Footsteps 2 Grammar Practice Unit 4
PAST SIMPLE – IRREGULAR VERBS
1 Fill in the table.
INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE
be was, were lose
catch put
did ran
fall sleep
got thought
go understand
2 Fill in the gaps. Write the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.
0 Mary Shelley __wrote___ (write) the novel “Frankenstein”.
1 My mum _________________ (sing) in a choir when she ______________ (be) young.
2 Steven Spielberg ______________ (win) an Oscar.
3 Yesterday, I _____________ (be) home alone when I _____________ (hear) a strange noise.
I _______________ (think) it was a ghost.
4 My parents ___________________ (take) a lot of photos of me when I was a baby.
5 Last week, Tina ____________________ (see) a new horror film at the cinema.
6 They _______________ (be) ill last week and they ______________ (drink) a lot of hot tea.
7 There ________________ (be) a music quiz yesterday. I _________________ (know) all the
answers and I _________________ (get) two tickets for the concert of my favourite band.
8 My grandma ____________________ (teach) me how to make pancakes.
9 My great-grandfather _______________ (speak) three languages.
10 Henry ________________ (spend) three hours playing the cello last weekend.
11 Harry Potter ________________ (have) a lot of friends.
12 It _________________ (be) my birthday yesterday and my parents ______________ (buy) me
new headphones.
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PAST SIMPLE – NEGATIVE FORM
3 Change the following affirmative sentences into negative sentences.
0 Mary liked horror films.
____Mary didn’t like horror films.____
1 Jackie had pizza for dinner.
___________________________________________________________________________.
2 My sister studied chemistry.
___________________________________________________________________________.
3 My favourite team scored a goal.
___________________________________________________________________________.
4 Ludwig van Beethoven lived in the 18th century.
___________________________________________________in the 17th century.
5 I travelled to Split last summer.
___________________________________________________________________________.
6 My mum sent an e-mail in the morning.
___________________________________________________________________________.
7 I read a lot as a child.
___________________________________________________________________________.
8 They could go to the cinema last Saturday.
___________________________________________________________________________.
9 My sister was late for school because she woke up late in the morning.
__________________________________________________________________________.
10 I met my favourite actress last summer.
__________________________________________________________________________.
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PAST SIMPLE – AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE FORM
4 Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the past simple tense.
Robin Hood is one of the most famous British heroes. Nobody knows if
he ______________ (be) a real person. According to the legend, he
________________ (be) an outlaw, and he _________________ (live) in
Sherwood Forest with a group of criminals known as “Merry Men”.
Robin Hood always ______________ (carry) a bow and arrow. He
_____________ (become) a popular hero, because he ______________
(help) poor people. In fact, he _______________ (take) money from
rich people and _______________ (give) it to the poor.
The Sheriff of Nottingham ______________ (be) Robin Hood’s enemy and he ________________
(try) to catch him, but he _______________ (fail) to do so.
My grandma Alice _________________ (be) an extraordinary woman. She _________________
(have) a lot of younger siblings. Her parents _________________ (be) strict and they
_________________ (work) a lot, so she _________________ (help) around the house and she
_________________ (not have) a lot of free time. She _________________ (take) care of her sibling
when her parents _________________ (be) at work, too. Still, she always _________________ (find)
time to keep a diary. She _________________ (enjoy) writing down her memories and feelings. It
_________________ (make) her feel relaxed and happy. She _________________ (want) to be a
writer, but _________________ (cannot) follow her dream because her family _________________
(not have) a lot of money, so she _________________ (start) to work at the age of 16. She
_________________ (meet) my great-grandpa Jack in the library and she soon _________________
(marry) him. They _________________ (have) three children and they _________________ (read) to
their children before bed. That’s why my mum is an enthusiastic reader. My grandma
_________________ (like) music, too. She _________________ (not play) any musical instruments,
but she _________________ (sing) in a choir. She _________________ (not like) dancing. She
_________________ (say) that she _________________ (cannot) dance, but I _________________
(see) her dancing at some of our family parties, and I think she _________________ (be) a great
dancer. Unfortunately, she _________________ (die) last year.
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PAST SIMPLE – INTERROGATIVE FORM
5 Make Yes/No questions. Then write short answers.
0 I visited my best friend yesterday.
Did you visit your best friend yesterday? Yes, I did.
1 Mary chose the blue dress.
__________________________________________________________? Yes, ____________.
2 Our grandma baked a chocolate cake.
___________________________________________ a strawberry cake? No, ____________.
3 Nikola Tesla worked on electrical energy.
__________________________________________________________? Yes, ____________.
4 The baby boy hugged his father.
_________________________________________________his mother? No, ____________.
5 The students did their homework.
_________________________________________________________? Yes, ____________.
6 Zoe and I hurried home after school.
__________________________________________________________? Yes, ____________.
7 Jack and Lucy left the party early.
______________________________________________________ late? No, _____________.
8 I ran a marathon last week.
__________________________________________________________? Yes, ____________.
6 Order the words to make questions.
0 Andrija Mohorovičić / study / what / did
What did Andrija Mohorovičić study?
1 did / to / you / why / go / the shopping centre
__________________________________________________________________________?
2 where / your / birthday / you / celebrate / did
__________________________________________________________________________?
3 receive / Lavoslav Ružička / the Nobel Prize / when / did
__________________________________________________________________________?
4 how / end / the story / did
__________________________________________________________________________?
5 he / where / from / was
__________________________________________________________________________?
6 film / did / what / of / watch / kind / you
__________________________________________________________________________?
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7 Make questions for these answers. Use the wh-question words from the box.
What - When - Where - Why - Who
0 I went to the cinema last night.
When did you go to the cinema?
1 I read a biography of Charles Dickens.
__________________________________________________________________________?
2 Celine Dion lived in Canada.
__________________________________________________________________________?
3 We went to an art exhibition last Sunday.
__________________________________________________________________________?
4 I woke up early because I went on a trip to Chicago.
__________________________________________________________________________?
5 Mary and I were born in 2008.
__________________________________________________________________________?
6 James Bond was a famous film character.
__________________________________________________________________________?
8 Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the past simple tense.
J. K. Rowling is a British novelist. She was (be) born on 31 July 1965 in Yate, England. She
_________________ (move) to Portugal in 1990 and _________________ (teach) English. Rowling
_________________ (marry) a Portuguese journalist and _________________ (give) birth to their
daughter. The couple _________________ (not have) a happy marriage. After the divorce, Rowling
_________________ (return) to the UK. Life _________________ (not be) easy for her and her
daughter. She _________________ (become) famous in 1997 when her book Harry Potter and the
Philosopher’s Stone _________________ (be) published. She _________________ (get) the idea of
Harry Potter while sitting on a train and travelling from Manchester to London King’s Cross. When
_________________ (she /begin) writing the book? She _________________ (begin) writing the first
book when she _________________ (live) in Portugal, but she _________________ (continue) to write
it after she _________________ (return) to the UK. She _________________ (send) the Harry Potter
manuscript to many publishers. _________________ (they / like) the story?
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Well, twelve publishers ______________ (not like) her manuscript and they _________________
(reject) it, and she _________________ (feel) discouraged. Finally, one of them _________________
(like) the story and the book _________________ (be) soon published. She _________________
(write) six more books about Harry Potter. They are very popular worldwide.
Lisa: Hey, Anna! How _________________ (be) your weekend?
Anna: Hey, Lisa! It _________________ (not be) that good. I _________________ (want) to go to the
concert by Shawn Mendes. My best friend _________________ (buy) us the tickets, but in the end I
_________________ (cannot) go, because I _________________ (be) ill. I _________________
(spend) my weekend in bed.
Lisa: Oh, I’m sorry you _________________ (miss) the concert, but I’m glad that you’re better now.
_________________ (your friend / go) to the concert alone?
Anna: No, she _________________. She _________________ (not want) to go alone, but her sister
_________________ (decide) to keep her company and they _________________ (have) a fantastic
time. She _________________ (send) me a short video of the concert and a lot of photos. I hope he’ll
organise a new concert in our town soon. What _________________ (you/ do)?
Lisa: My cousin is an art lover and his mum _________________ (drive) him all the way to London so
that he _________________ (can) see an exhibition. He _________________ (ask) me if I would join
him. I _________________ (not want) to go at first, but I _________________ (change) my mind and
_________________ (decide) to join him.
Anna: What type of an exhibition _________________ (it / be)?
Lisa: It _________________ (be) an exhibition on world-class painters. We _________________ (see)
the works of the most famous artists, such as Picasso, van Gogh...
Anna: _________________ (you / explore) the museum on your own?
Lisa: No, we _________________. The museum __________________ (organise) guided tours. Our
guide __________________ (be) amazing. She __________________ (tell) us many interesting facts
about the painters’ lives and works. Even my cousin, who is crazy about art, __________________
(not know) some of them. For example, ___________________ (you / know) that Picasso…
