Exercise B Fill in the gaps with the simple past form of the verb in brackets. Sleeping Beauty Once upon a time a king and a queen (1). castie. They (2) (live) in a (want) children and one day their baby princess was bom. They (3) (be) very happy and they (4). (invite) al the fairies to the castie for a party. Unluckily, one wicked fairy (5). (not receive) an invitation, She (6) (be) very angry and put an evil spell on the princess. She said, "When you are sixteen, you will prick your finger and die!" But a good fairy (7) (change) the spell. She said, "The princess will sleep for 100 years." The king and queen (8). taking away all the needles. Peopie (9). (try) to protect the princess by (not use) neediles at all. But one day, on her sixteenth birthday​

I.GRAMMAR: 
Example: She a student. She’s a teacher.
 B isn’t 
1 We to France last summer.
 C went
2 I always toast for breakfast.
 B have 
3 your brother play the guitar?
A Does 
4 My mum doesn’t like to work.
 B driving 
5 They TV at the moment.
A ’re watching 
6 I to Rome.
 B ’ve never been 
7 What tomorrow afternoon?
 B are you going to do 
8 We to Rome and then we drove to Florence.
A flew 
9 She to school today because she’s ill.
A doesn’t go 
10 I at the moment because I’m on holiday.
A ’m not studying 
11 Have you ever Japanese food?
 B eaten 
12 They pizza. They had pasta.
A didn’t have 
13 Who your favourite actors?
 B are
14 How often to the cinema?
B do you go 
15 They early on Sundays.
 C don’t get up
16 This is interesting book. Have you read it?
 B an 
17 I often go shopping the weekend.
 C at
18 The children played in the garden.
 C happily
19 These shoes aren’t . Look! They’re too small.
C mine
20 there any biscuits?
A Are 
21 She hardly travels abroad.
 B ever 
22 Paul left work an hour .
 C ago
23 How chocolate do you eat?
 B much 
24 This is film I’ve ever seen.
A the best 
25 I’m younger my sister.
B than 

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