1) Form

Afirmativ:
Subiect + verb + ed

Verbele regulate primesc terminatia –ed la Past simple.

Dar verbele neregulate au o forma specifica ce trebuie invatata ca atare. Foma
este identica la toate persoanele.
! ! ! Atentie.
o Verbele care se termina in consoana + y -----> ied
I carry – I carried
o Verbele care se termina in consoana accentuate ------- dubleaza consoana
I stop- I stopped
I travel – I travelled
I drop- I dropped
Negativ:
Subiect +did not (didn’t) + infinitiv
Interogativ:
Did+subiect+infinitiv?

Affirmative Negative – long Negative-Short Interrogative Short answers

form form (Raspunsuri scurte)
I saw= eu am I did not see I didn’t see Did I see ? Yes, I did
vazut No , I didn’t
You saw You did not see You didn’t see Did you see Yes , you did
No, you didn’t
He saw He did not see He didn’t see Did he see ? Yes , he did
No, he didn’t
She saw She did not see She didn’t see Did she see ? Yes, she did
No, she didn’t
It saw It did not see It didn’t see Did it see ? Yes, it did
No, it didn’t
We saw We did not see We didn’t see Did we see ? Yes , we did
No, we didn’t
You saw You did not see You didn’t see Did you see ? Yes, you did
No, you didn’t
They saw They did not see They didn’t see Did they see ? Yes, they did
No, they didn’t

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2) USAGE :
 pentru a vorbi despre actiuni trecute si incheiate:
 ex. We saw the Hymalayas for the first time.
 pentru a vorbi despre evenimente care au avut loc la un anumit timp in trecut:
 ex. At lunchtime today we arrived at Alba Iulia.
 cu adverbe temporale cum ar fi “ago”,”yesterday”,”last month”,”in 1998” etc.:
 ex. They arrived three days ago.
 pentru a nara (povesti) evenimente trecute.
 Ex. First they flew to Nepal and then they trekked in the mountains.
 pentru a reda afirmatii si intrebari (vorbirea indirecta).
 Ex. She said that she lived in Ohio.

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 Verb: to be

Afirmativ Negativ Interogativ

Forma lunga Forma lunga Forma scurta
I was=eu am I was not= eu I wasn’t = eu nu Was I?=am
fost nu am fost am fost fost eu?
You were= tu You were You weren’t=tu Were you?=
ai fost not=tu nu ai nu ai fost ai fost tu?
fost
He was=el a He was He wasn’t=el nu Was he?=a
fost not=el nu a a fost fost el?
fost
She was=ea She was She wasn’t =ea Was she?=a
a fost not=ea nu a nu a fost fost ea?
fost
It was=el/ea It was not It wasn’t=el/ea Was it?=a
a fost =el/ea nu a nu a fost fost el/ea?
fost
We were= noi We were We weren’t=noi Were we?
am fost not=noi nu am nu am fost =am fost noi?
fost
You were=voi You were You weren’t=voi Were you?
ati fost not=voi nu ati nu ati fost =ati fost voi?
fost
They They were not They Were they?
were=ei/ele =ei/ele nu au weren’t=ei/ele nu =au fost ei?
au fost fost au fost

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 THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE
Irregular verb: See (past form- saw)

Form:

Aff: S+ verb 2 (forma de past

simple)
Neg: S + did not (didn’t) + verb
Int: Did / didn’t + S+ verb?

Affirmative Negative – long Negative-Short Interrogative

form form
I saw= eu am I did not see I didn’t see Did I see ?
vazut
You saw You did not see You didn’t see y Did you see
He saw He did not see He didn’t see Did he see ?
She saw She did not see She didn’t see Did she see ?
It saw It did not see It didn’t see Did it see ?
We saw We did not see We didn’t see Did we see ?
You saw You did not see You didn’t see Did you see ?
They saw They did not see They didn’t see Did they see ?

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 THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE
Regular verb: play (past form- played)

Form:

Aff: S+ verb + ED
Neg: S + did not (didn’t) + verb
Int: Did / didn’t + S+ verb?

Affirmative Negative – long Negative-Short Interrogative

form form
I played I did not play I didn’t play Did I play?
You played You did not play You didn’t play Did you play?
He played He did not play He didn’t play Did he play?
She played She did not play She didn’t play Did she play ?
It played It did not play It didn’t play Did it play ?
We played We did not play We didn’t play Did we play ?
You played You did not play You didn’t play Did you play?
They played They did not They didn’t play Did they play ?

play

Regular verbs: cook, like, love, enjoy, walk, talk, listen, wash, watch, look, rain,
snow, ski, skate, return, arrive, live, cry, try, repair, hate, etc

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1.Translate into Romanian:

They were at the seaside yesterday.

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She was in the classroom.
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Where were you?
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Was she here?
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Were they absent?
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Was Mary ill?
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Where was your father last month?
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Where was your mother two hours ago?
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2. Translate into English:

Ei au fost in gradina.
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Unde au fost ei?
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Ei nu au fost in padure.
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Eu am fost la scoala.
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Eu nu am fost la servici.
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Paul a fost la spital.
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Paul nu a fost la plimbare.
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Unde a fost Paul ?
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3. Give short answers to the following questions (Dati raspunsuri scurte la

intrebarile urmatoare) :
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 3.Give short answers: __________

aa Did you play football yesterday? aa Did Paul listen to music?

__________ __________
aa Did your parents wash the car? aa Did you cry for food?
__________ __________
aa Did Mary play in the pool? aa Did Jane and Paul enjoy the party?
__________ __________
aa Did mother walk in the park? aa Did you and father repair the car?
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4.Translate into Romanian (Traduceti in limba romana):

a. They played football yesterday.

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b. Mother washed the car.
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c. Father didn’t drink coffee.
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d. My sister didn’t play the piano.
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e. Did you watch TV?
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f. Did they like the tea?
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g. Did we eat oranges?
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74.Transform the verbs into the Past tense simple (Transformati verbele la
timpul Past simple):

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They drink coffee every morning.
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She wakes up at seven.
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We eat oranges in the morning.
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What do you do every day?
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When do they arrive?
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Where do they go?
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How often do they have English lessons?
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She cooks bread.
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We run in the park.
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75.Transform the verbs into the negative (Transformati verbele la negativ):
 They jogged in the park yesterday.
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We slept in the tent last summer.
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I had my birthday in January.
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We swam in the pond last winter.
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Mary and Tony had a baby elephant last year.
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She went to the seaside a year ago.
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We drank lemon juice this morning.
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You baked bread last week.
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She played the guitar an hour ago.
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We make a cake yesterday.
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76.Turn the sentences into the Past Simple:

They drink water. ■ The dog does not eat plums.

…………………………………………………… ■ …………………………………………
She plays football every day. ■ The rubber does not work.
…………………………………………………… ■ …………………………………………
Paul and I eat dinner at seven. ■ The worker does not drink milk.
…………………………………………………… ■ …………………………………………
Mary and Tom run in the park every evening. ■ People do not like lying.
…………………………………………………… ■ …………………………………………
You do your homework every day. ■ They do not make cakes here.
…………………………………………………… ■ …………………………………………
She plays on the computer in the afternoon. ■ She does not like apples.
…………………………………………………… ■ …………………………………………
We always cook dinner. ■ We do not eat cucumbers.
…………………………………………………… ■ …………………………………………
The train does not arrive at ten o’clock. ■ They do not walk their dog.
………………………………………… …………………………………………

77.Translate into English usingthe Past Simple (Traduceti in limba engleza folosind Past Simple):

■ Eu am mers la mare. ■ Noi am avut ora de engleza.

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■ Tu ai aranjat camera.
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■ Ei au udat florile.
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■ Fetele au vazut filmul.
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■ Baietii s-au jucat .
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■ El a spalat masina. ■ El a raspuns la intrebare.
■ ..................................................................... ■ .....................................................................
■ Ea a sters tabla. ■ Noi am rezolvat problema.
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78.Choose the correct variant (Alegeti varianta corecta):

a) They ......................tv last night.

watches watched didn’t watched
b) She ..................shopping with her mother.
were went didn’t went
c) Where ....................... at noon yesterday?
was be were
d) Tom and Mary .................. at home last week.
didn’t slept slepted didn’t sleep
e) Grandpa and Grandma ....................... in the garden.
works working worked
f) We .....................football in the school yard yesterday.
play playing played
g) Who ....................the boy you talked to a few minutes ago?
wasn’t weren’t was
h) When ........................... at the hotel?
arrived did she arrive did she arrived
i) When ................ the train ................. ?
did/leave did/left didn’t left
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(Traducere cu imperfect/ perf. comp: eram/ am fost; mancam/ am mancat)

1. Write the short form of the verb (Scrieti forma scurta).

a) She was not at school yesterday. ________________________________________

b) They were not at work two days ago. ________________________________________
c) John was not here two days ago. ________________________________________
d) We were not at home last night. ________________________________________
e) Mary and Paul were not in the room two minutes ago. __________________________________
f) His grandparents were not at the meeting. ________________________________________
g) Our friends were not at school last week. ________________________________________

2. Fill in the gaps with was or were (Completati spatiile libere cu was sau were).

a) She ____________ in the garden two hours g) John ___________ at home three hours ago.
ago. h) Paul and Mary ________ shopping.
b) My parents ____________ in Bucharest last i) _____________ they here four minutes ago?
week. j) We __________ in the mountains last year.
c) My aunt and uncle _______________ at the k) They _____________ in France five years ago.
seaside last year. l) My cousin ___________ at college last year.
d) Our friends _____________ in Spain last year. m) ____________ your mother here?
e) Debbie _____________ at school yesterday. n) ____________ they in the classroom yesterday.
f) __________ the dog here yesterday?

3.Turn the following sentences into negative and interrogative ones and give short answers (yes, .../ no, ...):

a) Mother was at home yesterday. ________________________________________

b) The dog was in the house. ________________________________________
c) My friends were at the hospital last week. ________________________________________
d) Their teacher was ill last week. ________________________________________
e) His parents were on holiday last month. ________________________________________
f) Your father was at work yesterday. ________________________________________
g) Her aunt was there. ________________________________________
h) The pupils were in the schoolyard. ________________________________________
i) Your mother was in the garden 2 hours ago. ________________________________________
j) His cousin was at school last month. ________________________________________
k) They were in the kitchen four minutes ago. ________________________________________
l) She was in the bedroom an hour ago. ________________________________________
m) He was in the garage five hours ago. ________________________________________

4.Turn the sentences into the Past Simple:

They drink water. ■ The dog does not eat plums.

She plays football every day. ■ …………………………………………
Paul and I eat dinner at seven. ■ The rubber does not work.
Mary and Tom run in the park every evening. ■ …………………………………………
You do your homework every day. ■ The worker does not drink milk.
She plays on the computer in the afternoon. ■ …………………………………………
We always cook dinner. ■ People do not like lying.
The train does not arrive at ten o’clock. ■ …………………………………………
 ■ They do not make cakes here. ■ We do not eat cucumbers.
■ ………………………………………… ■
■ She does not like apples. ■ They do not walk their dog.
■ ………………………………………… …………………………………………

5.What did they do yesterday? Make sentences using the table and the
model :

Name talk on play walk arrive wash watch clean listen

the chess in the late the tv the to
phone park to school dishes house music
1 Mary     
2 Jane     
3 We     
4 She    
5 My best      
friend
6 Her      
grandmother
7 Father      
8 The     
policeman
9 My brother     
10 My     
coousin
11 Your friend     
You
MODEL:
Mary talked on the phone, arrived late to school and washed the
dishes but she didn’t play chess, or watch tv.

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6.What did they do yesterday? Make sentences using the table and the
model :

go do pay drink sing in make a write eat feed

shoppin the the coffe the cake some breakf the
Name g dish bills e choir cheq ast cats
es ues
1 Mary     
2 Jane     
3 We     
4 She    
5 My best      
friend
6 Her      
grandmother
7 Father      
8 The     
policeman
9 My brother     
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coousin
11 Your friend     
You
MODEL:
Mary went shopping, drank coffee, and fed the cats
but she didn’t do the dishes or make a cake.

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3. Translate into English (Traduceti in limba engleza):
a) Mary a fost in Spania anul trecut.
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b) Paul a fost in Franta acum doi ani.
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c) Ei nu au fost in cladire acum trei ore.
_________________________________________
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d) Au fost ei aici ieri ?
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e) Parintii mei au fost la munte saptamana trecuta.
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f) Colegul meu de banca a fost bolnav saptamana
trecuta.
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g) Verisorul ei a fost la mare anul trecut.
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h) Ratele si gastele erau in curtea aceasta.
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i) Magarul era in casa.
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4. Transform the following sentences into negative ones (Transformati propozitiile urmatoare la negativ).
a) They were at the seaside last year.
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b) They were in the classroom two days
ago.
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c) They bus was in the parking lot.
_________________________________________
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d) They were at the restaurant two days
ago.
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e) She was in the hospital last week.
_________________________________________
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f) We were on holiday four years ago.
j) Pisica era sub masa.
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k) Cartea era pe birou.
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l) Penarul si caietele erau in ghiozdan.
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m) Fratele tau era la scoala.
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n) Nepoata mea era studenta anul trecut.
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o) Nepotul tau era sofer acum doi ani.
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p) Bunicii mei erau in vacanta.
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q) Camera era mare.
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r) Patul era mic.
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g) The book was on the table.
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h) The chair was there and the desk was
here.
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i) The room was clean.
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j) That man was tall.
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k) She was beautiful when she was young.
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l) They were at the cinema last night.
 _________________________________________ q) The notebooks and the pencils were in
_________________________________________ the schoolbag.
m) John and Mary were short and fat. _________________________________________
_________________________________________ _________________________________________
_________________________________________ r) My mother and father were shopping.
n) Paul was naughty. _________________________________________
_________________________________________ _________________________________________
_________________________________________ s) The strawberries were in the basket.
o) The onions were on the table. _________________________________________
_________________________________________ _________________________________________
_________________________________________ t) There was a pineapple in the bag.
p) The cheese was in the fridge. _________________________________________
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6. Write the verb to be in affirmative, negative and interrogative in the Present and Past simple
tense (Scrieti verbul to be la formele afirmativ , negativ si interogativ, la timpurile Present si Past
simple).
FORM PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE PAST SIMPLE TENSE
I am = eu sunt I was= eu am fost
You are You were
He is He was
She She
It It
We are We were
Affirmative You You
They They
I I
You You
He He
She She
Negative It It
We We

1. P

5.Put the verbs in the the simple past tense:

1.She speaks slowly.- She spoke slowly. 3.I read a chapter every night.
2. He leaves the house at 9.00. ……………………………
…………………………… 4. You eat too much. ……………………………
5. I see him every day. …………………………… 18. His dog always bites me.
6. Tom sings in the choir. …………………………… ……………………………
7.He cries when he is hurt. …………………………… 19. It smells odd. ……………………………
8.Who knows the answer? …………………………… 20 It costs 30 p. ……………………………
9.I think I know it. …………………………… 21 My back hurts. ……………………………
10.The curtain rises at 8.00. 22 I lie down after lunch. ……………………………
…………………………… 23. We drink water. ……………………………
11.He takes the dog out twice a day. 24. His roses grow well. ……………………………
…………………………… 25. He rides every day. ……………………………
12.We buy them here. …………………………… 26. He often falls off. ……………………………
13.I dream every night. …………………………… 27. These dogs fight whenever they meet.
14.Hens often lay eggs in that nesting box. ……………………………
…………………………… 28. He puts up his prices every year.
15. He often feels ill. …………………………… ……………………………
16. I know what he wants. …………………………… 29. He sleeps badly. ……………………………
17. I usually pay him $5. ……………………………

6.Put the verbs in the following sentences into (a) the negative (b) the interrogative.

Model: She saw your brother.

She didn’t see your brother.
Did she see your brother ?
Yes, she did. / No, she didn’t.

1) We heard a terrible noise. 8) He hid the letter.

2) He slept till 10.00. 9) She found her watch.
3) He looked at the picture. 10) His nose bled.
4) They drank all the wine. 11) The baby cried.
5) They set out early enough. 12) The children ran away.
6) She thought about it. 13) The weather was bad.
7) The police caught the thief. 14) The boys stole that bike.

PRESENT SIMPLE- PRESENT CONTINUOUS- PAST SIMPLE

1.Tick the correct form:

1.The baby ……..now. o like/aren’t liking

o is crying o like/ don’t like
o cried 6.Jim ….to music; he …to the news.
o cries o listened/didn’t listened
2.Phillip …..as an administrator. o listens/doesn’t listened
o works o listened/didn’t listen
o worked 7.My brother and his girlfriend ….watch “ The Cabin
o is working in the Woods”.
3.We …..at the seaside last year. o am watching
o was o watches
o went o is watching
o were 8.The pizza …delicious.
4. She usually …..the piano but today she ……the o tastes
violin. o is tasting
o played/ played o didn’t tasted
o is playing/ plays 9.Tom ….home after school.
o plays/ is playing o wented
5.My parents ….jazz but they …..classical music. o goed
o like/likes o went
 o is
10. The police …..many questions. o are
o asked 17.What ….when the police …..?
o didn’t asked o did you do/ was coming
o asking o did you doing/ came
11.We ….out tonight. o were you doing/ came
o isn’t going 18. They …..at the seaside; they ….in the mountains.
o don’t go o was /wasn’t
o aren’t going o were / weren’t
12.They usually …..the train to work but today they o been/ weren’t
….the bus.
o takes/ is taking 19. Jessica …staying with her aunt because she …..her
o take/ takes flat.
o take/ are taking o stays/ redecorates
13.Mark and I …tv when the alarm …off o is staying/ is redecorating
o were watching/went o was staying/ redecorated
o watched / was going 20. Grandpa usually….the paper but yesterday he ….a
o was watching/ went comic.
14.Jim …..his teeth twice a day. o buyed/ bought
o brush o is buying/ buys
o brushes o buys/ bought
o is brushing 21.Where ….recently?
15. Paul ….when I …. o have they been
o was slept/ called o were they
o was sleeping/ called o did they be
o slept/ was calling
16. Jim and I ….brother and sister.
o am
 EXERCISES
1.Write the verbs in the Past Simple Tense:

It (be) ……………..a chilly winter morning. I (be) ……………..in my room and

terribly bored because all my friends (be) ………………….on a school trip and my parents
(not be) …………………….at home either. Steve and I (refuse) ……………….to go and
now we (be) …………………...a bit sorry. There (not be) ………………any interesting
films on Tv. The front door bell (ring) ……………… . “Hi!” , (say) ………………..Steve.
“I (want) ………………….to see what you were doing . (your father / tell )
……………………you to watch the carpenter in the kitchen? “ “What carpenter, I (ask)
………………….in surprise. “I (see) ……………………him when I (ring) ………………at
the door. He (be) ………………..at the kitchen window, trying to fix it. “ “ We (not ask )
………………………anybody to fix the window and my parents (not tell)
…………………..me anything when they (leave) …………….. . “ I ( answer)
…………………..: “Let’s see!”
When the man (hear) …………………..us he (stop) …………………….in the middle
of the kitchen. He (have ) …………………a large bag in his hand. We (not move)
……………………. . Then a second later he (jump) ………………out of the window, into
the garden and (run) …………………..away. We (start) ………………..running after him
but we (not can) …………………………catch him.
All of a sudden we (see) …………………….a police car and (start)
…………………..to run in that direction. The policeman (not see) ………………..us but we
(call) …………………….him. He (stop) ……………….the car and (ask) ……………… :
“What’s going on?” I (tell) ………………….him that a burglar (break)
……………………..into our house and he (take) ……………………..a lot of things. The
policeman asked: “How (he/get) ……………………….into the house? (You/leave)
…………………………the window open? Look! There he is!“ Steve (shout) ………………
after him but he (keep) ………………….on running. He (throw) …………………the things
on the ground and (run) ……………………..as fast as he could. We finally (catch)
…………………..him round the corner and the policeman (arrest) …………………….him.
He (admit) ………………………he was sorry but said that he (need)
…………………..some money desperately. He (intend) …………………to sell some of the
things.
We (be) ………………………..very proud of ourselves. The policeman (thank)
………………………..us. What an exciting day it (be) ……………………. .We (have)
………………………quite an adventure . It was much more exciting than a trip!