Unit 6

Grammar Practice

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1

Write the past simple form of the irregular

verbs.
Base form

Past simple

1 say

said

2 leave
3 go
4 become
5 win
6 beat
7 think
8 have

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2

Complete the sentences. Use the correct past

simple form of the verbs.
1 Brazil won (win) the World Cup in 2002.
2 Brazil ............... (beat) Germany in the Word

Cup ®nal in 2002.

3 Jesse Owens ............... (have) problems in

the 1936 Olympic Games.

4 My father was a pilot then he ...............

(become) a teacher when he was 40.

5 We ............... (go) to the USA for our

holidays last summer.

6 They ............... (leave) the house at 6.00am

yesterday morning.

7 `I'm sorry, can you repeat that, please?

I didn't hear what you ............... (say).'

8 `I can't believe it! I ............... (think) you

were 18!'

9 You ............... (tell) me to come early.

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3

Complete the sentences. Use the correct past

simple form of the verbs.
1 I didn't want (not want) to study for the

History exam.

2 She ....................... (not listen) to the

teacher so she didn't know what to do.

3 My parents ....................... (not think) the

holiday was a good idea.

4 Our team ....................... (not win) the

basketball competition this year.

5 My best friend ....................... (not talk) to

me for a week last month.

6 You ....................... (not leave) your mobile

phone on the bus, did you?

7 We ....................... (not stay) in an expensive

hotel last year on holiday.

8 I ....................... (not go) out last night

because I had to look after my baby brother.

9 The children ....................... (not watch)

television yesterday.

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4

Circle the correct time expression.
1 My sister's birthday was last month /

last evening.

2 I went to bed at 10.00pm last night /

an hour ago.

3 Last April / Last morning they went to

London.

4 Yesterday evening / Ten years ago I was four

years old.

5 He did his homework yesterday morning /

last yesterday.

6 She met her boyfriend three years ago /

April ago.

7 They went to a party last weekend /

last afternoon.

8 We ate our lunch three hours ago /

last May ago.

9 You stayed at home last night / last evening.

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# Cambridge University Press 2004 Level 1 Unit 6

GRAMMAR

PRACTICE

LEVEL

1

UNIT

6