1 курс past simple

1. 1 курс

Тема:
1. The Past Simple Tense.
2. Упражнения в употреблении
The Past Simple Tense.

2.

3. Open the brackets and put the verbs into Past Indefinite.

Winter
1. Winter (to come) in December and (to end) in February.
2. It often (to snow).
3. The pupils (to have) long holidays.
4. When it (not, be) cold they (to go) sledging.
5. When there (to be) a lot of snow children (to make) snowmen.
6. My friends and I (to like) to play snowballs in winter.
7. The snow (to lie) deep upon the ground, on the roofs
of the houses.
8. Everything around (to look) so beautiful covered with
ice and snow.
9. After school pupils (to build) snowhouses.
10. My elder brother (to go) to the skating rink with his
friends. They (to skate) there.
11. My parents and I (to ski) every weekend.

4. Fill in the blanks putting the verbs into Past Indefinite

Want, paint, go, take, look, come, wear, have.
1. They ___ to go to Paris.
2. He ___ a shower twice a day.
3. I always ___ after my pets.
4. Jill ___ pictures very well.
5. Sue and Ted often ___ to museums.
6. We usually ___ home after work at 7 o’clock.
7. She always ___ warm sweaters in winter.
8. You seldom ___ vegetables for dinner.

5. Open the brackets.

1. What Sue (to want) to be?
2. Where you usually (to go) to dance?
3. Why his sister (to wear) warm clothes in summer?
4. How often Boris (to go) to the stadium to play
cricket?
5. She (to like) to eat biscuits?
6. What Janet usually (to do) on Saturday?
7. With whom you usually (to have) supper?
8. Who often (to listen) to records?
9. When Jack usually (to come) from work?
10. Your little sister (to like) to ask questions?

6. Open the brackets.

1. When your father usually (to get up)?
2. How many lessons you (to have) on Monday?
3. You (to make) the bed in the morning?
4. When you (to come) home from school?
5. Where your mother (to work)?
6. Who (to like) to watch cartoons?
7. Who (to go) shopping in your family?
8. How often they (to go) to the cinema?
9. Where she (to like) to play basketball?
10. With whom he (to go) to the swimming pool?
11. What your grandmother usually (to have) for dinner?
12. With whom you (to go) to the theatre?

7.

Put the sentences
a) in the negative;
b) in the interrogative.
Example: She liked roses.
She didn’t like roses.
Did she like roses?
1. My uncle usually drank coffee in the morning.
2. Jane always walked to work.
3. We often worked in the garden on Saturday.
4. The children played with their toys every evening.
5. His Granny made a cake every weekend.
6. I wrote letters to my friends every month.
7. Ben went shopping on Friday.
8. We were in Spain 2 years ago.
9. Helen was the best student in our group.