Практикум по грамматике английского языка : учебное пособие

Exercise 5. Think about last year. Use the prompts for each item to write 
a sentence with Past Simple. 
1. something you did for the first time ______________.
2. a favour you did for someone ______________.
3. a concert you went to or heard ______________.
4. a place you visited ________________.
5. a book you read ________________.
6. a film you saw________________.
7. the food you ate _________________.
8. some new English words you learnt ________________.
9. some interesting problems you discussed ________________.

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Exercise 6. In the following paragraph, there are 18 irregular verbs. Com-
plete the text about Henry. Use the past simple.
Example: Henry ________________ (buy) some cigarettes. — Henry 
bought some cigarettes.
Last weekend, Henry ________________ (go) fishing in the river near 
our house. He ________________ (choose) a quiet spot under a tree and 
________________ (sit) there for hours, but not one fish ________________ 
(swim), and he ________________ (catch) nothing. So he ________________ 
(lay) down his rod and ________________ (take) out a book to read. To 
keep mosquitoes away, he ________________ (light) a cigarette, but soon 
he ________________ (find) that he was sitting on an ant-heap. The ants 
________________ (bite) his legs. He ________________ (throw) the cig-
arette away in disgust. Then he stepped on his rod and ________________ 
(break) it. The book ________________ (fall) into the stream. Finally, Henry 
________________ (lose) his temper: his legs ________________ (hurt) him, 
his rod ________________ (lie) in pieces, and he ________________ (have) 
no fish. He ________________ (set) off for home and (swear) never to go 
fishing again.
Exercise 7. Complete the sentences. Use I was, We were, etc.
Example: I had a wonderful holiday last summer. I was happy.
1. We laughed a lot at last night’s film. ________ very funny.
2. Denny worked late yesterday.__________ tired.
3. The children watched a horror film last Sunday.___________ really fright-
ened.
4. Yesterday we stayed at home the whole day. ___________ cold and wet.
5. Anita and Grace ate a lot for dinner. __________ hungry.
6. I left the beauty contest in the middle._____________bored.
7. Tom and I visited an exhibition of modern painting yesterday.____________
impressed.
8. You failed your exam yesterday.____________ too nervous.
9. Barry’s grandmother died last year._____________ very old.
10 Anna’s friend phoned her from New York.___________ really excited.