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Past Simple
Positive: I saw a movie yesterday. infinitive +
ed ili drugi stupac
Practise for the second written
exam Unit 3 and 4 Negative: I didnt see a movie yesterday.
didnt + infinitive

Question: Did I see a movie yesterday? did +

noun/ pronoun + infinitive
By: Ivana Plh Bosanac

A) Put the verbs in brackets into Past Simple Answers:

1. She _________ (see) your brother yesterday. 1. Saw
2. Didnt smoke
2. He _________ (not/ smoke) until last year.
3. Did they lose
3. _______ they ______ (lose) their car keys 4. Drank, didnt eat
yesterday?

4. We _______ (drink) all the wine but we

________ (not/ eat) the pasta.

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B) Put the verbs in brackets into Past

Past Continuous
Positive: I was sleeping. They were eating.
Was/ were + ing form
Negative: I was not/ wasnt sleeping.
Continuous
1. When I first saw him, he _____ (study).
2. While Tom _______ (decorate) the house we
________ ( make) breakfast.

Question: Was I sleeping? 3. They ______ (not/ do) their homework

when I arrived home.

4. _______ you ______ (wash) the dishes earlier Answers:

when I walked in?
1. Was studying
2. Was decorating, were making
5. Just as I ______ (wonder) what to do the
phone rang. 3. Werent doing
4. Were you washing
5. Was wondering

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PS or PC? C) Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple

or the Past Continuous
Past Simple - actions following each other
(jedna radnja za drugom)
1. Bruce _________ (sleep) when the doorbell
_________ (ring).
Past Continuous - WHILE, two actions happening
at the same time ( dvije usporedne radnje)
2. We ____________ (eat) dinner when Max
_____ (stop) by.
Past Simple and Past Continous - PC - longer
action (dua radnja u prolosti), PS - the action
that interrupted that (radnja koja je prekinula PC 3. While we __________ ( run) outside Ana
radnju) _________ ( sit) inside.

Answers:
4. Yesterday I __________ (go) into a library, 1. Was sleeping, rang
after that I ________ (have) a cup of coffee 2. were eating, stopped
and _____ (eat) some cake. 3. Were running, was sitting
4. Went, had, ate
5. Dan ______________ (not/ study) until 11 pm 5. Wasnt studying
last night.

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Past Perfect Past Perfect

Use: To talk about events that happened before
Positive: I had lived ... had + ed ili trei stupac some other events in the past (kada
govorimo o dogaajima u prolosti koji su se
Negative: I had not/ hadnt lived zbili prije nekih drugih dogaaja).

Question: Had I lived?

Example:
We took the train because the last bus had
already left.

D) Put the verbs in brackets into the Past

Simple or the Past Perfect
4. Tom _______ (decide) to break up with Lucy
1. She ___________ (not know) anything about because she ________________ (let) him
love until she ________ (meet) Henry. down many times.

2. We _______ (arrive) at the station late. The 5. In 1975 my parents ________________

bus ________________ (leave) ten minutes (move) into what ________________ (be) a
before.
garage before. This was their first home.

3. We ________________ (go) to France just

after the school ________ (end).

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Answers: E) Write down the synonyms of these words:

1. Hadnt known, met 1. Gaze __________________

2. Arrived, had left
3. Went, had ended 2. Holding tightly ___________
4. Decided, had let
5. Moved, had been 3. Final ___________________

4. Empty __________________

Answers: F) Make the sentences negative:

1. I think hes sorry for lying to me.

1. look
2. clutching 2. I ate the whole pie myself.
3. ultimate
4. deserted 3. She has already seen the Statue of Liberty.

4. My boyfriend likes reading, too.

( Synonyms on page 27) 5. She was sleeping when I arrived.

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G) Complete the sentences with the negative

Answers: auxiliaries
1. I visit Europe every year, but my sister _____.
1. dont think or he isn't
2. didnt eat 2. I will be living here, but my friends _______
3. hasnt seen, yet
3. Tom said he was hungry, but he __________.
4. doesnt like reading, either
5. wasn't sleeping 4. We wanted to leave, but they _________.

5. He has attended the meeting already, ______?

H) Write antonyms of the words below by using

Answers: negative prefixes

1. Doesnt 1. Credible ________________

2. Wont
2. Probable _______________
3. Wasnt
4. Didnt 3. Legal __________________
5. Hasn't he
4. Honest _________________

5. Responsible ______________

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I) Write antonyms of the words below (do not

Answers: use negative prefixes)
1. Incredible 1. Appear _____________
2. Improbable
2. Safe _______________
3. Illegal
4. Dishonest 3. Improve ____________
5. Irresponsible
4. Guilty ______________

5. Mature ______________

Some possible answers:

1. Vanish

2. Dangerous

3. Get worse

4. Innocent

5. Childish