3. Make the sentences in Past Indefinite. 1. We like to cook but we don't like to wash the dishes. 2. She enjoys listening to music. 3. Steven's girlfriend promises to come and she phones him. 4. We go to the cinema together. 5. I have breakfast at 8 o'clock. 6. My sister is in the park. 7. We are in Moscow too. 8. One of my brothers makes a tour of Europe. 9.1 do my bed and go to the bathroom. 10. The parents come very late.
4. Put the sentence in interrogative and negative form.
1. She worked at the library last year. 2. He spent his winter vacation in Moscow. 3. She brought me three magazines yesterday. 4. My sister really had a wonderful time at her friends.5. My pupils asked me a lot of questions at the last lesson. 6. My mother bought a new suit last week. 7. My father left for St. Petersburg yesterday. 8. He got up at ten o'clock yesterday. 9. My uncle taught me to swim in my childhood. 10. They were at the concert yesterday.
5. Open the brackets in Past Indefinite.
1. She (to make) tea for her guests. 2. We (to know) everything about that event. 3. He (to think) much about this problem. 4. I (to be) wrong and (to apologize) to him. 5. He (not to realize) his mistakes. 6. When you (to speak) to him? - I (to speak) to him only yesterday. 7. She (not to get) letters from her son last month. 8. He (to go) to the airport to meet his brother. 9. What you (to do) yesterday evening? - Nothing in particular. We (to watch) TV and (to look) through newspapers. 10. He (to have) time to take a shower and to drink a cup of tea.
6. Rewrite the following text in the past tense.
On Monday we have five lessons. The first lesson is Russian. At this lesson we write a dictation and do some exercises. Nick goes to the blackboard. He answers well and gets a "five". Pete does not get a "five" because he does not know his lesson. After the second lesson I go to the canteen. I eat a sand¬wich and drink a cup of tea. I do not drink milk. After school I do not go home at once. I go to the library and change the book. Then I go home.
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Present perfect or past simple?
Conversations often begin in the present perfect (with a general question) and then change to the past simple to ask for or give specific details, e.g. when, what, where, who with, etc.
A Have you ever been to Mexico? B Yes, I have.
A When did you go there? B I went last year.
A Have you seen his new film? B Yes, I have.
A What did you think of it? B I loved it.
1 Use the past simple to talk about a finished period of time in the past.
2 Use the present perfect to talk about a period of time from the past until now. Compare the past simple and present perfect.
Jack was married for ten years. = Jack is not married now. He's divorced or dead.
Jack has been married for ten years. = Jack is married now.
7. Complete the dialogue with the present perfect or past simple.
A Oh no! I've seen this film before! (see)
B Really? When it? (see)!
A I to the cinema in March and it was on then. (go)
B Oh, never mind. I to the cinema in ages. The last film I was Mamma Mia! (not be, see)
A it? (enjoy)
B Of course! I it? (love)
2. She ( got) a bad mark at the exam because she (had not learnt) the material well enough.
3. I (had known) Sam for about two years when he (got) married.
4. I (had already known) Sam and Rachel when they (got) married.
5. We (gave) the children their presents and they (opened) the parcels at once.
6. We had (hardly exchanged) our New Year presents when the first guests (arrived).
7. When the first guests (arrived) we (had already given) the children their presents and they were opening the parcels. They were eager to see what was inside.
8. I walked in the park for about an hour the other day.
9. I saw a fight when I was walking in the park the other day.
10. I had walked in the park and was going home when I saw a fight.