The Past Indefinite Tense.

% The weather was not good when we were on holiday.

1. We did not like that house. It ___ very old and it ___ large enough.
2. Helen got married when she ____ 21 years old.
3. I called you yesterday evening but you ___ at home. Where ___ you?
4. My son ___ at work last week because he ___ ill. He is better now.
5. The shops ___ open yesterday because it ___ a public holiday.
6. “___ you at home at 9.30?” No, I ___. I___ at work.
7. The hotel ____ too expensive.
8. Where ___ you at 10 a.m. yesterday?

№ 2. Put in am/is/are/was/were. Some of the sentences are present and some are past:

%Last year their sonwas 26, so he is 27 now.

1. Today the weather __ nice, but yesterday it __ cold.
2. I ___ cold. Can I have something hot to drink?
3. I ___ (be) hungry last night, so I (have) something to eat.
4. Where ___ you at 10 o’clock last Sunday morning?
5. Do not buy those shoes. They ___ too expensive.
6. Why ___ you so tired yesterday?
7. We must go now. It ___ very late.
8. This time last year I ___ in England.
9. We ___ tired when we arrived home, so we went to bed.
10. Chekhov died in 1904. He ___ a famous Russian writer.
11. “Where __ the dogs?” “I do not know. They __in the garden 10 minutes ago”.

*№ 3. Translate into English:

1. Где они были вчера вечером? 2. Почему ты вчера опоздал? 3. Его вчера не было в институте. 4. Меня там не было. 5. Её не было дома в 8 часов.

№ 4. Read sentence about the present and then write a sentence about the past:

%Granny usually gets up at 6.30. Yesterday she got up at 6.30.

1. Granny usually wakes up early. Yesterday morning____.
2. Granny usually walks in the garden. Yesterday___.
3. Granny usually has a sandwich for lunch. Yesterday___.
4. Granny usually goes out in the evening. Yesterday evening____.
5. Granny usually sleeps very well. Yesterday_____.

№ 5. Put one of this verbs in each sentence:hurt, teach, spend, sell, throw, fall, catch, cost, buy.

% I was thirsty, so I bought apple juice in the shop.

1. My father ___ me how to drive when I was 17.
2. Jim ___down the stairs and ___ his leg.
3. We needed some money so we ___ our summer house.
4. They __ a lot of money yesterday. They __a dishwasher which __ 5 roubles.
5. The boy ___ the ball to the dog and the dog ___ it.

№ 6. Write questions.A friend has just come back from Italy and you are asking him about it:

% What place/go? What place did you go to?

1. how long/stay there?
2. stay in a hotel?
3. go alone?
4. how/travel?
5. the food/good?
6. what/do in the evenings?
7. make a friends there?

*№ 9. Translate into English using Past Indefinite Tense:

1. Кому вы отдали эти журналы? 2. Где вы были час тому назад? 3. Вчера я видел вас. 4. У нас было мало работы. 5. Мы решили отправить это письмо вчера.