Past simple

Exercise 1

Put the regular verbs in the correct category and translate them!

cry like stop wait stay fail travel hate visit move bake prefer

enjoy jump hurry agree marry explain carry offer care use try worry

- d only - ed only - ied double consonant + - edlived - élni cleaned - tisztítani studied - tanulni shopped - vásárolni

Exercise 2

Complete the story with the correct forms the verbs in brackets.

travel rob hurry start carry enter throw use can

A young man, aged 13, .............................. the Erste Bank in Esztergom yesterday night.

He ........................... his toy gun and ............................. by his father's black BMW.

He ........................... the money in his sister's school bag. The young man .....................

to his grandma's garden to hide the money there. When he .......................... the garden,

he …………………. see a policeman. The policeman ..................... to run after him. The young

man ....................... the bag with the money. - Suddenly, he could hear his telephone ringing.

"Peter, are you still asleep?"

"Oh, mum. I had a terrible dream!"

Exercise 3

Fill in the missing forms.

be .....................

begin .....................

................ broke

buy .............

come ................

............ cut

eat ...........

fall ..........

............ got

give ..........

.......... had

hear .............

hurt ..........

............. left

make .........

............. met

put ..........

ride .........

........... ran

............ send

sit ...........

.......... slept

stand ...........

take .........

wake ............

write .............

Exercise 4

1. I _______________ (buy) some food for lunch.

2. Who _______________ (meet) you at the airport?

3. We all _______________ (have) the same idea.

4. _______________ (do) you speak to Sophie?

5. I _______________ (see) the football match earlier.

6. He _______________ (give) us a lift into town.

7. She _______________ (read) three books in one week!

8. They _______________ (take) a taxi to the hotel.

Exercise 5

1. She _________________ (bring) some chocolate to the party.

2. I _________________ (hear) a new song on the radio.

3. I _________________ (read) three books last week.

4. They _________________ (speak) French to the waitress.

5. He _________________ (understand) it during the lesson, but now he doesn't

understand.

6. I _________________ (forget) to buy some milk.

7. She _________________ (have) a baby in June.

8. You _________________ (lose) your keys last week.

9. They _________________ (swim) 500m.

10. I _________________ (give) my mother a CD for Christmas.

11. At the age of 23, she _________________ (become) a doctor.

12. I _________________ (know) the answer yesterday.

13. He _________________ (tell) me that he lived in Toronto.

14. We _________________ (lend) John £200.

15. She _________________ (drink) too much coffee yesterday.

16. The children _________________ (sleep) in the car.

17. He _________________ (keep) his promise.

18. I _________________ (choose) a steak for dinner.

19. The film _________________ (begin) late at night.

20. We _________________ (fly) to Sydney.

21. They _________________ (drive) to Beijing.

22. He _________________ (teach) English at the University.

23. I _________________ (send) you an e-mail earlier.

24. We _________________ (leave) the house at 7 a.m..

25. He _________________ (feel) terrible after eating the fish.

Exercise 6 - Translation

1. Nagyon jó volt Rebeka bulija tegnap. Miért nem jöttél?

2. Az a problémám, hogy előző héten lefoglaltuk a repjegyeket, de az időjárás nagyon rosszá vált Görögben.

3. Délután megégettem a kezem, amikor forró teát ittam.

4. Elkaptam a náthát, vigyázz! Anyu még a dokihoz is elvitt délelőtt.

5. A középiskolás énem sok őrült dolgot csinált, ami sokat jelentett nekem.

6. Megtanultam számos verset Adytól, 20-nál több könyvet olvastam Stephen Kingtől.

7. Engedtem a kutyámat a szomszéd macskájával játszani, de Buksi elvesztette az eszét, és megette a macskát.

8. 200.000-t fizettem az egyetemnek, de otthagytam (kiléptem) 1 hónap után.

9. A Spektrum bemutatta, hogy a Titanic több, mint 100 éve süllyedt el.

10. Azt gondoltam, hogy megérthetem a férfiakat, de Dr. Csernus is hazudott.

11. Az exem megnyerte a lottót. Írtam neki, de elküldött a pokolba.

12. Fruzsival gyakran lógtunk együtt, és csórtunk a Coopból Kinder Maxi Kinget.

13. Joker: Pucér vagyok. A pezsgő be van hűtve!