1. ESCOLA BÁSICA DOS 2º E 3º CICLOS BARTOLOMEU PERESTRELO
SCHOOL YEAR 2006/2007
A. Find and write ten pairs.
Base form Past simple
 lose_________  lost__________ lose found paid come
_______________ _______________ sing give gave build
_______________ _______________ came bought pay find
_______________ _______________ spent buy left go
_______________ _______________ sang ran spend went
_______________ _______________ run leave built lost
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B. Now, match the verb forms.
Base form Past simple Base form Past simple
make fell
get brought dig did
fly broke drink stood
break sat think was
fall swam do told
bring got tell had
write wrote stand began
take took be thought
sit flew have knew
swim made know dug
see ate begin drank
eat saw
C. Put in the past simple forms of the verbs in brackets.
Last year the Bells flew (to fly) to Greece on holidays. They 1 __________ (to see) the Parthenon
and many other buildings and they 2 __________ (to eat) a lot of Greek food.
They 3 __________ (to sit) on the beach in the sun and 4 __________ (to swim) in the warm sea.
Nick and Jenny 5 __________ (to meet) some Greek friends. They 6 __________ (to write) a lot of
postcards to their friends in England and they 7 __________ (to take) a lot of photographs. They all 8
__________ (to get) sunburned.
Unfortunately Mr. bell 9 __________ (to fall) down the hotel steps and 10
__________ (to break) his
arm! But he 11 __________ (to bring) home many other souvenirs as well.

2. D. Look at Mike’s list of things to do for last week. Write what he did or didn’t do.
THINGS TO DO
 Saturday buy a birthday present for Susie ()
1 Sunday play football with Jim ()
2 Monday help little brother with his homework ()
3 Tuesday study for French test ()
4 Wednesday take dog to the vet ()
5 Thursday write letter to brother ()
6 Friday go to the cinema with Susie()
 He didn’t buy a birthday present for Susie on Saturday.____________________________________
1. _______________________________________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________________________________
3. _______________________________________________________________________________
4. _______________________________________________________________________________
5. _______________________________________________________________________________
6. _______________________________________________________________________________
E. Fill in the gaps with the past tense of the verbs.
1. They (write) _______________ some 6. I (think) __________ New York City was great!
postcards. 7. You (break) __________ your umbrella last
2. I (not go) __________ to Tokio last week. week.
3. She (have) __________ a great holiday in 8. They (go) __________ to Sydney last winter.
Paris. 9. She (take) __________ a large suitcase with
4. We (not take) __________ our passports. her.
5. He (see) __________ the Empire State 10. He (not buy) __________ any presents in
Building. Madrid.
F. Rewrite the following sentences in the interrogative form.
 You bought a new pair of shoes last week.
Did you buy a new pair of shoes last week?
1. She took her umbrella to school yesterday.
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2. He broke his pencil this morning.
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3. They saw the loch Ness Monster while they were in Scotland.
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4. I wrote a letter to my mother last night.
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5. We had breakfast this morning.
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