PAST SIMPLE

 

1.    Fill in each blank with the Simple Past form of the verTop of Formb.

I________ (get up) around seven o'clock,   _________ (have) a shower and (make)

Myself a cup of tea and some toast. After breakfast, I _________ (put on) my clothes for

Work.  It _____________ (not take) long as I ____________ (iron) them on Sunday night.

I then _______________ (get ready) to leave the house. I ______________ (pick up) my

Lunch box containing some sandwiches I _______________ (make) the night before.

As I _________________ (open) the front door the phone _____________ (ring). It

___________ (be) my sister.  We _______________ (arrange) to meet that evening for

Dinner but she _____________ (call) to say she _________________ (cannot make) it 

Because her car ___________ (break down) and she _____________ (need take) it to  the garage.

 

Travel Anecdote: putting the story in order

•   This happened about five years ago.
• I was coming back home from Turkey
•   where I’d been on holiday with some friend
•   Who had rented a bungalow in the mountains near Ankara.
•   Anyway, we were on the plane and had just taken off
•   when there was a loud bang from the right hand side of the plane
•  And I could see a lot of smoke coming from one of the engines.*
•  Of course, everyone started looking around but the plane carried on flying normally. *
•   And then a few minutes later the pilot came o
• and said there was a problem with one of the engine
•  And we’d have to return to the airport.
•   I felt pretty nervous, I can tell you, but I tried to concentrate on my book *
• And about ten minutes later we landed without any problems.
•   We had to wait for about an hour, and then we got back on the plane.
•   Actually it was a different plane, and I was pretty relieved that it was.

 verb tenses gap-fill

This (1) ________________ (happen) about five years ago. I (2) ________________ (come) back home from Turkey where I (3) ________________ (be) on holiday with some friends who (4)   ________________ (rent) a bungalow in the mountains near Ankara.

Anyway, we were on the plane and (5) ________________ (just / take off) when there (6) ________________ (be) a loud bang from the right hand side of the plane and I could see a lot of smoke coming from one of the engines.

Of course, everyone (7) ________________ (start) looking around but the plane

(8) ________________ (carry on) flying normally.

And then a few minutes later the pilot (9) ________________ (come on) and said there was a problem with one of the engines and we’d have to return to the airport.

I felt pretty nervous, I can tell you, but I (10) ________________ (try) to concentrate on my book and about ten minutes later we (11) ________________ (land) without any problems.

We had to wait for about an hour, and then we (12) ________________ (get) back on the plane. Actually it was a different plane, and I was pretty relieved that it was.