Complete the text with the correct form of these verbs. A was
2 They at the cinema last night. They saw
the new Bond film.
A were B was
3 I in France for the weekend.
A were B was
4 She at school yesterday because she
was sick.
A weren’t B wasn’t
5 Where you on Saturday?
A were B was
6 When his exam?
A were B was
2 Complete the sentences with could/couldn’t and
the verbs given.
1 When I was six I Italian, but I can now. (speak)
2 My grandmother emails when she was young because there wasn’t the Internet! (send)
3 They lots of cheap souvenirs, including shortbread. (buy)
4 Freddie his tickets online, so we can do the same. (reserve)
5 We our passports, so we missed our flight. (find)
3 Put the words in order to make sentences. Put the verbs in the past simple affirmative.
1 visit / we / the monument / the town centre / in
2 they / climb / the hill / one / in / hour
3 all around / walk / I / the city / sightseeing
4 want / she / the temple / ancient / to see
B were
be • fly • visit • buy • go • travel • can • arrive take • try • eat
We (1) to Moscow for a long weekend last month. We (2) early on Friday morning and it (3) a wonderful trip. We (4) to the city and then (5)
by train and metro. The Moscow metro is very good and the stations are beautiful. We (6)
a bus trip around the city. We (7)
Square and the Kremlin. We (8)
food, which was delicious, and we (9)
some souvenirs. We (10) to speak a few words of Russian, but lots of Russians spoke English well, so we (11) communicate easily.