Урок 5: Past Simple Tense — простое прошедшее время

1. Read the texts:

NESSIE

One night Alan Cock­erell, a wait­er from a hotel near Loch Ness, walked home.

It was in 1988. Alan worked late and fin­ished work at two o’clock. He walked home alone. It was a clear night and there was a full moon. While he was on his way to his cot­tage, some­thing hap­pened. Some­thing appeared in the lake. It was large and black. Alan hur­ried to his cot­tage to take his cam­era. But when he returned to the lake there was noth­ing there. Alan was sure it was a Loch Ness mon­ster Nessie.

2. Answer the questions:

What was Alan Cockerell?
Where did he walk?
What appeared in the lake?

James DEAN

James Dean was a young film star. He loved motor rac­ing and he often took part in sports car races. On the 21st of August 1954 he bought a new Fer­rari 590 Spi­der. He paid $ 9000 for it. At half past one on Sat­ur­day the 29th of Sep­tem­ber 1955 he left Hol­ly­wood for Paso Rob­les. But he didn’t arrive at Paso Rob­les. At 2.26 Dean’s Fer­rari crashed into a lor­ry. The spidome­ter stopped at 100 mph (meter per hour). The crash broke Dean’s neck. At that moment a film star died and a leg­end was born.

3. Answer the questions:

What was James Dean?
What did he love?
What did he buy on the 21st of August 1954?
How much did he pay for it?
What hap­pened with James Dean?

Who Killed Ruth Less?

Ruth Less was a rich woman. On Wednes­day 9 June some­body mur­dered her. The mur­der hit her with a heavy base­ball bar. On the eighth of June there was a din­ner in the evening at Ruth Less’ house. The din­ner fin­ished at 12 o’clock. There were four peo­ple at the din­ner: Ruth Less, her hus­band Den­nis, her sis­ter Cindy Sweet and her busi­ness part­ner Ken Doe. At 5 past 12 Ken Doe left and he drove home. At 1 o’clock Ruth phoned Ken Doe. At 2 o’clock Den­nis Less woke up as he heard a crash down­stairs. He came down­stairs, went into the office and found Ruth dead on the floor. The French win­dows were open.

4. Answer the questions:

When was Ruth Less killed?
How many per­sons were at the dinner?
Who was her busi­ness partner?
Who found Ruth dead?

4. Retell the texts.

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The Past Sim­ple Tense:

Verb + ed

The II-nd form of irreg­u­lar verbs

I worked

I broke

5. Open the brack­ets using Past Simple:
6. Tom (to do) morn­ing exercises.
7. She (to work) at a factory.
8. He (to sleep) after dinner.
9. They (to work) part-time.
10. We (to drink) tea every day.
11. Alex (to be) a student.
12. Ann (to have) a car.
13. He (to be) a good friend.
14. We (to be) good friends.
15. It (to be) dif­fi­cult to remem­ber everything.
16. Open the brack­ets using Past Simple:
17. Ann (to have) a sister.
    2. Her sister’s name (to be) Amy.
    3. Amy (to be) a student.
    4. She (to get) up at sev­en o’clock.
    5. She (to go) to the insti­tute in the morning.
    6. Suzy (to be) fond of sports.
    7. She (to do) her morn­ing exer­cis­es every day.
    8. For break­fast she (to have) two eggs, a sand­wich and a cup of tea.
    9. After break­fast she (to go) to the institute.
    10. Some­times she (to take) a bus.
    11. It (to take) her an hour and a half to do her homework.
    12. She (to speak) Eng­lish well.
    13. Her friends usu­al­ly (to call) her at about 8 o’clock.
    14. Ann (to take) a show­er before going to bed.
    15. She (to go) to bed at 11 p. m.
18. Open the brack­ets using Past Simple:
19. My work­ing day (to begin) at 6 o’clock.
    2. I (to get) up, (to switch) on the TV and (to brush) my teeth.
    3. It (to take) me about twen­ty minutes.
    4. I (to have) break­fast at 7 o’clock.
    5. I (to leave) home at half past seven.
    6. I (to take) a bus to the institute.
    7. It usu­al­ly (to take) me about fif­teen min­utes to get there.
    8. Class­es (to begin) at 8.
    9. We usu­al­ly (to have) four class­es a day.
    10. I (to have) lunch at about 3 o’clock.

9. Use to be in Past Simple:
10. He … a student.
    2. My broth­er … not a shop-assis­tant, he … a scientist.
    3. … your sis­ter a nurse? — Yes, she … .
    4. … they at home? — No, they … not. They … at school.
    5. … you an teacher? — Yes, I.…
    6. … your friend a pho­tog­ra­ph­er? No, she … not a pho­tog­ra­ph­er, she … a student.
    7. … your cousins at school? — Yes, they … .
    8. … this her watch? — Yes, it … .
    9. Tony … an office-worker.
    10. We … late, sorry!
11. Make up your own sen­tences using verbs in Past Simple.