Я. Писарев - English Tuning. Irregular Verbs. Неправильные глаголы. Сборник упражнений. Уровень А1 – В2

3. Past Simple

Use the verbs in Past Simple

1) Billy (to bring) home a dead mouse.

2) Hans (to be) a good boy.

3) Mr Luzhkov (to build) many houses.

4) The party (to begin) two days ago.

5) Russia (to beat) Canada in hockey.

6) Patrick (to choose) the green color for his hat.

7) Freddie (to become) famous long ago.

8) My husband (to break) two forks.

9) The police (to catch) the Beagle Boys.

10) His Dad (to buy) him a Bentley.

4. Past Simple

Use the verbs in Past Simple

1) The girl (to become) prettier when she washed off her make-up.

2) Your friends (to bring) you a gift.

3) At that moment my heart (to beat) faster.

4) The student (to break) his pen to avoid writing a test but the teacher (to give) him an extra one.

5) My son (to build) a lego garage.

6) I (to buy) you a sandwich.

7) We (to be) in Spain last year.

8) Scottie (to catch) his pass.

9) The movie (to begin) very early.

10) My parents (to choose) my future profession.

5. Past Simple

Use the verbs in Past Simple

1) Some strange people (to drive) buses in that city.

2) Problems (to come) very soon.

3) I (to do) nothing bad.

4) Electronics (to cost) much more in Soviet times.

5) Children (to draw) butterflies.

6) Tim (to drink) all my milk.

7) The paparazzi (to fall) off the tree.

8) You (to eat) two oranges at breakfast.

9) Monica (to feel) bad about her conversation with Angela.

10) The shop assistant (to cut) the price tag off my shirt.

6. Past Simple

Use the verbs in Past Simple

1) The students (to do) their homework.

2) Mr Trump (to come) to Mexico.

3) Her husband (to drive) her crazy.

4) This tie (to cost) 50 dollars but I (to buy) it for 55.

5) She (to feel) homesick when she (to come) to America.

6) Snow (to fall) from the roof.

7) The model (to cut) her dress before the show.

8) Charlie (to draw) his lottery ticket.

9) I (to drink) three glasses of water but (to be) still thirsty.

10) He (to eat) three hamburgers but (to be) still hungry.

7. Past Simple

Use the verbs in Past Simple

1) Tracey (to go) upstairs and (to fight) her husband.

2) We (to find) a new USB drive on the street.

3) Our pilots (to fly) away to Hong Kong.

4) Peter (to forget) his name and (to get) a new one.

5) The puppy (to grow) every day.

6) My window (to freeze) every winter.

7) We (to get) to the airport on time.

8) Ruslan (to give) me a good example to use in this book.

9) Jim’s parents (to forgive) him but (to make) him clean the house.

10) Winky (to fight) Pinky in every episode.

8. Past Simple

Use the verbs in Past Simple

1) My granny (to grow) beautiful roses in her garden.

2) Senior students (to fight) freshmen at the beginning of the school year.

3) Mauro (to give) the waiter 20 euros.

4) The mosquito (to find) a hole in the net and (to fly) into the room.

5) It (to get) cold outside and we (to go) inside the house.

6) The ball (to fly) out of the stadium.

7) Rick (to forget) to call his boss.

8) Ice cubes (to freeze) in the freezer.

9) My dog (to forgive) me.

10) The man (to go) to the moon but produced a lot of problems on our planet.

9. Past Simple

Use the verbs in Past Simple

1) In my childhood I (to know) Mendeleev’s table.

2) Eric (to hear) Gradsky’s voice.

3) Roger Rabbit (to hide) from the wolf.

4) These Italian guys (to make) great pastas.

5) The baby (to hit) Britney one more time.

6) We (to keep) on dancing.

7) You (to leave) me alone in the forest.

8) They (to let) Vitaly speak from his heart in English.

9) Federico always (to have) dinner at Burger King.

10) I (to lose) a card game to my girlfriend again.

10. Past Simple

Use the verbs in Past Simple

1) You (to have) just one chance out of ten to miss and you (to do).

2) The family (to leave) their bags at the railway station.

3) Janet (to keep) to a diet.

4) Patricia (to make) a sushi set and (to make) everybody try it.

5) Who (to know) this man two years ago?

6) Kate (to hear) the music and (to begin) dancing.

7) Kenny (to hide) the key in his guitar.

8) You (to lose) two pounds in two weeks.

9) The arrow (to hit) the target.

10) My mother never (to let) me drink tap water.

11. Past Simple

Use the verbs in Past Simple

1) The boys (to run) away from the security guard.

2) The president (to meet) the delegation at dinner.

3) Mohammad Ali (to rise) to fame in the 1960s.

4) Her cousin (to sell) my watch.

5) Tim (to pay) me to do this job.

6) Olya (to put) her flowers on the table to take a picture for Instagram.

7) I (to ride) a bike yesterday in the park.

8) Gagarin (to say) something in Russian and (to fly) to space.

9) We (to read) the story in Chinese but didn’t understand anything.

10) Maxim (to see) his daughter dancing.

12. Past Simple

Use the verbs in Past Simple

1) People (to rise) to the national anthem of Greece.

2) We (to see) Antonio in Rome last spring.

3) Sandra (to meet) Robert in Vienna.

4) Vasily (to read) one page and (to get) tired.

5) She (to ride) horses only in the mountains.

6) The elephant (to run) even faster than the panther.

7) The company (to pay) for my flight and hotel.

8) Rebecca (to put) on her best dress to impress him.

9) I just (to say) hello.

10) The theater (to sell) all tickets for Denis Matsuev’s concert.

13. Past Simple

Use the verbs in Past Simple

1) The boy (to show) his picture to his babysitter.

2) James Bond (to shake) his drink himself.

3) Somebody (to send) me roses the other day.

4) Chief engineer (to set) a deadline for that project.

5) Mr Insomnelli (to sleep) very little last night.

6) The moon (to shine) like never before.

7) Angela (to shut) her eyes and imagined her new life.

8) Natalia Conte (to sing) all her songs live at the concert.

9) Cowboy Joe (to shoot) well but his eyesight (to be) very poor.

10) My grandfather usually (to sit) in his rocking chair on the terrace.

14. Past Simple

Use the verbs in Past Simple

1) They (to sleep) in a different hotel every night.

2) The website (to send) me spam every day.

3) The museum keeper (to show) us Bulgakov’s letters.

4) You (to set) me free.

5) The bird (to shake) its head and (to fly) away.

6) Bill usually (to sit) in the corner of our office.

7) Alfred Hitchcock (to shoot) several movies for Paramount Pictures.

8) The girl (to shut) the box, and the music stopped.

9) We (to sing) much more songs when we (to be) younger.