1. Past simple Module N°3
Complete the text with the verbs into parenthesis
My childhood
I was born in ____________________. And/But I grew up in ____________________. When I was young, I lived with
_________________________.
We _________________(not watch) much TV inside the house in hot weather. We __________________(not like )
TV, so on warm summer evenings, we _________________(stay) outside on the porch for hour. Children
__________________(play) games or ___________________(look) at comic book. My dad _______________(rock)
back and forth his rocking chair. Sometimes he _______________(smoke) his pipe or _____________(try) to do a
crossword puzzle in the newspaper. Occasionally some neighbors ______________(visit) us. We ____________(be)
happy with others children. My father ______________(not be)happy because he ______________( think) in
something bad. My mother _____________(not work) out of the house. She ______________(make) many things in
my house. After dinner, my mom __________(wash) the dishes and clean the kitchen. She ____________(not
watch) the soap opera. She ____________(love) listening to music, classical music.
My father ______________(not help) her in the kitchen. I sometimes __________(help) her.
I__________________(have) a pet called snowy it _______________(not be) strong, so it __________(be)weak.
Someday it_____________(sick) and ___________(die). Well, it _________(be) one of the most saddest time
in my life.
Listen to the song and complete with the verbs given
Came believe play had was say go seemed know used said
Yesterday
Yesterday, all my troubles ___________so far
away.
Now it looks as though they're here to stay.
Oh, I _____________in yesterday.
Suddenly, I'm not half the man I ___________
to be,
There's a shadow hanging over me,
Oh, yesterday ________ suddenly.
Why she ________ to go
I don't ________ she wouldn't say.
I ______ something wrong,
Now I long for yesterday.
Yesterday, love _______ such an easy game to
play.
Now I need a place to hide away.
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
Why'd she had to ______
I don't know she wouldn't ______.
I said something wrong,
Now I long for yesterday.
Yesterday, love was such an easy game
to_______.
Now I need a place to hide away.
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
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