INSTITUTO POLITCNICO NACIONAL

ESCUELA SUPERIOR DE TURISMO

CELEX - EST
Unit 7 & 8

Write sentences and questions using the simple past form of the verbs.

a)

last week / I / go / to the beach

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we / (not) see / Robert / yesterday
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they / fall / in the water ?
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Laura / lose / her cell phone
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when / buy / your car ?
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b)
c)
d)
e)

Complete with ago, in, or last.

a)

I went to Spain _________ year.

b)

Jack opened a store two years _________ .

c)

My friends moved to the US _________ 2002.

d)

Your letter arrived four days _________ .

e)

I always go to the beach _________ the summer.

Write the simple past form of the verbs.

a)

like

______________

e)

chat

______________

b)

call

______________

f)

drive

______________

c)

make

______________

g)

study

______________

d)

can

______________

h)

sit

______________

Write questions for the answers.

a)

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I went to Thailand on vacation.

b)

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I went in March.
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I went by plane.
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I stayed in a hotel.
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I stayed for ten days.
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Yes, I did go with my family.

c)
d)
e)
f)

Match the adjectives with the prepositions in the box.

about

about

in

of

with

a)

worried _________

b)

interested _________

c)

embarrassed _________

d)

frightened _________

e)

angry _________

Write the past simple for each verb and write and example in past.
Irregular Verbs
Present

Past

Go
Be
Break

went

Buy
Say
Read
Do
See
Eat
Get
Sleep
Speak
Take
Think
Write

Example
I went to the beach with my husband two days ago.

Change the sentences into affirmative, negative, or interrogative.

Affirmative

Situations in the past (Past Simple)

Negative

Question

I visited Orlando last summer.

I didnt spend all my money on
videogames.
Did she go to the movies last
Sunday?
Peter washed his car.
Did your brother study English
at school?
I didnt see a play yesterday.
She worked at the restaurant
after school.

Read the text. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?

a)

On Bondi beach Valerie went windsurfing. ___

b)

She watched beautiful people in Brazil. ___

c)

In Thailand, the water was green. ___

d)

There is a restaurant on Kalafatis beach. ___

e)

She didnt go shopping in France. ___

The top 5 beaches in the world by Valerie Crupp of Travel Today magazine
Last year I visited forty beaches to decide which were the top 5 beaches in the world. These were my
favorites:
1 Bondi beach, Sydney, Australia. I went surfing and drank a beer with friendly people.
2 Ipanema beach, Rio de Janiero, Brazil. I played soccer and watched beautiful people.
3 Maya beach, Phi Phi Le, Thailand. I took a boat to this beach, and went swimming in the beautiful
blue water.
4 Kalafatis beach, Mykonos, Greece. I went windsurfing and diving, and had lunch in a small beach
restaurant.
5 Promenade des Anglais, Nice, France. I went shopping and drank wine in a caf.

Write a short text about your last vacation.