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    The document provides exercises to practice using the past simple tense and used to expressions in English. It includes filling in blanks, writing sentences, completing questions and answers, and a short story to work with both tenses. A variety of verbs and scenarios are used throughout the different parts.

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    UNIT - 2 PAST SIMPLE / USED TO

    A.- Complete the sentences with the verbs below. Use the Past Simple affirmative.
    see – begin – teach – close – hear – travel

    1. Yesterday, our teacher …………………… us a beautiful song.


    2. Bethany …………………… to India last month.
    3. We …………………… a good film last week.
    4. The shop …………………… at 1.00 yesterday.
    5. We …………………… the news yesterday.
    6. The exam …………………… an hour ago.

    B.- Write sentences with the words below. Use the affirmative or negative form of the Past
    Simple to make them true for you.

    1. my family / eat / chicken and potatoes / yesterday


    ....................................................…………………………………………..
    2. I / volunteer / last summer
    ..............................................……………………………………………….
    3. my friends and I / do / sport / last weekend
    ...................................................................……………………………….
    4. my class / have / a test / last week
    .....................................................................
    ……………………………..
    5. I / fight / with my friend / a week ago
    ...........................................................................
    ………………………...
    6. there / be / a great film / on TV / last night
    ................................................................…………………………………..

    C.- Complete the questions with the Past Simple form of the verbs in brackets. Then match
    the questions to the answers below.

    1. What painting …………………… Vincenzo Peruggia …………………… (steal) in 1911?


    2. When …………………… Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay …………………… (reach) the
    top of Mount Everest?
    3. What …………………… Microsoft …………………… (develop)?
    4. When …………………… the Wright brothers …………………… (invent) the aeroplane?
    5. Where …………………… divers …………………… (find) the Titanic?

    a. In 1903. d. At the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.


    b. Windows. e. In May, 1953.
    c. The Mona Lisa.

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    D.- Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets and the affirmative or negative form of
    used to.
    1. Anne’s parents ………………………………… (fight) a lot before they got divorced.
    2. I ………………………………… (study) much before Year 9.
    3. We ………………………………… (go) to the sea every weekend because we had a boat.
    4. He ………………………………… (receive) many awards for his excellent films because he
    was a great actor.
    5. You ………………………………… (enjoy) doing sport, but now you play football every day.

    E.- Complete the questions with the verbs below. Use used to. Then answer the questions.
    Make the answers true for you.
    make  have  play  read
    1. ................. you ..................…............. more books? ..........................................................……..
    2. ……………….you and your friends ........…....................... Monopoly? ..............................
    ……….
    3. ...................you .............…................... shorter hair? ...................................................
    4. .................. your mum .......……...................... hot drinking chocolate for you in the
    morning? ..............................................

    F.- Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets and the correct form of used to.

    1. Bill .................................... (not need) help with his history homework.


    2. We .................................... (eat) a lot of pizza.
    3. ................................ you ................................ (have) long hair?
    4. I .............………………................... (not enjoy) swimming, but now I love it!
    5. ........................ Adam ................................ (live) here?
    6. Mel ...............………................ (go) surfing often.
    7. I ....................…………............ (watch) TV every evening.
    8. I’m good at French now, but I .............…………................. (not get) good marks in it.

    G.- Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple or
    used to.

    Hibiki Kono, a British teenager, 1. ……………………… (used to / love) Spider-Man. He 2.


    ………………………… (used to / dream) about climbing walls like him, but he 3.
    …………………………..… (not know) how. Then he 4. ………………...……… (get) an idea from
    a TV show. Hibiki 5. …………………...……… (decide) to build a climbing apparatus in his
    technology class. After five months, Hibiki’s invention was ready. When he 6. ……………….
    ………… (show) it, there 7. ………………………..… (be) a lot of students at school. They all 8.
    ……………………..… (come) to watch him climb the school wall. The headmaster 9.
    ………………….…..……… (not want) Hibiki to climb too high, but it was still an amazing thing
    to see. There 10. ………..……………… (be) other interesting inventions from the school’s
    technology class, but there 11. ……………………….…… (not be) anything like Hibiki’s climbing
    machine!

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