Unit 4 - Our Past.Good!

Unit 4
Our past
Vocabulary
Used to
farm
young
has to/have to (had to)
stay
look after
younger brothers
Great-grandma
meal
clean
wash
cloth
hard work
electricity
everything
without
modern
equipment
lit
lamp
tell
story
remember
any
lose (lost)
shoe
old
folktale
tale
traditional
poor
Exercise
Write the past simple form of the following verbs
Be
Use
Light
Make
Fit
Go
Appear
Hold
Find
Fall


Complete the sentences with the past simple:
1. Yesterday, I (go)______ to the restaurant with a client.
2. We (drive) ______ around the parking lot for 20 mins to find a parking space.
3. When we (arrive) ______ at the restaurant, the place (be) ______ full.
4. The waitress (ask) ______ us if we (have) reservations.
5. I (say), "No, my secretary forgets to make them."
6. The waitress (tell)______ us to come back in two hours.
7. My client and I slowly (walk) ______ back to the car.
8. Then we (see) ______ a small grocery store.
9. We (stop) in the grocery store and (buy) ______ some sandwiches.
10. That (be) ______ better than waiting for two hours.
11. I (not go) ______ to school last Sunday.
12. She (get) ______ married last year?
13. What you (do) ______ last night?
- I (do) ______ my homework.
14. I (love) ______ him but no more.
15. Yesterday, I (get) ______ up at 6 and (have) ______ breakfast at 6.30.


Complete these sentences with used to/ didn’t use to
My father gave up smoking 2 years ago. He ………….. (Smoke) a packet of cigarettes a day
There………………..(be) a movie theater here but it closed a long time ago
Mr.An …………………….(not drink) coffee when he was young but he like it now
Peter ………………………(have) a motorbike, but last month he sold it and bought a car.
I ………………..(not like) her but we are best friends now.
They came to live in the city last year. They ……………..(live) in a small village in the country.
My sister………………..(play) tennis a lot but she doen’t play very often now.
when I was a child, I ……………………………(not study) hard.
Put the verb into the correct form, positive or negative
It stopped raining, so I ……………….(take) off my raincoat
The novel wasn’t very interesting. I ……………(enjoy) it very much.
We went to Kate’s house but she ……………(be) at home.
She was in a hurry so she…………………… (have) time to phone you.
The story was very funny but nobody……………..(laugh)
Tom was very hungry. He ………………..(eat) like a horse.
The room was so cold, therefore we …………………..(sleep) well
It was hard work carrying the bags. They (be)……………..very heavy
The window was open and a bird…………………(fly) into the room
It was very hot, so I ……………..(turn) on the air-conditioner
Complete the sentences with prepositions of time : in, at, on, after, before, between.
Mozart was born…………Salzburg…………1765
What do you usually do …………Sunday?
They got married……………….21 April 2002.
I’m usually free………………..8 pm and 10 pm
The course begins………….12 May and ends …………August
She doesn’t like traveling ………….night.
I’ll leave ………….7 o’clock, so you should call me………….7
My English class finishes ……….7.30. let’s meet ………. 7.30
Do you give each other presents……………..Christmas?
There are usually a lot of parties…………..New Year’s Eve.