Put the verb in brackets in the correct Simple Past form (regular verbs).

My grandfather had a very exciting life. When he was young, he _____ (live) on a farm in the country. His parents _____ (raise) cattle, and he _____ (look) after the cows. When he was eighteen, he went to university, where he _____ (study) Philosophy. He also _____ (play) the trumpet in a jazz band. When the war started, he _____ (try) to join the Air Force, but h _____ (end) up in the Navy. In the Atlantic, a German torpedo _____ (rip) a hole in the side of his ship, and the ship sank. Only five men _____ (escape). They _____ (sail) in a lifeboat back to England. Then he met my grandmother, and they _____ (marry) after only three weeks.

Put the verb in the Past Simple tense (irregular verbs).

1) My little nephew _____ (wake) me up at 6 o'clock in the morning.

2) Our football team _____ (lose) its last match.

3) We _____ (spend) last summer holidays in the Crimea.

4) Is Sam in? Sorry, she _____ (leave) the office about 15 minutes ago.

5) My new gold watch _____ (cost) a fortune.

6) Her mother once _____ (see) Marilyn Monroe in Los Angeles.

7) Last year I _____ (go) to England on holiday. It _____ (be) fantastic.

8) His wife _____ (teach) English at school when they lived in Glasgow.

Change these present tense sentences into the Past Simple tense replacing words underlined by the words inside brackets.

1) The flight leaves Birmingham airport every morning at 9.45am. (yesterday)

2) John goes to see Mary at weekends. (last weekend)

3) We see them every week. (a month ago)

4) We love going on holiday to the beach in summer. (last summer)

5) He has three times a week. (last Tuesday)

Make the sentences negative.

1) I drank milk for breakfast yesterday.

2) She sold her house last week.

3) They swam in the river many times last summer.

4) Tom worked as a sales manager for a year.

5) It rained here last autumn.

6) She ate all my chocolates yesterday.

7) My friends were at the Picasso exhibition in Paris last month.

8) Her sister taught me how to drive two years ago.

Change these Past Simple affirmative sentences to questions.

1) They went to see the new film last night

2) The Town Hall sold all their official cars last week

3) The hypermarket was open every Sunday during December.

4) The computer worked perfectly this week.

5) I caught the bus to work today.

6) It was wet and cold again.

7) I had a lovely shower in the hotel this morning.

8) The world was a better place a hundred years ago.

Write questions for the following answers.

1) _____________________? He got up at 8.20 am.

2) _____________________? She bought a present.

3) _____________________? No, we were at the disco.

4) _____________________? They went to the cinema.

5) _____________________? Because it was very hot.

6) _____________________? They had lunch in a restaurant.

7) _____________________? I saw John in the park.

8) _____________________? Yes, because I was sick.

9) _____________________? No, they didn’t.

10) _____________________? Yes, we were.

Fill in the gaps (use the verbs in parentheses in past simple).

1) I _____ (work) in a bank ten years ago.

2) Where _____ (you/live) when you were young?

3) She _____ (not/study) French at university.

4) He _____ (travel) through the Middle East last year.

5) _____ (they/visit) the Louvre in Paris?

6) She _____ (not/watch) TV yesterday.

7) What _____ (you/eat) for lunch?

8) He _____ (try) to lift the box but he couldn't.

9) He _____ (not/think) that he was right.

10) _____ (she/swim) in the sea in Greece?

Unit 9 Modern Farm
	Vocabulary in Use Modern Farm Language Focus Future Simple Tense. Will/Be going to

Vocabulary In Use

Match the name of the farm and crops or animals raised there.

1) market garden 2) orchard 3) vineyard 4) stable 5) dairy farm 6) poultry farm 7) apiary 8) fish farm 9) plantation

a) grapes b) cows c) vegetables d) cotton, tobacco, sugar cane e) chickens, ducks, turkeys f) salmon, cod, carp g) fruits or nuts h) horses i) bees

There are many different types of farms. But they all may be grouped into three. Match farms and their descriptions.

Crop (arable) farms Livestock farms Mixed farms

... use land for growing crops (vegetables, fruit, cereals). ... have both livestock and crops. ... involve raising and caring for farm animals.

3. What do different farm animals produce? Complete the table.

Cattle	Farm birds	Sheep	Bees
beef	...	...	...

Beef, eggs, wax, poultry, hide, mutton, honey, milk, feather, veal, wool.