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1) Create
2) Impress
3) Construct
4) Mass
5) Graph
6) Defect
7) Atom
8) Enthusiast
9) Hero
10) Move
11) Remark
12) Service
13) Consider
14) Accident
15) Interest
16) Misery
1. Sick
2. Conscious
3. Govern
4. Evaporate
5. Act
6. Audit
7. Embarrass
8. Govern
9. Apart
10. Measure
11. Dark
1) Certain
2) Bad
3) Excellent
4) Smart
5) Defensive
6) Professional
7) Careful
D. Complete the table
E. Complete using the Simple Past Tense (regular and irregular verbs)
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Temor
15. I _________________ (love) ice cream when I was a child.
16. They _________________ (not / meet) yesterday.
17. _________________ (she / swim) in the sea in Greece?
18. We _________________ (not / play) tennis yesterday because it was raining.
19. He _________________ (try) to lift the box but he couldnt.
20. What _________________ (you / eat) for lunch?
21. She _________________ (get on) the bus in the center of the city.
22. We _________________ (wake up) very late.
23. What _________________ (he / give) his mother for Christmas?
24. She _________________ (read) the newspaper yesterday.
n. Ko, Teddy, and Peter was/were tired after the long drive.
20. The children _________________ (break) a window in the school last week.
21. Lucy _________________ (break) her leg, so she cant come skiing.
22. Julie _________________ (arrive)! Come and say hello!
23. They _________________ (be) cold when they _________________ (arrive) home.
24. I _________________ (know) about the problem for months, but I_________________
(not / find) a solution yet.
25. She _________________ (be) a teacher for ten years, and she still enjoys it.
26. How long _________________ (you / know) Jill? I know you see her often.
27. 9. I _________________ (never/see) the sea before.
28. John ........................... (not call) me recently.
29. They ........................... (buy) a new car last month.
30.The teacher ........................... (not return) the tests yet.
31. How long ........................... she ........................... (know) about this problem?
32. ........................... you ever ........................... (hear) such an unbelievable story?
33. When I was a child, I ........................... (live) in England for two years.
34. He ........................... (offer) me a beautiful gift for my birthday.
35. I am so excited to have a dog. I ......................................... (always / want) one.
K. past simple or present perfect? Correct the error in each of the sentences
1. Have you ever eat Chinese food?
L. Past Simple or Present Perfect? Using the words in parentheses, complete the text
below with the appropriate tenses.
Since computers were first introduced to the public in the early 1980's, technology
__________(change) a great deal. The first computers____________ (be) simple machines
designed for basic tasks. They__________ (have, not) much memory and they_________
(be, not) very powerful. Early computers were often quite expensive and customers
often_________ (pay) thousands of dollars for machines which actually_________ (do)
very little. Most computers________ (be) separate, individual machines used mostly as
expensive typewriters or for playing games. Times__________ (change) Computers
____________(become) powerful machines with very practical applications. Programmers
____________(create) a large selection of useful programs which do everything from
teaching foreign languages to bookkeeping. We are still playing video games, but today's
games__________ (become) faster, more exciting interactive adventures. Many computer
users______________ (get, also) on the Internet and____________ (begin)
communicating with other computer users around the world. We___________ (start) to
create international communities online. In short, the simple, individual machines of the
past (evolve)___________ into an international World Wide Web of knowledge.