Control work Exercise 1

REGURAL VERBS
IRREGULAR VERBS

Exercise 6
Complete the sentences with some verbs from the box in the Past Simple. Make one of the verbs negative.
* marry * earn * die * stay * come * be * born * become *
have * help * work * study * speak * stop * like *
My grandparents (1) _____________ in Hungary in the 1920s. They (2) _____________ to England in 1946, after the war. My grandfather worked in a factory in Birmingham and he (3) _____________ English at night.
My grandmother (4) _____________ at home because she only (5) _____________ Hungarian and so she couldn’t get a job. Life was difficult because my grandfather (6) _____________ much money in the factory. My grandparents (7) _____________ three children, my mother and my two uncles. They (8) _____________ their parents as much as they could. My grandparents (9) _____________ work when they were sixty and they liked having a lot of free time together. Unfortunately, my grandfather (10) _____________ in 1994, but my grandmother is still alive.
Exercise 7
Write sentences about the past (yesterday/last week etc.).

1. 
   Jim always goes to work by car.
   Yesterday he went to work by car.
   
2. 
   Rachel often loses her keys.
   She __________________________________ last week.
   
3. 
   Kate meets her friends every evening.
   She __________________________________ yesterday evening.
   
4. 
   I usually buy two newspapers every day.
   Yesterday I __________________________________
   
5. 
   We usually go to the cinema on Sundays.
   Last Sunday we __________________________________
   
6. 
   I eat an orange every day.
   Yesterday I __________________________________
   
7. 
   Tom always has a shower in the morning.
   This morning he __________________________________
   
8. 
   Our friends come to see us every Friday.
   They __________________________________ last Friday.
   

Exercise 8
Make the sentences negative.

1. 
   I drove to work yesterday.
   I didn’t drive to work yesterday
   
2. 
   My sister made a cake for my last birthday.
   ___________________________________________________
   
3. 
   We listened to the radio yesterday evening.
   ___________________________________________________
   
4. 
   He went on holiday to Spain last summer.
   ___________________________________________________
   
5. 
   You ate a lot at lunch time.
   ___________________________________________________
   
6. 
   I wore my jeans at school.
   ___________________________________________________
   
7. 
   They called their parents last week.
   ___________________________________________________
   
8. 
   My friends wrote to me last month.
   ___________________________________________________
   
9. 
   You did all the shopping last Friday.
   ___________________________________________________
   
10. 
    I cooked dinner every day last week.
    ___________________________________________________
    
11. 
    He bought a new shirt.
    ___________________________________________________
    
12. 
    I took a photograph of my family.
    ___________________________________________________
    
13. 
    Angela sent an email to her friend.
    ___________________________________________________
    
14. 
    That book was very interesting.
    ___________________________________________________
    
15. 
    I lost €20 last night.
    ___________________________________________________
    

Exercise 9
Write B’s questions. Use:
* arrive * cost * go * go to bed late * happen * have a nice time * stay * win *

1. 
   A: We went to New York last month.
   B: Where ______________________________ ?
   A: With some friends.
   
2. 
   A: I was late this morning.
   B: What time ______________________________ ?
   A: Half past nine.
   
3. 
   A: I played tennis this afternoon.
   B: ______________________________ ?
   A: No, I lost.
   
4. 
   A: I had a nice holiday.
   B: Good. Where ______________________________ ?
   A: To the mountains.
   
5. 
   A: We came home by taxi.
   B: How much ______________________________ ?
   A: Ten pounds.
   
6. 
   A: I’m tired this morning.
   B: ______________________________ ?
   A: No, but I didn’t sleep very well.
   
7. 
   A: We went to the beach yesterday.
   B: ______________________________ ?
   A: Yes, it was great.
   
8. 
   A: The window is broken.
   B: How ______________________________ ?
   A: I don’t know.
   

Exercise 10
Put the verb in the correct form - positive, negative or question.

1. 
   We went to the cinema but the film wasn’t very good. We ____________________ it. (enjoy)
   
2. 
   Tim ____________________ some new clothes yesterday - two shirts, a jacket and a pullover. (buy)
   
3. 
   ‘____________________ yesterday?’ ‘No, it was a nice day (rain)
   
4. 
   The party wasn’t very good, so we ____________________ long. (stay)
   
5. 
   It was very warm in the room, so I ____________________ a window. (open)
   
6. 
   ‘Did you go to the bank this morning?’ ‘No, I ____________________ time.’ (have)
   
7. 
   ‘I cut my hand this morning.’ ‘How ____________________ that?’ (do)