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  1. Study the Past Simple of to be.

Positive

I

He/She/It

was

in Paris yesterday.

in England last year.

We

You

They

were

Negative

I

He/She/It

wasn’t

in Paris yesterday.

in England last year.

We

You

They

weren’t

Special questions

Where

was

I ?

He/She/It?

were

we?

you?

they?

Yes, No questions

Was

he

she

at work?

at home?

No, he wasn’t.

Yes, she was.

Where

you

they

Yes, I was.

No, they weren’t.

When we speak about the past we often use the following expressions: yesterday (вчера), the yesterday evening (вчера вечером), day before yesterday (позавчера), last Sunday (в прошлое воскресенье), last year (в прошлом году), last month (в прошлом месяце), … years ago (… лет назад), in 1999 (в 1999 году).

  1. Answer the questions.

  1. Where were you at seven o'clock this morning?

  2. Where were you at nine o’clock yesterday evening?

  3. Where were you last Sunday?

  4. Where was your mother at this time yesterday?

  5. Where was your father last Saturday evening?

  6. Where were you this time last year?

  7. Where were you an hour ago?

  1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb to be. Some sentences are present and some are past.

Example: Last year she was 22, so she is 23 now.

  1. Today the weather ­­­___ nice, but yesterday it ___ cold.

  2. I ___ hungry. Can I have something to eat?

  3. Don’t buy those shoes. They ___ too expensive.

  4. Why ___ you so angry yesterday?

  5. This time last year we ___ in Paris.

  6. Where ___ the children? I don’t know. They ___ in the garden ten minutes ago.

  7. Could you read when you ___ three?

  8. Could you walk when you ___ one year old?

  9. Could you mother play the piano when she ___ 10?

  1. 1) Write five things you could do when you were three.

Example: I could run.

2) Write five things you can do now that you couldn’t do when you were three.

Example: I couldn’t swim when I was three, but I can now.

3) Write two things you couldn’t do when you were three and you still can’t do!

Example: I couldn’t ski when I was three and I still can’t.

  1. Correct the mistakes (if there are any).

  1. She were at home yesterday evening.

  2. He can play the guitar when he was seven.

  3. Where was they at half past eleven last night?

  4. How old was he when he can ride a bike?

  5. I am sorry I am late!

  6. She can’t read when she was six.

  7. My parents were at work at this time yesterday.

  1. Read some information about our university.

Polotsk State University offers its students good facilities for study. There are modern computer rooms, multi-media lecture theatres, scientific laboratories, an up-to-date Internet centre, a large library with an electronic catalogue.

It also has good social facilities. There are several refectories, six comfortable hostels, an exhibition space and a gala complex.

  1. Match the words with their translations.

multi-media lecture theatre

facilities for study

electronic catalogue

refectory

exhibition space

computer room

gala complex

scientific laboratory

library

up-to-date/modern

hostel

компьютерный класс

научная лаборатория

электронный каталог

библиотека

условия для учебы

выставочный зал

актовый зал

общежитие

современный

мультимедийная лекционная аудитория

столовая