7C GRAMMAR simple past: irregular verbs

Complete the story with the simple past form of the verbs in parentheses. 'It ______ (be) August, and the Edinburgh Music and Arts Festival was going on.'

• It was August, and the Edinburgh Music and Arts Festival was going on.

• It is August, and the Edinburgh Music and Arts Festival was going on.

• It will be August, and the Edinburgh Music and Arts Festival was going on.

• It has been August, and the Edinburgh Music and Arts Festival was going on.

Complete the story with the simple past form of the verbs in parentheses. 'The musicians ______ (be) from Poland, Italy, and the Netherlands.'

• The musicians were from Poland, Italy, and the Netherlands.

• The musicians was from Poland, Italy, and the Netherlands.

• The musicians is from Poland, Italy, and the Netherlands.

• The musicians are from Poland, Italy, and the Netherlands.

Complete the story with the simple past form of the verbs in parentheses. 'One afternoon, they ______ (tell) me about a Latin music club.'

• told

• tell

• telling

• tells

Complete the story with the simple past form of the verbs in parentheses. 'My friends and I ______ (say) that we wanted to go with them.'

• said

• sayed

• says

• saying

Complete the story with the simple past form of the verbs in parentheses. 'We ______ (meet) them at the club that evening at 9:00 pm.'

• met

• meet

• meets

• meeting

Complete the story with the simple past form of the verbs in parentheses. 'It ______ (have) a really friendly atmosphere, and the music ______ (be) fantastic.'

• It had a really friendly atmosphere, and the music was fantastic.

• It has a really friendly atmosphere, and the music is fantastic.

• It will have a really friendly atmosphere, and the music will be fantastic.

• It having a really friendly atmosphere, and the music being fantastic.

Complete the story with the simple past form of the verbs in parentheses. 'Our new friends ______ (speak) English very well and we ______ (spend) the evening dancing and talking.'

• spoke, spent

• speak, spend

• spoken, spending

• speaks, spends

Complete the story with the simple past form of the verbs in parentheses. 'When we ______ (leave) the club, we ______ (find) that we ______ (not have) the money for a taxi home.'

• When we left (leave) the club, we found (find) that we did not have (not have) the money for a taxi home.

• When we leave (leave) the club, we find (find) that we do not have (not have) the money for a taxi home.

• When we leaving (leave) the club, we finding (find) that we not having (not have) the money for a taxi home.

• When we will leave (leave) the club, we will find (find) that we will not have (not have) the money for a taxi home.

Complete the story with the simple past form of the verbs in parentheses. 'It ______ (be) a warm night, so we walked home through the streets.'

• It was a warm night, so we walked home through the streets.

• It is a warm night, so we walked home through the streets.

• It were a warm night, so we walked home through the streets.

• It be a warm night, so we walked home through the streets.

Complete the story with the simple past form of the verbs in parentheses. 'The musicians ______ (see) the historic buildings and monuments for the first time, and they ______ (think) that they ______ (be) really beautiful.'

• The musicians saw the historic buildings and monuments for the first time, and they thought that they were really beautiful.

• The musicians see the historic buildings and monuments for the first time, and they think that they are really beautiful.

• The musicians will see the historic buildings and monuments for the first time, and they will think that they will be really beautiful.

• The musicians have seen the historic buildings and monuments for the first time, and they have thought that they have been really beautiful.