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1. Past simple practice
Apprentice’s name: Diego Nicolas Díaz Bello
Programm: Coordinación de procesos logísticos
Date: 08/09/23
Complete the conversation. Use was/were/wasn’t/weren’t.
Hannah: Hi Chloe. How was school yesterday?
Chloe: Fine. Why (1) Were you there? I missed you!
Hannah: I (2) Were with my parents. We (3) Were visiting my grandparents.
Chloe: Lovely!
Hannah: Yes, I usually don’t miss school, but yesterday (4) was my grandfather’s birthday!
Chloe: Well, it (5) was fun at school. We had really difficult classes, and it rained all day.
Change the sentences to the past simple.
Example: I like the film. I liked the film.
6. I don’t cook dinner.
I don’t cooked dinner
7. I wash my hair.
I washed my hair
8. He tidies his bedroom.
He tidied his bedroom
9. My friend stays with us.
My friend stayed with us
10. He doesn’t like my dogs.
He doesn’t liked my dogs
Put the words in the correct order to make sentences in PAST TENSE.
11. never / my room / tidy / I /
I never tidied my room
12. walk / I / to school / often /
I walked often to school
13. Spain / is / My friend / visiting /
My friend visited spain
2. 14. washing / her hair / She / is /
She washed her hair
15. didn’t / Harry / to school / go /
He didn’t went to school
Look for the past of the verbs below
31. Understand: Understood
32. Look: Looked
33. Cook: Cooked
34. Speak: Spoke
35 get up: Got up
36 take a bath: Bathed
37. Run: Ran
38. Have: Had
39 like: Liked
40 travel: Traveled
Listening
Listen and choose the correct answer (A, B or C) for each question. You will hear the
recording twice.
3. 16 What time did they arrive? B
17 How many students were there? C
18 What did they do in the evening? A
19 What beds did they stay in? B
20 What did they hear in the night? C
Reading
Complete the text with the words from the pictures, then read it and answer the questions.
Last summer
One day, last summer, Daniel and I were bored. It was the school holidays. We liked going swimming,
but it was raining. We liked playing computer games, but we finished all the levels. We didn’t want to
stay in the (21) house . So, we visited some places in the town.
There is an old castle in the town and we visited it in the morning. We visited with my (22) parents .
The castle was big, but it looked (23) dirty .Maybe because it was so old. The walls were brown
and there weren’t any curtains or mats like we have. There wasn’t even a (24) kitchen – I think
people cooked outside in the old days!
I liked the castle, but Daniel thought it was (25) bored. So, we visited a museum later. The museum
was fun and there were lots of things to do. Finally, Daniel was (26) happy !
Answer the questions about the text.
27 When was the story?
The last summer
28 Why didn’t they go swimming?
Because it rained
29 What did they visit in the morning?
They visited the Castle
30 What did they visit in the afternoon?
They visited the museum