

Tony: We 6) ________________________ (stay) only for the weekend.

What 7) _________________________ (you / do) last weekend?

Pamela: My family and I 8) __________________ (take) the dog and we

9) ___________________________ (have) a picnic on the beach.

Tony: 10) _____________________________________ (be) it sunny?

Pamela: Yes, the sun 11) __________________________ (shine) all day.

Ex. 73. Put the verbs into the Past Simple.

Bryan Adams comes from Canada. He 1) __left___ (leave) school at sixteen and 2) _________

2) ____________ (work) as a gardener. He 3) ______________(start) his career as a singer at the age of eighteen. He 4) ________________ (work) hard then. He only 5) _____________(become) famous in 1987 when he 6) ________________ (make) his first album which he 7) _______________(call) “Reckless”. After “Reckless” no one 8) ___________(hear) about him for a while, until 1991 when he 9) ___________________(sing) “EVERYTHING I DO, I DO IT FOR YOU” which 10) ________________(be) a great success. After that he 11)_______________(go) on a world tour. Today, Bryan Adams is back in Canada enjoying his success.

Oral Activity 7 (Question and answer game )

The teacher devides the class into two teams. Both teams look at the text for Exercise 73.

One team asks questions and the other answers the questions with books open. Each correct question or answer gets 1 point. The winning team is the one which gets the most points.

Team A S1: Does Bryan Adams come Team A S2: Did he leave school at the age

from the United Kingdom? of eighteen?

Team B S1: No, he doesn’t. Team B S2: Yes, he did.

He comes from Canada. Teacher: Wrong! He didn’t leave school at

the age of 18. He left school at the age of 16

(2 points for team A, 1 point for team B)

Ex. 74. Find the mistake and correct it.

1. She writes a letter last Monday. _________________________________________

2. He is knowing my father. _________________________________________

3. Mary didn’t came to school yesterday. _________________________________________

4. Paula always sing in the bath. _________________________________________

5. She has a bath at the moment. _________________________________________

6. I doesn’t know his name. _________________________________________

7. He know English well. _________________________________________

8. I isn’t watching TV now. _________________________________________

Ex. 75. Choose a verb from the list and complete the text using the Past Simple.

decide, get into, drive, find, take, start, tell, pack, move,

begin, see, run away, can, be, have, get out, mend, arrive, go

Last Sunday the Smoths 1) _____decided____ to go to a picnic, so they all 2) ___________ the car and 3) _____________ to the country. They 4) _______________ a nice place in a field and 5) ______________ the food out of the basket. As soon as they 6) ____________ to eat an angry farmer 7) ______________ them to get off his land. They 8) ______________ everything up again and 9) ______________ to another field. The moment they 10) ______________ to eat, they 11) _______________ a bull running towards them. They 12 ______________ as fast as they 13) ______________ . It 14) ______________ raining very hard so they 15) ____________ the car to go home. They 16) _____________ not even half-way home when they 17)_____________ a puncture. They 18) _______________ of the car and 19)_______________ it. When they 20) ________________ home, they 21) ________________ wet and miserable. They 22) _______________a cup of tea and 23) _______________ to bed.