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The Past Simple

The document describes the activities that various people engaged in on a nice day in an unnamed town. It instructs the reader to put the verbs in past tense to reflect that these events happened yesterday. It then lists the actions of different individuals, including Adela sitting on a bench and playing guitar, Adam and Suzanne swimming lengths in the pool, Paul buying a postcard, John listening to music, and others.

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The Past Simple

The document describes the activities that various people engaged in on a nice day in an unnamed town. It instructs the reader to put the verbs in past tense to reflect that these events happened yesterday. It then lists the actions of different individuals, including Adela sitting on a bench and playing guitar, Adam and Suzanne swimming lengths in the pool, Paul buying a postcard, John listening to music, and others.

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Put the verbs in the past simple tense because this is what they did 

yesterday. (52 pts) 

It  _  _  _  _  _  (is)  a  nice  day  in  town  yesterday.  Adela _ _ _ _ _ (sit) on a bench and 


_  _  _  _  _  (play)  her  guitar.  Adam  and  Suzanne  _  _  _  _  _ (swim) twenty lengths in 
the  outdoor  pool.  Paul  _  _  _  _  _  (buy)  a  postcard  to  send  to  his  friend  in  England. 
John  __  _ _ _ (listen) to music. Kevin _ _ _ _ _ (go) skateboarding. Mr Cardoso and 
Ms  Kean  _  _  _  _ _ (take) the tram. Ann _ _ _ _ _ (ride) her bike. A lady dressed in 
pink  _  _  _  _  _  (walk)  her  dog.  Sarah  _  _  _  _  _  (watch)  TV.  Will  _  _  _  _  _  (eat)  a 
cake and _ _ _ _ _ (put) the wrapper in the bin.  Dmitri _ _ _ _ _ (phone) his friend 
and  he  _  _  _  _  _  (ask)  him  to  come  and  pick  him  up.  The  old lady _ _ _ _ _ (stand) 
on  her  balcony  and  she  _  _  _  _  _  (watch)  everyone.  The  town  _  _  _  _  _  (look)  so 
busy  with  everyone’s  activities.  They  all  _  _  _  _  _  (seem)  to  mingle  with 
themselves. _ _ _ _ _ (do) they all seem to be happy? 
Answer  in  FULL  SENTENCES.  Don’t  repeat  the  names:  use  ​he/she/they​. (48 
pts) 

Example: What did Sean do? Sean planted his plants in the garden.  

1) What did Will do?  9) What did Sarah do? 

2) What did Adela do?  10) What did the lady in pink do? 

3) What did Anne do?      11) Look at the old lady. She is 

4) What did Adam and Suzanne do?  also wearing pink. What did she 

5) What did Paul do?  do? How do you think she felt? 

6) What did Dmitri do and why? 

7) What did John do? 

8) What did Mr Cardoso and Ms Kean do?  

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