The Past Simple Tense (Простое прошедшее время)
1. От данных инфинитивов образуйте The Past Simple Tense:
To work, to read, to get, to travel, to speak, to want, to look, to write, to watch, to like, to tell, to say, to listen, to bring, to discuss, to take, to translate, to go, to walk, to break, to make.
2. Заполните пропуски нужной формой глагола to be в The Past Simple Tense.
a) They … here ten minutes ago.
b) He … at the cinema yesterday.
c) We … in St. Petersburg last summer.
d) They … in the country last week.
e) Peter … at school at ten o’clock in the morning.
f) Nick’s parents … at home on Sunday.
g) They … in London in 1997.
i) It …many years ago.
j) You … in London last year.
k) I … at the theatre last month.
3. Измените предложения по образцу.
Образец: I do it every day. (yesterday) – I did it yesterday.
a) I do some exercises every morning. (yesterday)
b) I wash the cups every morning. (yesterday)
c) I listen to the radio every day. (yesterday)
d) I go to school every day. (yesterday)
e) I walk in the park on Sundays. (yesterday)
f) I see my friend every day. (yesterday)
g) I help my mother every day. (yesterday)
i) My mother makes cakes every week. (yesterday)
j) Mary writes some letters every day. (yesterday)
k) Nick plays football every day. (yesterday)
4. Поставьте предложения в вопросительную форму и дайте краткие ответы на эти общие вопросы.
Образец: You bought a black hat yesterday. – Did you buy a black hat yesterday? – Yes, I did / No, I didn’t.
a) You saw Nick last week.
b) They asked Mary to help them.
c) The lesson began at 8 o’clock in the morning.
d) They came home an hour ago.
e) Peter visited his friend yesterday.
f) We returned home on Monday.
g) The teacher asked us to translate the text.
i) You saw this film last year.
j) They wanted to know the truth.
5. Поставьте предложения в отрицательную форму.
Образец: They talked about it yesterday. – They didn’t talk about it yesterday.
a) I sent him a letter last week.
b) We wanted to ask him about his friend.
c) Your friends were glad to see us.
d) He was a student five years ago.
e) Mary wanted to see the film again.
f) Peter gave me his bike yesterday.
g) Your parents lived in Moscow last year.
i) You were in Elez last week.
j) You met your friend yesterday.
6.Заполните пропуски глаголами в The Past Simple Tense.
a) I … this tale two days ago. (read)
b) I … the pet last week. (buy)
c) Peter … a bad mark yesterday. (get)
d) The child … a new toy. (want)
e) I … to the Bolshoi Theatre a month ago. (go)
f) Mary … for London yesterday. (leave)
g) My parents … a house last month. (buy)
i) Nick … me the book yesterday. (give)
j) She … my cup yesterday. (break)
k) Peter … us on Monday. (see)
7. Какое сказуемое выбрать.
а) They (comes, came) here an hour ago.
b) We (sees, saw) the film on Friday.
c) I (go, went) to that museum last week.
d) Mary (writes, wrote) a letter to John yesterday.
e) They (returns, returned) an hour ago.
f) The teacher (gives, gave) me a bad mark yesterday.
g) We (live, lived) in an old flat last year.
i) The tourists (arrive, arrived) in St. Petersburg last week.
j) The workers (builds, built) this house last year.
k) I (buys, bought) the ticket for the concert two days ago.
8. Заполните пропуски глаголами из таблицы
a) They … here in the morning. b) We … this question yesterday.
c) They … me about it.
d) Peter … to school on Friday.
e) Nick … Mary to the theatre last week.
f) I … at home in the evening yesterday.
g) They … to the football match last week.
i) I … this book last week.
j) We … a lot of exercises at the lesson yesterday.
k) There … a lot of pet-shops in our city.
9. Заполните пропуски указателем времени из таблицы
last Friday every week two days ago on Saturday every month every day last week yesterday last Sunday every summer
a) We write a lot of tests …
b) He didn’t get up early …
c) They don’t drink milk …
d) The children didn’t play in the yard …
e) We go to the country …
f) Peter helped Mary with her English …
g) My friend gives me books …
i) John phoned me …
j) I didn’t see Peter …
k) Ann has got a letter from John …
10. Задайте вопросы к подчеркнутым словам.
Образец: You saw him at the theatre yesterday. – Where did you see him yesterday?
a) Mary visited the Tretyakov Gallery last week.
b) They took the children for a walk an hour ago.
c) Ann asked him about it yesterday.
d) You wanted to see the film yesterday.
e) He left the house five minutes ago.
f) They came home in the evening.
g) The teachers discussed the question at the meeting yesterday.
i) Peter broke a plate yesterday.
j) You got a present yesterday.
