8ºA. Irregular Verbs

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PAST TENSE EXERCISES (8º GRADE)

I.- Complete the sentences in Past Tense.

1.- The students ... the exercises. (escribieron)
2.- I ..... the homework. (hice)
3.- My father ..... a new car. (compró)
4.- You .... a big sanwich. (comiste)
5.- My classmate .... the english book. (no trajo)
6.- The engineer.... that buiding. (no cosntruye)
7.- The boy ..... the glass. (no quebró)
8.- We .... to school yesterday. (no vinimos)


READING:

"Hello everybody! My name is Past Simple Boy because I am very nostalgic and I always talk about the past.This is an old picture of me. I was eighteen in this picture. It was thirteen years ago.
I studied at University at that time. I lived with my friends Paco and Javi in a big and old flat. We didn't study much and we enjoyed our life. Every weekend we went to the disco and met new girls. I remember I had a girlfriend called Margarita. I finished my studies in 1995. A year later I started to work as a Language teacher in a Secondary school. Life is not too bad, but those days were fantastic! "

II.-ACCORDING TO THE READING SAY TRUE OR FALSE

1) He is very sentimental _____
2) He studied at Málaga University _____
3) Paco and Javi were his flatmates _____
4) The flat was near the university _____
5) He had a girlfriend called Margarita _____
6) They used to go to the disco every day _____
7) They used to study a lot _____
8) He finished his studies in Granada in 1997 _____
9) He is a language teacher in a secondary school _____
10) He married his girlfriend Margarita _____

III.- PUT THE WORDS IN ORDER

1) arrive When you did ?

2) wait long for she How did me ?

3) phone night last Why you did me ?

4) meet days two ago Did you her ?

5) party? see the Who did you in

6) concert start When did the ?

IV.- Complete the reading with the correct verb in past tense

Last weekend Carmela_________(go) to the cinema to see "The Others". Carmela _________(not like)it because it _____________ (be) about ghosts and she is afraid of them. When she __________(go) home with her friend Lola, she ____________ (feel) very strange. There __________(be) a noise behind them, but they could not see anyone. It ____________(rain) a lot and there _______(not be) any taxis on the street, so they _________ (have) to go home walking. The noise __________ (be) still behind them and while they __________ (try) to see what or who it __________(be), the lights on the street ____________ (go) out and they _________ (cry) for five minutes. Do you know what happened next?