The Past Simple Tense

l. Give the second form of the verbs.

to meet- to play- to open-
to go- to say- to read-
to be- to write- to see-
to take- to like- to give-
to live- to count- to look-
to get- to bring- to tell-
2. Give the first form of the verbs.
took- did- loved-
were- wrote- said-
lived- skied- looked-
answered- had- came-
gave- was- saw-
danced- skated- wanted-
3. Write the forms of the verbs.
take
do
were
came
have
make
began
get
lost
play
bought
meet
read
told
say
went
4. Say where you and your family were. Use the table.

Yesterday
Yesterday afternoon
Last year
Three days ago
A week ago
Last Sunday
l
my mother
we
my sister ( brother)
my father
was
were
at home
at school
at the library
at the cinema
at work
at the theatre
at the club
5. Answer the questions.
a) l. Where were you at 7 p.m. yesterday?
2. Where were you in summer?
3. Was your father at home in the afternoon yesterday?
4. Where was your mother yesterday?
5. Were you at home at this time yesterday?
6. Where were you born?
b) l. Did your parents learn English when they were schoolchildren?
2. When did you begin to learn English?
3. What did you do on Sunday?
4. When did you do your homework yesterday?
5. Where did you spend your last summer holidays?
6. What was the weather like last summer?
7. When did your parents get married?
6. Translate words in brackets into English.
l. (k s) we wrote a dictation in English.
2. () the children went to the cinema.
3. The boys played football in the yard (np).
4. (Rp p) went to the village to see our grandmother.
5. ( ) my grandparents lived in the town of Minsk.
7. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple Tense.
l. He (to come) to school after the first lesson yesterday.
2. The weather (to be) cold last week.
3. When l (to be) a little girl l (to spend) summer in the village.
4. Why did you (to return) so late home yesterday?
5. l (to get) two good marks in English two days ago.
6. The children did not (to study) English two days ago.
7. Where (to be) you at three o'clock p.m. yesterday? l (to be) at home.
8. Make questions to the sentences.
l. Mike went to England a month ago.
a) Who? b) Where? c) When?
2. The boys played games out of doors last Sunday.

a) Who? b) Where? c) When? D) What?
3. The children stayed at the seaside for two weeks a year ago.
a) Who? b) Where? c) When? D) How long?
9. Write a letter to your friend about your last visit to the Zoo\ cinema. Write
about these things:
when you went there;
who you went with;
what you saw;
how long you were there.
l0. Make the questions to the answers.
a) A: . .
B: l went to the library yesterday.
A: . .
B: l too the book "Two Captains" by Kaverin.
b) A: . .
B: We played on the yard last Sunday.
A: . .
B: The weather was nice.
A: . .
B: We played hockey and snowballs.
ll. Listen, repeat, read and act.
- Did you like your summer holidays?
- Yes, l did.
- Where did you go?
- We went to the seaside.
- What was the weather like?
- lt was sunny and warm.
- What did you do at the seaside?
- We bathed in the sea.
l2. Say it in English.
l. : Ts x np ?
B: , x. Bnp x p.
: T p x ?
B: , x.
2. Ts k yy p p? Ts k
yy p p? p y yy p
p.
R yy p p.

3. s s p k s. Bs s p k s? R s
p k s. s p k s. s s p
k s?
s p k s.
l3. Listen, repeat and remember. Find the meaning of the underlined
words.
Willy
Willy broke the windowpane,
Willy spilled the ink,
Willy left the water pipe
Running in the sink!
Did his mother punish him?
No! l'll tell you why.
Willy, he owned up to it,-
And didn't tell a lie!
Willy told his mother
Before she found it out.
He said: "l am so sorry!"
She said: I have no dout!" # $%&
l4. Answer the questions.
l. K psy yp qpr psx rr Past Simple?
2. Kr rs nr n psx rr t, d, id?
3. px n y "e" p nr "ed"?
4. Rp r r rrr rr psyk p
p qprs rr Past Simple?
5. sn x yp Past Simple?
6. C r r sn yp Past Simple?
Ppyp:
T. r pp. Ts rprr rr ss
p p pq,
B.l. lp K sp r pr rr rr
Hy yn Paideia ,.