2. GRAMMAR. 2.1 Change the verbs in brackets into the past tense. Some are regular and
some are irregular.
a
some
Yesterday (to be) 1).
busy day.
day. I
I (wake)
2)
up at 6am, (have) 3)
breakfast quickly and
then I (go) 4)
to work. I (finish) 4)
at noon
and then (eat) 5).
lunch. Afterwards I (drive)
6)
to the shops, (buy) 7).
some paint and then
(paint) 8)
my bedroom. My housemate (come)
9)
home from work so I (help) 10).
him paint
his room, then we (repair) 11).
his chair. After that I (clean)
12)
my house. I (vacuum) 13).
all the
downstairs and then (tidy) 14).
up the living room and the
kitchen. I was pretty tired by then so I (eat) 15)
some dinner and
(go) 16)
to bed!
1. Father told Jane to show him her exercise-book.
2. Kate asked what boys were doing there.
3. Tom's mother told him not to make noise.
4. Helen told Pete if he had played chess with his father the day before.
5. Kate asked her grandmother to help her to cook the soup.
6. Mike told the teacher that his sister knew two foreign languages.
7. The teacher asked children what they had prepared for that day.
8. Tom told his sister that he had seen her friend at the library the day before.
9. The teacher asked the pupils not to open their books.
10. Mother told me that I would go to the cinema the next day.
1. When Irina came to the fitting room, she saw her girlfriend trying on a smart dress.
2. Have you heard Oleg reading the text? He was reading it very well. Now it`s your turn to record your reading.
3. Don`t advice her to buy this blouse. It doesn`t fit her.
4. Let Lena buy potatoes, onions and tomatoes.
5. Do you want her to buy these expensive shoes? - Yes, I do. They are so nice!
6. Mother wants Nina to go to the bakery.
7. I have met my friend recently. She was going out of the Moscow Central Store.
8. Nina wasn`t asleep and she heard her sister entering the room. She felt that Anna was touching her hands.
9. Make the child put things to their places.
10. Nobody can make him follow your advice.