Match the verbs on the left with their Russian equivalents. Find the Past Simple form of each verb:

 Match the verbs on the left with their Russian equivalents. Find the Past Simple form of each verb:

Break

Ate

Резать

Build

Cut

Покупать

Buy

Broke

Падать

Catch

Fell

Ломать

Choose

Bought

Вести (машину)/ Ехать (на машине)

Cut

Drove

Строить

Drink

Built

Есть

Drive

Caught

Выбирать

Eat

Chose

Ловить

Fall

Drank

Пить

 

Complete the sentences using the Past Simple forms of the verbs above:

1. Last year my family ___________ a new car but it has already broken down.

2. Look out! This knife is too sharp. I ________ my finger with it yesterday.

3. At the party my husband ______ too much food but he hardly ______ any liquid which is not typical of him.

4. I _______ to be a doctor when I was 10.

5. Lisa ______ down the stairs last week and ______ her arm. She can’t work for at least one month.

6. On the way home Richard _______ down some unknown road.

7. They _______ the house too fast so I’m afraid it isn’t good enough.

8. Jane _______ the last train to Paris.

 

Ask questions to the parts of the sentences that are in bold.

Make up a story of your own using all the verbs above. You can use both the infinitives and the Past Simple forms.

Match the verbs on the left with their Russian equivalents. Find the Past Simple form of each verb:

Feel

Grew (up)

Слышать

Find

Left

Оставлять, покидать

Forget

Felt

Находить

Forgive

Held

Знать

Grow (up)

Knew

Чувствовать

Hear

Found

Держать (удерживать)

Hold

Kept

Простить

Keep

Heard

Забыть

Know

Forgave

Хранить (сохранять)

Leave

Forgot

Расти (вырасти)  

 

Complete the sentences using the Past Simple forms of the verbs above:

1. Just imagine that! Josh ___________ to call me while I was waiting for it all day long!

2. I _______ you were married because you wore (носил) a wedding ring.

3. Your son ___________ so quickly. I still remember him as a boy.

4. I __________ the keys exactly where I’d left them: on the table.

5. My friend ________ her umbrella at home so we got completely wet (промокли).

6. I hope my granddad _________ me for all the rude (грубые) words I told him.

7. _____ you ______ the noise outside at night?

8. I fell down the stairs and _______ an extreme pain in my leg.

9. He ______ my bag when I was away for a couple of minutes.

10. She ______ the girl safe until the ambulance arrived.