ENGLISH FOR STUDENTS

Complete the sentences with  past form of the verbs in the brackets: 1.-The girls …………………. (arrive) on time yesterday. 2.-A dog …………………… (bark) loudly in the street. 3.-Gina ……………………. (ask) her parents some good questions. 4.-The secretary ………………….. (answer) the telephone at the office. 5.- The judge …………………. (wear) some black clothes. 6.- My cousin ……………….. (blow) the candles yesterday afternoon. 7.-The woman ………………….. (carry) two heavy boxes. 8.- Freddy ……………..…… (tidy) his flat at the weekend. 9.- Eric and his sister …………………… (enjoy) the visit to the zoo. 10.-Daniel ………………… (borrow) two books from the library. 11.-The teacher ………………… (allow) the pupils to leave the classroom. 12.-Patricia ………………….. (clean) the kitchen. 13.-Henry and Susan …………. (meet) their friends at the club. 14.-Martin ………………….. (remind) me to finish the project. 15.-Some visitors …………….. (follow) the guide. 16.-Richard ………………….. (give) his girlfriend s

   Instructions: Complete the following text with a word. Then check your answers with your partner. Hello, my name is Paola. When I ______________ 1 a child I was a very shy girl. My family and I lived in a small ______________ 2 in Oaxaca, Mexico. I remember my ______________ 3 friend at elementary school ______________ 4 Manuel. When we met he was eight years ______________ 5 and I was nine. We were in the same ______________ 6 at school. We sat together and always played in the break, we call it recreo here in Mexico. ______________ 7 family was very nice and they lived near my house, so we spent a lot of time together. We watched cartoons on TV, ______________ 8 games, and did our homework together. In summer we were together too, we went swimming in the river when the weather was hot, played with our toys, and played video games a lot – our favorite was Mario Bros.- When his family moved to another city, I ______________ 9 very sad. I will ______________ 10 for