Verb tense

Put one of these verbs in each sentence:

buy catch cost drink fall hurt sell spend teach throw win write


Mozart wrote more than 600 pieces of music.
`How did you learn to drive?` `My father taught me.`
We couldn`t afford to keep our car, so we sold it.
I was very thirsty. I drank the water very quickly.
Paul and I played tennis yesterday. He`s much better than me, so he won easily.
Don fell down the stairs this morning and hurt his lag.
Jim threw the ball to Sue, who caught it.
Ann spent a lot of money yesterday. She bought a dress. It cost 100.

A friend has just come back from holiday. You ask him about it. Write your questions.
(where/go?) Where did you go ?
(go alone?) Did you go alone ?
(food/good?) Was the food good ?
(how long/stay there?) How long did you stay there ?
(stay/at a hotel?) Did you stay at a hotel ?
(how/travel?) How did you travel ?
(the weather/fine?) Was the weather fine ?
(what/do in the evenings?) What did you do in the evenings ?
(meet anybody interesting?) Did you meet anybody interesting ?

Complete the sentences, Put the verb into the correct form, positive or negative.
It was warm, so I took off my coat. (take)
The film wasn`t very good. I didn`t enjoy it very much. (enjoy)
I knew Sarah was very busy, so I didn`t disturb her. (disturb)
I was very tired, so I went to bed early. (go)
The bed was very uncomfortable. I didn`t sleep very well. (sleep)
Sue wasn`t hungry, so she didn`t eat anything. (eat)
We went to Kate`s house but she wasn`t at home. (be)
It was a funny situation but nobody laughed (laugh)
The window was open and a bird flew into the room. (fly)
The hotel wasn`t very expensive. It didn`t cost very much. (cost)
I was in a hurry, so I didn`t have time to phone you. (have)
It was hard work carrying the bags. They were very heavy. (be)

Complete the blanks with was/were
He was very tired yesterday.
They were not very happy together.
You were very angry with me last night.
Her doctor was not very helpful.
They were in france last Summer.
Mr. jones was not in the office yesterday.
I was in bed all morning.
It was not very warm in the swimming pool.
Ahmet and his sister Melike were here last night.
Were you at school on Friday?
Complete the story, adding was and were:
It was a beautiful day. The sun was hot and the sky was blue. Ayşe and Metin were on the beach. They were there with their two children. The children were in the sea. The sea was not cold and the children were very happy. There were lots of other people on the beach. Suddenly there were clouds inthe sky and the weather was not hot any more. It was raining and everybody was cold and wet.