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1. PON LOS VERBOS EN PRESENTE O PASADO

1. is/are

was/were

14. make

..........................

2. ..........................

broke

15. meet

..........................

3. buy

..........................

16. put

..........................

4. come

..........................

17. read

..........................

5. cut

..........................

18. ..........................

rode

6. ..........................

cost

19. ..........................

ran

7. drink

..........................

20. see

..........................

8. drive

..........................

21. sit

..........................

9. ..........................

ate

22. ..........................

swam

10. have

..........................

23. ..........................

spent

11. get

..........................

24. take

..........................

12. ..........................

went

25. tell

..........................

13. lose

..........................

26. ..........................

wrote

2. ESCRIBE FRASES SOBRE EL PASADO (YESTERDAY/LAST WEEK, ETC.)

1. Jim always goes to work by car. Yesterday he went to work by car.
2. Rachel often loses her keys. She .................................................................... last week.
3. Kate meets her friends every evening. She ................................... yesterday evening.
4. I usually buy two newspapers every day. Yesterday I....................................................................
5. We
usually
go
to
the
we ....................................................................

cinema

on

Sundays.

Last

Sunday

6. I eat an orange every day. Yesterday I ....................................................................

7. Tom
always
has
a
shower
he ....................................................................

in

the

morning.

This

morning

8. Our friends come to see us every Friday. They .................................................................... last

Friday.

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3. LEE EL TEXTO SOBRE EL VIAJE DE LISA A MADRID Y PON LOS VERBOS EN

LA FORMA CORRECTA.
Fly - get have (2) leave drive arrive (2) park go (3) wait depart arrive - take

Last Tuesday Lisa (1) flew from London to Madrid. She (2) ................................... up at six
oclock in the morning and (3) ................................... a cup of coffee. At 6.30 she
(4) ................................... home and (5) ................................... to the airport. When she
(6) ..................................., she (7) ................................... the car and then (8) ................................... to
the

airport

caf

where

she

(9)

...................................

breakfast.

Then

she

(10) ...................................through passport control and (11) ................................... for her flight.
The plane (12) ................................... on time and (13) ................................... in Madrid two hours
later. Finally she (14) ................................... a taxi from the airport to her hotel in the centre of
Madrid.

4. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH VERBS FROM THE LIST IN THE SIMPLE PAST
break swim have make sit write buy (2) spend drink lose - wash
1. She made a cake an
hour ago.

5. They ...............................
in the sea for an hour.

9. He ...................................
a bath two minutes ago

2. She ..................................
a hat last week.

6. They ............................. a
lot of Coke last night.

10. He ...................................
his wallet last night

3. The boy ..........................

a letter yesterday.

7. She ..................................
her arm last week.

11. She ..................... on the

old chair a minute ago.

4. They ...................... some

plates a minute ago.

8. He ............................... all
his money last week.

12. She .................................

the clothes yesterday.

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5. TRADUCE AL INGLS
1. Ayer fui al cine. La pelcula termin a las 11.30
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2. Ayer vinieron Sam y Sue. Queran verte.
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3. Viv en Argentina cuando era pequeo.
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4. Laura saba nuestro nmero de telfono.
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5. Andrs se sent, abri el libro y ley unas pginas (unas=few)
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6. Pagu la cuenta, me puse mi abrigo y me fui a casa (ponerse=put on)
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7. Encontr a tu hermano en el teatro
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