"The Past Simple"

One day Nick … to Dick’s birthday party.
Nick…

many friends at the party
Jane … the guitar.
Bob … with Sally.
Tom … oranges and bananas.
Liz … on the sofa and … with Dick’s cat.
John … to music.
Mary … a comedy on TV.

sat
played
danced
went
saw
watched
ate
listened
played

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Fill in the gaps

THE

CORRECT VARIANT

She didn’t…. to the cinema.
They …. their friends.
What did you…. on Sunday?
They … chess after dinner
What did Jane… for breakfast?

go
went
see
saw
eat
ate
play
played
drink
drank

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at the Zoo?
My mum drinks milk yesterday.
No, Liz didn’t went

to the park.
Did she was at school?
Where they were?
They not play with the cat.
Whom did you saw in the street?

No, he didn’t sleep at night
What did she see at the Zoo?
My mum drank milk yesterday
No, Liz didn’t go to the park.

Was she at school?
Where were they?
They didn’t play with the cat
Whom did you see in the street?

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yesterday?
Whom did you meet there?
Did she call you?
Where did you

go on Sunday?
Where were you?
What did they do there?

To the skating-rink
No, she didn’t
Yes, I did
In the cinema
A lot of new friends
Read a fairy tale

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Sunday?
Yesterday, Nancy, was, where?
Your, you, when, see, did,

friends?
She, drink, morning, did, tea, yesterday?
They, when, were, the, at, party?

What did you eat last Sunday?
Where was Nancy yesterday?
When did you see your friends?
Did she drink tea yesterday morning?
When were they at the party?

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ABOUT THE CHILDREN

Last Sunday Bob got up at 10 and went to the park. He saw his friend Jane there. It was warm and sunny. Jane bought ice-cream and ate it. In the evening Bob and his mum drank tea with a big cake in the living room. At home Jane listened to her favourite music and watched an interesting film on TV.

WH E N ?
W H O M ?
W H A T ?
W H E RE ?
W H O ?

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GIVEN ONE?
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Mary didn’t do her

homework because she went to her friend’s birthday party.
Mary was at her birthday party and didn’t do her homework.
Mary did her homework because she went to her friend’s birthday party.
Mary had no time to do her homework because she was at her friend’s birthday party.
Mary didn’t go to the birthday party because she did her homework.

SPENT LAST SUMMER

What is the girl’s name?
Where does she live?
What did she do last summer?
Make up a short story about her using the words:
swim, go, play, buy, eat, drink, visit, see, walk, dance, draw, listen, help etc

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