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