Example: I made a mistake in my exercise. –I didn 't make a mistake in my exercise.
1. The two boys fought in the street. _______________________________________________
2. We rode to school on our bicycles. _______________________________________________
3. I chose these cakes for tea. _____________________
4. He found the lost ball. ________________________
5. My roses grew very well this year._____________________________________
6. The gardener dug up the potatoes. _____________________________________________
7. The boy rang the bell. _________________________
8. I woke up very early this morning. _____________________________________________
9. The boy ran as fast as he could. _____________________________________________
10. That baker sold us good cakes. _____________________________________________
11. He went to work yesterday. ____________________________________________
12. They all stood in their places. ____________________________________________
13. He told me the secret. _______________________
14. He understood my explanation. ____________________________________________
15. The thieves stole all the jewels. _____________________________________________
16. A burglar broke into the house. _____________________________________________
17. My friend swam across the river. _____________________________________________
Ex. 9. Make these sentences negative and add a positive statement using an adjective opposite in the meaning (the words in the frame will help you).
Example: My parents were in time, as usual. - They were not in time, they were late.
| wrong full bad | short busy | difficult | a short way |
1. The answer was correct. _____________________
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2. I was hungry before the lunch break. ___________
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3. Their Russian translation was very good. _______
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4. The discussion was very long. ________________
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5. His questions were very simple. _______________
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6. The station was a long way from our house. _____
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7. Alex was free the whole day yesterday. ________
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Ex. 10. Change the sentences as it's shown in the example.
Example: It takes me about an hour to get to college, (yesterday) - // took me about an hour to get to college yesterday.
1. I go to work on foot, (yesterday morning). ______________________________
2. We send them our catalogues by airmail, (two days ago). ________________________________________
3. We often see each other in the lab. (last month). _____________________________________________
4. It takes me twenty minutes to do my morning exercises, (yesterday). __________________________
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5. I hear the news on the radio, (this morning). _____________________________________________
6. He feels bad, I'm afraid, (last week). _____________________________________________
7. I wake up very early, (yesterday). _____________________________________________
8. We've got a lot of work, (last month). _____________________________________________
9. What time do you have lunch? (yesterday). _____________________________________________
10. She's got a very old typewriter, (last year). _____________________________________________
11. We haven't got enough time to discuss all the problems, (last time). ___________________________
12. I spend my holiday at the seaside, (last summer). ____________________________________________
Ex. 11. Read the story, rewrite it in the Past omitting unnecessary words and then translate it.
A Weekday
I usually wake up at seven and always get up at once. I begin my day with my morning exercises. It takes me half an hour to do them. Then I take a shower and shave, dress and do my hair. After that I have breakfast. Then I take my dog out for a short time. I leave the house at nine o’clock and walk to the underground station. It takes me twenty minutes to get to the office by underground. Work begins at half past nine. I look through the morning mail and answer the letters and faxes. Then I discuss various problems with my colleagues.
Our lunch break is at one, and we all go to the canteen. I have a light lunch, so it doesn’t take long, and I usually have enough time to have a smoke and talk to my friends before work begins again. A lot people ring me in the afternoon, and my secretary often asks me to answer the calls. That keeps me busy till half past four, when I have a tea break. After that I usually hold a short meeting with my colleagues, and we discuss our plans for the next day. I finish work at six, and sometimes a friend drives me to the park, where we have a game of tennis. I’m quite good at tennis, so I teach him to play. We go home together because we live near each other. That is my usual weekday.
Ex. 12. Read this true story about a bank robbery in the USA. Put each verb in brackets into the Simple Past and then translate this story.
In 1983 in Reno, Nevada a man ___________ (decide) to rob a bank. He _____________ (write) a message on the back of an envelope. The message ____________ (say) “Put the money in a bag and hand it over”. The man ____________ (go) into a bank, _____________ (wait) in line and then __________ (hand) the envelope to the cashier. The woman _____________ (not want) to argue. She ____________ (take) the money out of a drawer, _____________ (put) it in a bag and ____________ (give) it to the man. He ______________ (walk) out of the bank and _____________ (make) his escape.
The robber _____________ (feel) pleased. “It _________ (be) easy”, he ___________ (think). He ____________ (not know) how much money he ________ (have) in the bag, but he ___________ (hope) it ___________ (be) a lot. But when he __________ (arrive) home, he __________ (get) a shock. He ____________ (find) the police there. Unfortunately for the robber, his name and address ________ (be) on the other side of the envelope.
