Print these exercises, complete them and give them to me before November 22nd.
Read the story and answer the following questions.
A DISASTROUS DINNER
Last Friday, Mrs. Anderson planned to have a delicious dinner. She bought a T-bone steak and some cream and apples for an apple pie. When she came home from the shops she put her shopping on the table. While she was setting the table, her two pets sat underneath it and watched her. Then she went to the kitchen to make the pastry for the pie. She was a little forgetful so she didn’t realize the steak, cream and apples were still on the table. While she was making the pastry, the dog jumped on a chair and looked longingly at the steak. At last it took the steak in its mouth and jumped off the chair, just as Mrs. Anderson was coming back into the dining room. Mrs. Anderson screamed, but the dog ran into the garden. She ran after the dog. While she was chasing the dog, the cat jumped on the table and started drinking the cream. Mrs. Anderson didn’t manage to catch the dog, and she came back into the dining room. When she saw the cat, she shrieked, and the cat got such a fright that it jumped a meter into the air, and leapt out the window. Mrs. Anderson threw her broom at the cat, but she missed, and broke the window. At the same time she overbalanced and put her hand in the cream, spilling it all over the tablecloth. Poor Mrs. Anderson - she had no dinner, only a dirty tablecloth and a broken window.
Glossary: set the table - put knives and forks, plates, salt etc. on the table., underneath - under it., longingly - e.g. the dog wanted it but knew it couldn’t have it., shriek - louder than scream., get a fright - suddenly (not the same as be frightened)., overbalance - to lose your balance and fall.
1. What did Mrs. Anderson plan?
2. Why did she buy cream and apples?
3. When did her pets watch her?
4. Where did she leave the steak?
5. When did the dog jump on the chair?
6. How did the dog look at the steak?
7. Whe did the dog jump off the chari?
8. Where did the dog go?
9. What was she doing when the cat jumped on the table?
10. What did Mrs Anderson do when she saw the cat?
Put the verbs into the Past Continuous.
1. When I phoned my friends, they _______________(play)
2. Yesterday at six I ________________(prepare) dinner.
3. The kids __________________(play) in the garden when it suddenly began to rain.
4. I ___________________(practice) the guitar when he came home.
5. We _________________(not cycle) all day.
6. While Aaron ___________________(work) in his room, his friends _______________(swim) in the pool.
7. I tried to tell them the truth but they _____________________(not listen).
8. What ____________________________(you/do) yesterday?
9. Most of the time we ___________________(sit) in the park.
Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Continuous or the Past Simple.
1. Frank __________________(finish) his lunch and _____________(ring) his friend Jason.
2. Jason -_________________(watch) TV when Frank ___________________(phone) him.
3. He ___________________(turn off) the TV when he ________________(hear) the phone ringing.
4. They ___________________(decide) what to do when Jason _________________(suggest) going to the club.
5. Frank _______________Jason________________(pick up) and _________________(drive) to the club.
6. Two other people ________________(use)their tennis court when they ____________________(arrive)
7. They ___________________(drink) a soda and _______________(eat) a sándwich while they __________________(wait) to play.
8. While they _________________(play), it ___________________(start) to rain so they ________________(have) to stop playing.
Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Until a few years ago, no one .................................... (hear) of Harry Potter, the young wizard and hero of
The children’s book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s stone. The writer JK Rowling ....................................
(already / write) several stories and books, but this was the first book that was published. She
…………………………….(get) the idea for the story of a wizard at magic school while she .
.................................... (travel) on a train to London. By the time the train 5. .................................... (reach) King’s
Cross station, she…………………………………. (invent) most of the characters. When the book was published in 1997, no
one……………………………………….. (imagine) it would be such a tremendous
success, but it quickly . .................................... (become) a bestseller. While millions of young readers in
many countries .................................... (enjoy) her first Harry Potter book, J K Rowling ...................................
(think) of ideas for the next book in this incredibly popular series.
Complete the sentences. Use the negative and positive form of the underlined verbs in the Past Simple.
Yesterday ...
- I ………………….(drink) coffee but I ................................. tea.
- She……………………. (find) her purse but she .................................. her keys.
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The children……………………… (break) the window but they .................................... the door.
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He ………………………(have) a shower but he .................................. breakfast.
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My father………………………….. (make) a cake but he ................................. any pastries.
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We ……………………(speak) English and French but we ................................... German.
- - She……………………… (buy) her purse but she .................................. her keys.
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The children…………………………….. (fix) the window but they .................................... the door.
- - He…………………………. (cook) dinner but he .................................. breakfast.
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My father…………………….(eat) a cake but he ................................. any pastries.
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We ……………………(meet) English and French people but we ................................... German people.
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Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or Past Perfect of the verbs in brackets.
1.- My aunt _______________(fly) to Paris last year. She __________ (never / go) on a plane before that.
2.- We _________________(not need) to queue because my wife __________
(already / buy) the tickets
3.- The thieves ________________(spend) the money when the police
_________ (catch) them.
4.- Helen ________ (split up) with John before she ________________(meet) Paul.
5.- We ________ (know) her address because she _______ (tell) us.
6.- The children _________ (not eat) for days so they ___________
(be) extremely hungry.
7.- Everyone ___________ (hug) each other after they __________
(finish) their exams.
8.- She ________________ (not want) to go to the cinema because she ___________
(already / see) the film.
9.- I ________ (just / buy) a dress when a thief _______ (steal) my bag.
10.- My niece _________ (go) to London three times by the time she _________ (be) sixteen.
