G. D

FUTURE TENSE USE WILL OR GOING TO

1. Philipp _______ 15 next Wednesday. (to be)
2. They __________ a new computer. (to get)
3. I _________________think my mother  this CD. (to like)
4. Paul’s sister ________a baby. (to have)
5. They _________at about 4 in the afternoon. (to arrive)
6. Just a moment. I _________ you with the bags. (to help)
7. In 2020 people ________ more hybrid cars. (to buy)
8. Marvin ______ ___ a party next week. (to throw)
9. We ____________ to Venice in June. (to fly)
10. Look at the clouds! It _______ rain  soon. (to rain)
11. What are your plans for the weekend? I ____________ a geochache. (to hide)
12. Doris is always late. I’m sure she _______to arrive  late tomorrow evening. (to be)
13. Would you like tea or coffee? I  _______have coffee. (to have)
14. Watch out! You _____________your self. (to hurt)
15. The friends ______________(to stay in) tonight. They are grounded
16. It’s starting to rain. I  __________the umbrella. (to put up)
17. Look! They  _________the car. (to wash)
18. I don’t think they ________ their holidays by the sea again. (to spend)
19. If you don’t stop bullying her, I  ______the teacher. (to tell)

Do the exercises below on the simple past tense

(Before doing the exercises you may want to read the lesson on the simple past tense)

Put the verbs into the simple past:

1. Last year I (go)  to England on holiday.
2. It (be)  fantastic.
3. I (visit)  lots of interesting places. I (be)  with two friends of mine .
4. In the mornings we (walk)  in the streets of London.
5. In the evenings we (go)  to pubs.
6. The weather (be)  strangely fine.
7. It (not / rain)  a lot.
8. But we (see)  some beautiful rainbows.
9. Where (spend / you)  your last holiday?

Write the past forms of the irregular verbs.

Infinitive		Simple Past
1.	meet	.
2.	drive	.
3.	speak	.
4.	put	.
5.	write	.
6.	sing	.
7.	do	.
8.	sit	.
9.	stand	.
10.	run	.

Complete the table in simple past.

Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative
He wrote a book.
	He did not sing
		Was she pretty?

Put the sentences into simple past.

1. We move to a new house. →
2. They bring a sandwich. →
3. He doesn’t do the homework. →
4. They sell cars. →
5. Does he visit his friends? →

Write sentences in simple past.

1. Janet / miss / the bus →
2. she / tidy / her room →
3. Nancy / watch / not / television→
4. she / read / a book →

Choose “Was“ or “Were“:

1. The teacherwas
   were
   nice.
2. The studentswas
   were
   very clever.
3. But one studentwas
   were
   in trouble.
4. Wewas
   were
   sorry for him.
5. Hewas
   were
   nice though.

 

PAST TENSE

past tense 1. I ___________ about a yellow unicorn last night.

dreamed

slept

think

2. Anna ___________ to class yesterday because she was at the hospital.

didn’t come

didn’t take

didn’t arrive

3. It was snowing last night. It ___________ so cold!

touched

felt

happened

4. Lucy ___________ her mother’s watch, so she bought a new one.

broke

crashed

forgot

5. We ___________ at the library for three hours yesterday.

learnt

studied

reviewed

6. I ___________ an e-mail to the company but they never answered.

published

read

sent

7. The two cousins ___________ at the airport for the first time.

met

welcomed

saw

8. The dog ___________ in the middle of the kitchen floor, looking at the door.

put

ran

stood

II.PAST TENSE

Put the verbs into the simple past:

1. Last year I (go)  to England on holiday.
2. It (be)  fantastic.
3. I (visit)  lots of interesting places. I (be)  with two friends of mine .
4. In the mornings we (walk)  in the streets of London.
5. In the evenings we (go)  to pubs.
6. The weather (be)  strangely fine.
7. It (not / rain)  a lot.
8. But we (see)  some beautiful rainbows.
9. Where (spend / you)  your last holiday?