PAST SENTENCE PRACTICE 8TH GRADE

TEACHER ROBIN MILLAN

COMPLETE THE READINGS WITH THE VERBS IN BRAKETS.
Yesterday I___________ (have) a terrible day. I _________ (wake) up at 6.50.am.I __________
(go) to the bathroom; then __________ (look for) a clean shirt to wear. After that I _________
(get) dressed and ___________ (brush) my hair.

I ____________ (go) into the kitchen and __________ (put) the kettle on the stove. Then I
____________ (make) myself a cup of tea and ___________ (watch) TV for a few minutes.
I ___________ (open) all the curtains in my house and ____________ (pick up) my sandwiches
from the fridge. I ____________ (put on) my shoes and coat and ___________ (leave) home.

I _________ (get in) the car and ____________ (drive) to work. I ____________ (put) a tape and
____________ (turn up) the volume. I ____________ (drive) for five miles until I ________ (get)
to a traffic-jam. I _________ (be) stuck in the traffic-jam for twenty minutes; I _________ (feel)
furious, then I ___________ (change) the tape in my car stereo. The music ___________ (be)
boring so I ___________ (turn on) the radio and ____________ (listen) to the news.
The radio _________ (play) one of my favourite songs, so I ___________ (sing) along loudly.

When I ___________ (arrive) I ____________ (park) my car. I ____________ (get) out and
__________ (buy) a newspaper at the newsagent; then I ___________ (walk) to work.

Something funny happened to me yesterday. I __________ (get) up at 10 am then I__________

(have) a shower and __________ (make) breakfast. I __________ (eat) a big bowl of cereal and
___________ (watch) the news on TV. Then I __________ (go) into the kitchen where I
__________ (hear) a funny noise.

The noise __________ (be) terrible so I __________ (call) my uncle. He __________ (think) that
it was a gas leak. When I __________ (hear) this I just panicked! I _________ (get) into my car
and __________ (go) to the police station. I __________ (tell) them about my gas leak but the
police officer __________ (lose) his patience with me because I __________ (be) very nervous.

Then I remembered that my house doesn’t have gas – only electricity! I __________ (feel) really
stupid, so I __________ (get) out of the police station while the police officer _________ (be)
still on the phone. I __________ (drive) home. On the way I __________ (buy) a newspaper and
I __________ (read) about a llama that __________ (escape) from a safari park last Wednesday.

When I __________ (arrive) home I ____________ (hear) that funny noise again so I __________
(open) the door slowly. Guess what? I __________ (see) the llama. I __________ (tell) it to stay
and it __________ (sleep) in my garden last night. This morning I __________ (take) it back to
the safari park. They __________ (be) really happy to see it again and __________ (give) me a
reward of £150.

dance take live meet love get change come back like
give tell come go become write see travel talk

I was sixteen years old. It was 1940 and my family and I __________ in a small village.
Suddenly our lives ___________ when American soldiers _________ in the village.
We girls in the village ___________ them. They were so different from English boys.
They __________ to us and their conversations were very interesting. They _________ us
chocolates and flowers every day.
The parties were extraordinary and they ___________ like in the films.
I __________ Hank at the Saturday dance. I think I __________ in love the first time I
__________ him. We __________ out together many times. After two months Hank
__________ my boyfriend and he __________ me to the dance every Saturday. He _________
me he _________ shy English girls.
Unfortunately he __________ to France but we __________ to each other every week. Our
letters were really long.
After two years he __________ for me and we __________ married.
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in negative form.
gave bought met ate passed rode had walked arrived run worked took (2) saw read
travelled spent swam heard cooked danced drank did drove surfed

He _____________ a He ___________ a film He _____________ a He ___________ any She _____________ a

sandwich for lunch. at the cinema. newspaper yesterday. photos on his holiday . banana after lunch.

He ______________ He _____________ in a She _____________ He ____________ a She ___________ with

the alarm last night. marathon in 1997. dinner yesterday. taxi to work yesterday. Peter at the party.

He ____________ 100 They ____________ He ____________ $20 She ____________ any He ____________ his
meters last summer. friends last night. on a sweater. milk for breakfast. bike at the park.

She ____________ the They ___________ a He ____________ at We ____________ to He _____________ to

housework on Sunday. present on Christmas. school late. Pisco by bus. work 2 days ago.

She __________ hard He ___________ the He ___________ along He __________ a They____________ the
last Monday. net. the park. novel. exam.

He _____________ a new watch. They ______________ happy. She ___________ lunch.

He _____________ Tango.
He _____________ a pizza.
He _____________ friends.
He _____________ a taxi.
He _____________ some work.
He _____________ some wine.
He _____________ a letter.
He _____________ his wallet.
They ______________ in the park.
They ______________ ice cream.
They ______________ sodas.
They ______________ their homework.
They ______________ songs.
They ______________ to music.
They ______________ to bed early.
They ______________ English.
She ___________ the shopping.
She ___________ the beds.
She ___________ the laundry.
She ___________ the dishes.
She ___________ the house.
She ___________ on the phone.
She ___________ a soap.
She ___________ a book.