ESCOLA BÁSICA DOS 2º E 3º CICLOS BARTOLOMEU PERESTRELO SCHOOL YEAR 2006/2007

A. Find and write ten pairs.

Base form

lose_________

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Past simple

lost__________

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lose

sing

came

spent

sang

run

found

give

bought

buy

ran

leave

paid

gave

pay

left

spend

built

come

build

find

go

went

lost

B. Now, match the verb forms.

Base form Past simple Base form Past simple

make get fly

break fall

bring write take sit

swim see eat

fell brought broke

sat swam

got wrote took flew

made ate saw

dig drink think do tell

stand be

have know begin

did stood was told had

began thought knew dug

drank

C. Put in the past simple forms of the verbs in brackets.

Last year the Bells flew (to fly) to Greece on holidays. They 1 __________ (to see) the Parthenon

and many other buildings and they 2 __________ (to eat) a lot of Greek food.

They 3 __________ (to sit) on the beach in the sun and 4 __________ (to swim) in the warm sea.

Nick and Jenny 5 __________ (to meet) some Greek friends. They 6 __________ (to write) a lot of

postcards to their friends in England and they 7 __________ (to take) a lot of photographs. They all 8

__________ (to get) sunburned.

Unfortunately Mr. bell 9 __________ (to fall) down the hotel steps and 10__________ (to break) his

arm! But he 11 __________ (to bring) home many other souvenirs as well.

D. Look at Mike’s list of things to do for last week. Write what he did or didn’t do.

THINGS TO DO

Saturday

1 Sunday

2 Monday

3 Tuesday

4 Wednesday

5 Thursday

6 Friday

buy a birthday present for Susie ()

play football with Jim ()

help little brother with his homework ()

study for French test ()

take dog to the vet ()

write letter to brother ()

go to the cinema with Susie()

He didn’t buy a birthday present for Susie on Saturday.____________________________________

1. _______________________________________________________________________________

2. _______________________________________________________________________________

3. _______________________________________________________________________________

4. _______________________________________________________________________________

5. _______________________________________________________________________________

6. _______________________________________________________________________________ E. Fill in the gaps with the past tense of the verbs.

1. They (write) _______________ some

postcards.

2. I (not go) __________ to Tokio last week.

3. She (have) __________ a great holiday in

Paris.

4. We (not take) __________ our passports.

5. He (see) __________ the Empire State

Building.

6. I (think) __________ New York City was great!

7. You (break) __________ your umbrella last

week.

8. They (go) __________ to Sydney last winter.

9. She (take) __________ a large suitcase with

her.

10. He (not buy) __________ any presents in

Madrid.

F. Rewrite the following sentences in the interrogative form.

You bought a new pair of shoes last week.

Did you buy a new pair of shoes last week?

1. She took her umbrella to school yesterday.

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2. He broke his pencil this morning.

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3. They saw the loch Ness Monster while they were in Scotland.

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4. I wrote a letter to my mother last night.

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5. We had breakfast this morning.

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