Write questions. A friend has just come back from Italy and you are asking him about it.

Models: What place / go? What place did you go to?

The weather / fine? Was the weather fine?

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 any friends there? - …

Put the verb into the correct form. All the sentences are past.

Model: I didn't go (not / go) to the park yesterday because the weather w asn't (not / be) very good.

1. I (not / have breakfast) this morning because I (not / have) time.

2. We (not / buy) anything because we (not / have) any money.

3. I (not / sleep) because I (not / feel) sleepy.

4. She (not / be) interested in the book because she (not / understand) it.

Complete the sentence with used to.

Model: He doesn't play the piano any more but he used to play every day.

1. She doesn't eat sweets now but she … them every day.

2. Miranda … my colleague but we don't work together any longer.

3. We live in Sussex now but we … in Scotland.

4. Now there is one cinema in our town but there … five.

5. When they were young they … our garden but they don't like it now.

6. Melly walks everywhere now. She … a horse.

6. Write some sentences about Denis who started following his friend Henry's life-style. Denis stopped doing some things and started doing other things:

	was in time for work.		was always late everywhere.
Denis	didn't keep late hours.	Henry	read only thrillers.
	worked in his garden.		traveled a lot.

Make sentences like these:

Examples: Denis used to be in time for work. - He never used to read thrillers or: He didn 't use to read thrillers.

1. …

2. …

3. …

Translate into English using the Past Indefinite Tense.

1. Мы начали этот опыт на прошлой неделе. 2. Они вернулись домой в 7 часов вечера. 3. Мы решили послать это письмо вчера. 4. Кому вы отдали эти журналы? 5. Вчера я встретил Стива в библиотеке. 6. Когда вы его видели в последний раз? – В прошлый вторник. 7. В прошлом году мы не изучали французский. Мы изучали английский. 8. В котором часу вы начали работать вчера? – После обеда. У нас было мало работы. 9. Погода была хорошая, и мы с друзьями пошли в парк. 10. Где вы были час тому назад? 11. Я встретил ее позавчера, и она рассказала мне об этом.

8. Translate into English using used to and would + Infinitive.

1. Теперь она избегает ходить туда так же часто, как раньше. 2. Он, бывало, появлялся в доме своей матери неожиданно и также неожиданно исчезал. 3. Она, бывало, часами сидела у открытого окна, глядя на лес за холмом. 4. Иногда она жаловалась на свою трудную жизнь, и ей становилось легче. 5. Я лично думаю, что теперь вы говорите по-английски лучше, чем раньше. 6. Теперь он совсем не курит, так как у него плохое здоровье, а ведь раньше он курил сигарету за сигаретой. 7. Он начал изучать французский, а в детстве он занимался английским с частным преподавателем. 8. Когда-то он был весьма состоятельным человеком.

Keys

1. 1. she woke up early; 2. she walked in the garden; 3. she had a sandwich for lunch; 4. she went out; 5. she slept very well.

2. 1. taught; 2. fell, hurt; 3. sold; 4. spent, bought, cost; 5. threw, caught.

3. 1. How long did you stay there? 2. Did you stay at a hotel? 3. Did you go alone? 4. How did you travel? 5. Was the food good? 6. What did you do in the evenings? 7. Did you make any friends there?

4. 1. didn't have breakfast, didn't have; 2. didn't buy, didn't have; 3. didn't sleep, didn't feel; 4. wasn't, didn't understand.

5. 1. used to eat; 2. used to be; 3. used to live; 4. used to be; 5. used to like;
6. used to ride.

7. 1. We started this experiment last week. 2. They came back home at 7 o'clock in the evening. 3. We decided to send this letter yesterday. 4. Who(m) did you give these magazines to? 5. Yesterday I met Steve in the library. 6. When did you see him last? - Last Tuesday. 7. We didn't study French last year. We studied English. 8. When tdid you begin to work yesterday? - After dinner. We had little work. 9. The weather was igood, and we and our friends went to the park. 10. Where were you an hour ago? 11. I met her the day before yesterday, and she told me about this.

8. 1. Now she avoids to go there as often as she used to. 2. He would suddenly appear at his mother's and as suddenly disappear. 3. She would spend hours at the open window, looking at the forest behind the hill. 4. She would complain of her bad life and feel better / relieved. 5. Personally, I think you speak English better than you used to. 6. Now he doesn't smoke at all, because his health is bad, but he used to be a chain-smoker. 7. He began to study French, and in his childhood he would / used to study English with a tutor. 8. He used to be quite a well-off man.