1 A GRAMMAR simple past of be: was I were

0 Complete with IVas jiVasn't or IVere jiVeren't to make true sentences.

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• 1 Edward VIII wasn't King for very long. •
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• 2 Julius Caesar the first Roman emperor.
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• 3 Tchaikovsky the composer of Swan Lake. •
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• 4 The Vikings f rom Germany.
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• 5 Krist en Stewart in the Harry Potter movies. •
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7 The 2010 World Cup in South Af rica. •
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8 Brad Pitt married to Jennifer Aniston. •
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9 Socrates and Plato Brazilian soccer players. •
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• 10 Pablo Picasso Spanish. •
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• 11 Beethoven a Swiss composer. •
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• 12 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin _ ____ the first men •
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• 13 Hilary Clinton _ __ _ _ President of the US in the •
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• 14 The lncas ___ __ from Mexico. •
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15 Marco Polo _ _ _ _ _ born in Italy. •
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G Work with a partner. Make q ues tions and rest your partner's memory.
Was Edward VIII King for very lont t i 0 o, he wasn't.

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78 GRAMMAR simple past: regular verbs
0 Complete the dialogues in t he past tense. Use the verbs in parentheses.

1 Annie 1
Did you study French in college? (st udy)
Beth No, 12 French, I 3 Italian. I ~ in
Rome for six months in my third year. (not study, study, live)
Annie Where ' - - ---you _ _ __ in Rome? (live)
Beth Near the Forum. I 6 a house with some Italian students. (rent)
Annie you Italian all the time? (speak)
Beth Not always, because they s to practice t heir English. But I
_____ t o cook great pasta! (want , learn)

2 Huan 10_ _ _ _ _ you _ ____ Brazil? (like)

Ben We 11_ __ _ _ it! We 12_ __ _ ___ to come home. (love, not want)
Huan 11_ _ __ _ you _____ around the count ry? (travel)
Ben We 14 much because we were only there for two weeks.
(not travel)
Huan " - - - - - you _ _ _ _ in hotels? (stay)
Ben No, we If•_ __ __ • We stayed with Brazilian friends.

3 Dave ~ ------ you _____ the game? Arsenal and Real Madrid? (watch)
Carlos No, I 1s_ __ __

Dave Why not?

Carlos I I') late last night. I 20_ _ _ _ _ _ _ unti l 7:00.
(work, not finish)
Dave But t he game 21 _ _ ___ at 7:45. (start)
Carlos Yes, but I 22 my train. I 23 _ _ _ _ _ __ home until 9:30.
(miss, not arrive)
Dave That's too bad! lt was a great game.

4 Sa m I 2' you three times last night, but you 2

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(call, not answer)

Lucia Sorry. I was at the movie theater with my sister.
Sa m And 126 you, too. Why 2- you _ _ ___ me back?
(text, not text)
Lucia Because I was angry.
Sa m Angry? Why?
Lucia Because you 28 _ _ t o me at the party last week. You
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to Eva for about an hour. (not talk, talk)
Sa m I 10_ __ __ __ to Eva for an hour! She had a problem and she just
H _ _ _ _ _ to tell me about it. (not talk, want)

Lucia A problem? Is that why you .~:_____ with her for twenty minutes?
(dance)
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 7C GRAMMAR simple past: irregular verbs
0 Com plete the story with the si mple past form of the verbs in parenth eses.

My memorable night at the Edinburgh Festival

by Lotte
1is happened in my first s ummcnvhen I wc1s c1t Edinburgh Uni versit y. I lived in a t'oom in a big
1ousc with th ree friends. Th!ll summer. some musicians rented two othet· rooms in our house. I!
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was (be) 1\ugu<>L. and the r.di nbu rgh 1\ lusic clnd Arts Fcst iVcll was going on.The musicians
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(be) fmm J>oland, ltclly. clnd llw I\Jethcl"lc1ncls. One af tcrnoon. they 1 (tell) me
obout cl l.cltin music club. My friends cmd 14 (say) tlwt we wan led to go with them. \11/c
s (m eel) l hem at the club t hilt evening clt <J:OO p.m It r, (hcwe) c1 rcc1lly friendly
dtmosphcre, and the music - (be) fantclstic' Our new friends h _ (speclk) Engl ish
very well and \VC 9 (spend) the evening danci ng and tell king. \'\/hen we 10 (leave)
lhc club, we 11 (fine!) thcll we 12_ _ _ _ (not hcwe) the motwy for cl taxi hom('. lt 13

_ __ (be) cl "''Mm night. so we walked home through the slt-c'ets.The mu sicians 14_ __
(sec) the historic bui ldings cm cl monuments f(w the first lime. clnd they 1' - - _ __ (think) th<1lthey
16 (be) t"Ccllly beautiful. VVc I ' (gel) home cll4:00 cl.l11 .. bul \ VC I X_ _ _ __
(not go) to bed. \fl.lc 19 (mclke) some coffee ond tc1lkcd.Then our friends played their guitars
and we 20 (sing) songs thcll we all 2 1 (know). It 2 2 (he) cl wonderful.
memot"clble evening cm d. ten years Iell er. we dt"C still friends.

G Complete these question s about the stor y.

I Which month was the Edi11b 11r{Jh Festi1•a/ in? lt was in August.
2 W here from ? They were fro m Poland , Italy, and the
Netherlan ds.
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,_) What Lone about? They told her about a Latin music club.
4 What time at the club ? They met at 9:00 p.m.
5 good? Yes, it was fantastic.
6 What at the club? They danced and talked a ll eve ning.
7 Why a taxi home? Because they didn't have enough money.
8 What fo r the first time? They saw Edinburgh's historic bu ildings
and monum ents.
9 when they got home? 1o, they made coffee and talked.
10 What after that? T hey played their guitars and sang.

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G Work with a parrn er. Cover the anS\\-crs. Take turns answering the questions. Then cover the
questio n s and take turns making the questio ns from the a nswers.

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BA GRAMMAR simple past: regular and irregular verbs
0 Complete the conversatio n with the past tense of the verb in the parentheses.
Be carefu I with [±], G, and [?].

A new life
Detective Granger OK, Mr. Thomas. Please just relax
and tell me the problem.
Mr. Thomas it's my wife. She 1IVent (go) out
yesterday evening. And she
_ __ _ _ _ _ (not come) back.

Detective Granger When ' - -- - -- -

(you I see) your wife for the last time?
Mr. Thomas Yesterday evening, at about nine thirty.
Detective Granger Tell me what happened
yesterday. • (you I do)
anything unusual?
Mr. Thomas No, it ' (be) just a
norm al day. We 6_ _ _ _ _ __
(wake up) at seven. I - (have) breakfast. Then I s (drive) to work. My
wife 9 (not have) breakfast. In the morning, I think she 10 (go)
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shopping. She (come) home at lunchtime. I don't know what she"-- - --
(do) in the afternoon. She probably '' (make) dinner.
Detective Granger When 14
_ _ _ _ __ _ (you I come) home?
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Mr. Thomas I (arrive) home at about seven th irty. 1' 6 (sit) down and
,- (read) the newspaper, and '' (check) my email. We 19_ _ _ __
(have) dinner at about eight. After dinner, 110 (watch) TV. 1~~--------
(go to sleep) in my chair.
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Detective Granger ~-----­
(you I speak) to your wife at all? What
"' (she I say) to you?
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Mr. Thomas We (not talk) during
dinner. After dinner she 11_ _ _ _ _
(say), "This isn't a life. I need t o go out." She
z6 (call) a taxi.
I 2' (hear) the taxi about fifteen
minutes later. She 1' (take) her
bag and her coat and
29 (close) t he door. She
>o (not say) goodbye.
Detective Granger I see, sir. I think I know why
she ·11 (leave).

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C) Read the sto ry aga in. The n cover it. Can you remember five th ings that Mr. a nd Mrs. T homas
did yesterday?

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