1 GRAMMAR WORKSHEET A
1 Complete the table with the past simple forms of the
verbs below.
begin bring call copy eat explore
finish give make move speak visit
Regular verbs
Irregular verbs
2 Complete the story with the correct past simple form
of the verbs in brackets.
New posts ¹
Anna's strange morning
It was Saturday, so I'
(not get up) until 10 o'clock. My family
2
home alone. 13
(hear) a strange
noise from downstairs. It sounded like a baby! I went
downstairs, but 14
(not can) see
(not be)
anything. 15
scared, but I was worried. I sent a message to a friend
and asked her to come over and help me look. It
6
(not take) her very long to
come. We started looking around the house, but there
7
(not be) anything unusual.
We 8
9
11
(not know) what to do so
(sit) down in the kitchen
(chat). I picked up the
newspaper and read a story about a missing monkey
from the zoo! Suddenly we heard the noise again.
Something was in the cupboard. We
(open) the cupboard
we
and 10
14
(not be) at home, so I was at
and this very scared monkey jumped out! It
12
13
monkey. Please come
and get it!' My parents
16
Past simple: affirmative
and negative
we
of the kitchen and closed the door. I phoned the zoo
and said, We 15
(find) your
(not believe) my story
until they saw a photo
of the monkey in the
kitchen!
(not be) very big and it
(not have) big teeth but now
(be) scared! We ran out
Life Vision Pre-Intermediate Grammar worksheet 1A
4142243 Life Vision Poland Pre-int Grammar PCMS_3pp.indd 1
Q
3 Correct the sentences from Anna's strange morning.
Write one negative and one affirmative sentence.
1 Anna got up at 8 o'clock.
Anna didn't get up at 8 o'clock.
She got up at 10 o'clock.
2 Anna's parents were at home.
3 Anna was scared. She wasn't worried.
4 Anna's friend took a long time to come.
5 Anna read about the monkey online.
6 The monkey was in the oven.
Gramatyka
7 They ran out of the house.
8 Anna phoned her parents.
9 Anna's parents believed her story when they saw
the monkey in the kitchen.
4 Work in pairs. Roll a dice. Tell your partner about the
last time you did the things below. Roll the dice again
for the number of seconds or minutes to speak.
The last time I went on holiday I went to Greece.
I stayed in a hotel with my family. It was great fun.
Tell your partner about the last time you ...
went on holiday.
laughed a lot.
went to the cinema.
went to a shop.
visited a museum.
were angry with someone.
two minutes
one minute
30 seconds
two minutes
one minute
30 seconds
PHOTOCOPIABLE Oxford University Press
2014
33|
29/03/2022 14:33