PAST TENSE

PAST TENSE
Complete the below article.
Two people (►) died (die) in a fire in Ellis Street, Old port yesterday morning. They (1)…….........(be) Herbert and Molly Paynter, a couple in their seventies. The fire (2)… ………………….. (start) at 3.20 am. A neighbour, Mr Aziz, (3)……………………… (see) the flames and (4) ……………………… (call) the fire brigade. He also (5)…… …………......... (try) to get into the house and rescue his neighbours, but the heat (6)…………………………….. (be ) too great . The fire brigade (7) (arrive) in five minutes. Twenty fire-fighters (8) ……………………….. (fight) the fire and finally (9)……… …………. ( b r i n g ) i t under control. Two fire-fighters (10)……… (enter) the burning building but (11)……… ………… (find) the couple dead.
Complete this conversation.
Claire: (►) Did you have (you / have) a nice weekend in Paris?
Mark: Yes, thanks. It was good. We looked around and then we saw a show.
(1) ..................................... (we / not / try) to do too much.
Claire: What sights (2) ........................................... (you / see)?
Mark: We had a look round the Louvre. (3)……………………………. (I / not / know) there was so much in there.
Claire: And what show (4)............................................... (you / go) to?
Mark: Oh, a musical. I forget the name. (5) ..................... (I / not / like) it.
Claire: Oh, dear. And (6) .............................................. (Sarah / enjoy) it?
Mark: No, not really. But we enjoyed the weekend. Sarah did some shopping, too, but
(7) ........................... (I / not / want) to go shopping.
III. Complete these sentences.
1. I _________________ (work) in a bank for ten years.
2. Where _________________ (you / live) when you were young?
3. She _________________ (not / study) French at university.
4. He _________________ (travel) through the Middle East last year.
5. _________________ (they / visit) the Louvre in Paris?
6. She _________________ (not / watch) TV yesterday.
7. We _________________ (buy) a new car last weekend.
8. Where _________________ (you / teach) before you came here?
9. He _________________ (not / think) that he was right.
10. I _________________ (cook) steak last night.
11. _________________ (Lucy / read) ‘War and Peace’ at school?
12. She _________________ (not / write) to her grandmother.
13. We _________________ (have) a computer when I was a child.
14. Where _________________ (you / go) on holiday?
15. I _________________ (love) ice cream when I was a child.
16. They _________________ (not / meet) yesterday.
17. _________________ (she / swim) in the sea in Greece?
18. We _________________ (not / play) tennis yesterday because it was raining.
19. He _________________ (try) to lift the box but he couldn’t.
20. What _________________ (you / eat) for lunch?
IV- Put the words and phrases in the right order, make some changes if necessary. Using the past simple or present simple.
Ex: be/a/I/last year/student - I was a student last year.
1, be/they/at home/not/last Sunday.
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2, very/work/he/always/lazily.
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3, you/look/ tired today/very/why?
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4, John and Bill/why/on the farm/last night/stay/?
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5, see/the day before yestersday/what/you/on TV/?
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V. Complete the sentences with past continuous or past simple tense.
1. yesterday/ when/he/carry/a suitcase/he/drop/it/on his foot.
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2. he/break/his leg/when/he/ski/last month.
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3. he/sit down/on/chair/when/I/paint/it.
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4. Lan/sit/in the garden/when/a wasp/sting/her/on the nose.
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5. as/we/drive /down the hill, a strange object/ appear/ in the sky.
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VI. Put the verb into the correct form: Past simple and past continuous.
1, The Chinese ships ………….(trespass) 80 miles into Vietnamese sea on the May 26