LESSON 8

1 Fill in the gaps with the Past Simple of the verbs.

1. Luke usually travels to work by bus, but yesterday he ____________ there by car.

2. My friends often fish on the pond at weekends, but last weekend they ________ on the river.

3. Max usually watches actions in the evenings, but yesterday he ____________ a comedy.

4. Every summer we stay at our friends' in Washington, but last summer we _______ at a hotel.

5. Usually it doesn't snow much in this area, but last winter it __________________ for three months.

2 Fill in the gaps with correct forms of the verbs.

1. Yesterday I __________ (meet) some friends and we __________ (go) to the cinema.

2. She __________ (sell) her old car and __________ (buy) a new one.

3. I __________ (lose) my umbrella last week – I __________ (leave) it in the bank and someone __________ (steal) it.

4. Last week I _________ (drive) to Edinburgh.

5. My friend __________ (spend) a week in the Alps.

6. I __________ (write) fourteen letters to my girlfriend last week.

7. She __________ (bring) me an expensive present for my birthday. I was greatly surprised.

3 Make sentences negative.

1. He went to Mexico.
He didn't go to Brazil.

2. They won a holiday in the Caribbean.
____________________________________

3. We were at home yesterday.
____________________________________

4. Agatha Christie wrote detective novels.
____________________________________

5. We moved to London when my dad got a new job.
____________________________________

6. His wife bought him a gold watch for their wedding anniversary.
____________________________________

7. I came across a new article about Mobile phones in yesterday's newspaper.
____________________________________

4 Ask questions to the underlined words.

1. We traveled around Europe last year. ________________________________

2. She saw this film yesterday. ___________________________________

3. Alex met his friend two hours ago. ___________________________________

4. I asked Mark to go with me. ___________________________________

5. He was in the Crimea last summer. ___________________________________

6. Last night I felt tired.
___________________________________

7. Yesterday we went to swim in the river. ___________________________________

8. He entered university two years ago. ___________________________________

9. Antanta won the First World War. ___________________________________

10. Napoleon defeated the coalition of Russian and Austrian empires in 1805. ___________________________________

Used to is used to speak about past habits / situations / states that have changed, they don't exist any more.

The form used to is the same for all persons.

When I was young, we didn't have a car. We used to go everywhere by bus.

5 Sally wasn't feeling well, she went to the doctor's. She followed his advice and is much better. Say about her former bad habits with used to.

1. Sally __________________________ but now she's a vegetarian.

2. She ___________________________ but now she doesn't smoke.

3. She ____________________________ but now she drinks only herb tea.

4. She ___________________________ but now she attends city sport club regularly.

5. She ___________________________ but now she spends much time outdoors.

6 Fill in: in, on or at.

1. Sherlock Holmes lived _____ Baker Street.

2. British Prime Minister works ____ 10, Downing Street.

3. My cat loves sitting _____ the armchair.

4. The kitchen is _____ the right.

5. There was much dust ____ the picture. We could see nothing _____ it.

6."Where is John?" – "He is _____ work."

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