6 Complete the text with the past simple affirmative, negative or question forms of the verbs in brackets. Louis Pasteur 1822-1895
As a young man, Pasteur a studied
at the École Normale in Paris. Then at the age of just 32,
he b (become)
a professor at the University of Lille. In 1856, Pasteur c (receive)
a visit from a man called Bigo who d (own)
a factory that
e (make)
alcohol from sugar beet. He f (have)
a question for
Pasteur: why g (the alcohol / turn/ to acid?)
? When this
h (happen)
they i (not can)
use it and ] (throw)
it away. Bigo k (ask)
Pasteur to find out the reason for this.
At first, Pasteur ! (not know)
but when he m (examine)
the alcohol under a microscope, he n (find)
thousands of tiny micro-organisms. He o (believe).
that they
p (cause)
the problem. q (milk, wine and vinegar / behave /
in the same way?)
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Other scientists r (disagree)
with him, and newspapers
s (make)
fun of him. However, Pasteur t (continue)
with his work, he u (invent)
methods of testing his theory and v (prove)
that he was right. Later he w (work)
together with two
doctors and x (develop)
vaccines for diseases such as
We visited our grandmother last Sunday. — Мы навестили бабушку в воскресенье.
I talked to mу friend last night. — Я разговаривал с другом вчера вечером.
The children played a game two hours ago. -Дети играли два часа назад.
I phoned Mark yesterday. — Я звонил Марку вчера.
We travelled to Spain last summer. — Мы путешествовали в Испанию летом.
Sue helped mе with mу homework yesterday. — Сью мне с домашней работой вчера.
We painted our house five days ago. — Мы покрасили дом пять дней назад.
They watched a really good film yesterday. — Мы посмотрели действительно хороший фильм вчера.
1). It was the first time I ... a live match.
c. had ever seen
2). Since I...university, I haven’t had much spare time.
Выберите один ответ:
b. started
3). You spanked her. She didn’t deserve it.
c. shouldn’t have
4). You get the 8.45 train. It doesn’t stop at Yorkshire.
c. mustn’t
5). A: Did you enjoy the concert?
B: It was OK, but I ___ to the theatre.
d. would rather have gone
6). His illness got worse and worse. In the end he go into hospital for an operation.
Выберите один ответ:
a. had to
7). ‘Why were you so tired yesterday?’ ‘Because I... all morning.’
Выберите один ответ:
b. had been jogging
8). Don’t you think Ian ... just like his father?
Выберите один ответ:
a. looks
9). Two soldiers when the Dean came in.
c. were being questioned
10). Your order is guaranteed within 3 days.
Выберите один ответ:
a. to be delivered
11). If you don’t feel better you go to bed.
d. should
12). ... arrived when trouble started.
Выберите один ответ:
c. Hardly had I
13). I ... the whole of War and Peace by the time I was seven years old.
Выберите один ответ:
c. had read
14). When did you discover that the child ?
Выберите один ответ:
c. had been kidnapped
15). We leave now or we’ll be late.
Выберите один ответ:
c. must
16). When are you going to finish this test? I ... it already.
Выберите один ответ:
d. have finished
17). Our tent in the night by the wind.
Выберите один ответ:
a. was blown
18). Unfortunately, the flight .
d. has just been delayed
19). I don’t know when the goods I’ve ordered to my place.
Выберите один ответ:
a. will be delivered
20). Some antique vases in the old mansion.
Выберите один ответ:
a. were found
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