Complete the sentences using Past Simple. It was raining yesterday, so we _________________ (stay) at home. We _________________

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It (to happen) two years ago. Martha (my sister) and I (to decide)to make a trip to Canada. We (to pack) our suitcases rather quickly. Martha (not to be fond of) ironing very much that time so, she (to be) very surprised that I (to iron) all her clothes beforehand. When we arrived in Toronto we suddenly (to understand) that we (to leave) the address of our hotel on the table at home. Martha (to be) in panic of course I (to try) to pull myself together. We (to start) searching for our hotel. It (to turn) out that they have six hotels with the same name located in different parts of the city. We (to take) a taxi and (to go) around the city. As I (to know) the city well we (to find) our hotel soon. Surprisingly, the driver who (to give) us a drive round the city (to offer) me to work as a tour guide for those who (to come) from Paris. I (to agree), moreover, I (to have) an experience in Morocco. I (to be) in charge of different tours around the city and fortunately I never (to deal) with complaints. Our trip (to be) fascinating and we (to be) glad that we (to forget) our hotel’s address at home.

E. Supply the suitable form of past tenses.
1) It (to rain) heavily so, we (to decide) not to go hiking but to invite friends to our house and cook dinner together.2) I (to refer) to John when I told the meeting about our current problem. 3) No, I (to go) to Italy two years ago. 4) When I last went to Italy, a team of scientists (to examine) the falling tower of Pisa. 5) What you (to do) when I phoned yesterday? 6) By the time we got to the cinema the film (to start), so we missed the first five minutes. 7) I spent a week in Miami recently. I (not to be) there before.8) She told me she (to attend) a lot of meetings in Prague.

Example: What are you doing? - Im planting the bushes. I waht ... the road. - I want TO SEPARATE THE GARDEN FROM the road.
1) Will you join us on our cycling trip tomorrow? - Im afraid, I wont. I must_________________________ first.
2) Every summer, we __________________ in the mountains. We sleep in tents ahd make fires to cook breakfast and dinner.
3) Can you _______________ ? - Yes, I can. But I like basketball more.
4) The young tourists decided to__________________ and draw a map of it.
2. Complete the sentences.
Use: is are was were
1) Any news? - Yes, but the news __________ not very good today.
2) There ________ only 15,000 people in the town in 1995. Now, more than 100,000 people live there.
3) I liked the concert yesterday. The music _________ beautiful.
4) What _____ the children going to do? - I dont know. Lets wait and see.

1. He ran_to sea at the age of fourteen and never returned home. 2. She doesn't like your success;
that's why she's always running you_. 3. The electric battery won't work. It has run_. 4. Our
food will soon run_. 5. A small rabbit has been run_by a bus. Poor little thing! 6. I'm afraid
we have run_of petrol.
(2)Complete the sentences using the ideas in brackets.
I. Ask the teacher when (вы будете писать тест) 2. If they (отошлют письмо завтра), you'll
get it at the end of the week. 3. (Если ты будешь бормотать стихотворение себе под нос), nobody
will hear you. 4. (Если он пообещает прийти вовремя), he will come. 5. Ask him (когда он
придёт). 6. It will be a gloomy day tomorrow, (если погода не изменится).
(3) Fill in the articles where necessary.
1. Brazil exports a lot of_coffee. 2. Gold is_metal. 3. Jane always has_light breakfast in
the morning. 4._lunch that was served yesterday was really very good. 5. Shall we go for_walk
after_supper? 6. Would you like _ ice-cream? 7. Pas me_sugar, please. 8. Has she ever eaten_
brunch? 9. Do you like_fish and chips?
(4)Open the brackets to make the story complete.
The Lion And The Stoat1
Far away in a small country, there lived two artists - a stoat and a lion. They (be)1 both good
painters, but each of them (think)2 that he (can)3 (paint)4 better. One day the lion (say)5 to the stoat, I
(paint)6 pictures for ten years next month. (Kleet)7 me in the market square in a month at 110011. Each of
us (bring)8 a painting and the public (be)9 the judge." The stoat (agree)10.
On the day of the contest the whole town (come)" to the market place. The two paintings
(hang)12 on a wall, each (cover)13 by a curtain. "I (show)14 my painting first," (cry)15 the lion, and he
(draw)16 back the curtain. The crowd (begin)17 (clap)18 . Suddenly some birds (fly)19 down to the
painting and (try)20 to peck 'at the grapes in the picture.
"I (win)21," (roar)22 the lion. "My painting (look)23 so real that it (fool)24 the birds! And what
(be)25 behind that curtain of yours?"
The stoat (smile)26. "There (be)27 no curtain. It's my painting of a velvet curtain. The grapes in
your picture (fool)28 the birds and my picture (fool)29 you."

(wrote/had written) their Constitution 200 years before and it (worked/was working) still. 2. I was not sure that in the USA the judges (worked/had worked) in the Supreme Court as long as they (lived/were living). 3. When my brother (came/was coming), I just (finished/had finished) reading the documents. 4. William (signed/had signed) all the papers by 6 o'clock, 5. The Conference (began/had begun) before James (arrived/had arrived).