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Grammar

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1   Complete the sentences. Use the past simple form of the verbs below.

                   do   win   catch   go   read   speak   get

1   Last month I an interesting book about Martin Luther King.

2   Janine   to New York for two weeks last year.

3   She to her mother on the phone every day.

4   We   three salmon in the river last weekend.

5   I some of my homework before breakfast this morning.

6   My cousin   a job at the new supermarket yesterday.

7   Our team   the school basketball competition last Saturday.

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2   Complete the sentences and questions with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets. Use the affirmative, negative or interrogative forms.

1     (you / write) an email to James last night?

2   I (buy) the English-English dictionary because it was very expensive.

3   (Stuart / see) Karen yesterday evening? She wanted to speak to him.

4   We (go) to the cinema last Friday, but the film was terrible!

5   Mum (cook) dinner last night. We went to a restaurant instead.

6   I don’t want lunch today because I (have) a big breakfast this morning.

7   (you / go) to the film club last Wednesday?

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3   Complete the text with the past simple form of the verbs below. Use the affirmative or negative forms.

                                     visit   be   do   have   give   go

Last Saturday 1 my birthday. I a party, but Anna and I to London for the weekend instead. We some museums and Anna some shopping. She me a new MP3 player for my birthday!

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