Practice
Questions in the past
Questions in the past
Write questions for these answers, using the past simple.
Example:a. What did your sister do last Saturday?
b. She went to the beach
1. ?
- Paul got up at 5:30 yesterday
2. ?
- I saw him last summer
3. ?
- There were three cats in the garden
4. ?
- The children wanted an ice-cream
5. ?
- He broke his leg in a ski accident
6. ?
- Lucas took the underground because he was late
Read and change to the past
Read and change to the past
Read the text about what Paco's father, Antonio, does every day
Every morning Antonio gets up at seven o'clock. First he makes some coffee and takes it to his wife in bed, then he gets dressed and has breakfast. He goes to work by bus. He has lunch in a restaurant near his office, works all afternoon and catches the bus home. He has a shower before dinner, and after dinner he falls asleep in front of the television. At about half past ten he takes the dog for a short walk, goes back home, gets into bed, writes his diary, switches off the light and goes to sleep.
Now change the passage into the past simple
Yesterday Antonio got up at ...
Revise: past tenses
Revise: past tenses
1. She (lose) her purse while she (have) lunch in a restaurant.
2. We (not go) to
3. When I (finish) the letter I (put) it in an envelope and (send) it to Mark.
4. As he (type) his project the computer (stop) working; he (have) to write it by hand.
5. She (take) a picture of me when I (not look)