Exercise 17. Make up dialogues using these questions.

a) 1. Where were you at 7 p.m. yesterday?

2. Where were you in summer?

3. Was your father at home yesterday afternoon?

4. Where was your mother the day before yesterday?

5. Were you at home this time yesterday?

6. Where were you born?

b) 1. Did your parents learn English when they were schoolchildren?

2. When did you begin to learn English?

3. What did you do on Sunday?

4. When did you do your homework yesterday?

5. Where did you spend your last holidays?

6. What was the weather like last summer?

Exercise 18. In pairs. Discuss your last visit to the cinema. Find out the following:

· when your partner went there;

· who he went with;

· what he saw;

· how long he was there.

LANGUAGE USE

Exercise 19. Choose the correct form of the verb.

1. Sarah has a stressful job and she always has a lot of work to ___ at the weekends.

do does did

2. I’m sorry. I’m really busy today, so I have to ___. I’ll call you later.

go went gone

3. Christy ___ a lot about gardening and environmental issues. You should ask him about the

large garden you want to put into your backyard.

know knows known

4. I ___ the baby until the storm passed because she wouldn’t stop crying.

holds holding held

5. I ___ into an old friend yesterday.

runs run ran

6. The wind ___ and howled all night long.

blowing blew blow

7. Casey has to ___ with a lot of issues at work because her boss is a real slave driver.

dealt deals deal

Exercise 20. Write in the correct form of each verb in Past Simple.

On the 15-th of October, two men (1)______ (to try) to get to the top of Everest. They (2)_______ (to make) their camp at the bottom of the mountain. They (3) _____ (to feel) very well in it. It (4)______ (to be) the highest camp on the mountain. The night before the climb, they (5) ______ (to drink) tea and had supper. They (6)_______ (to discuss) what to take with them to the top. They (7)_______ (to decide) to leave their sleeping bags and tents behind because the equipment (8) ________ (to be) too heavy.

Early in the morning they (9) ________ (to have) breakfast and (10)_______ (to get) dressed. Then they (11)_______ (to start) to go up the mountain. It (12)________ (to be) extremely difficult. The snow (13)______ (to be) very deep. After a long, hard fight they (14) _______ (to reach) the top together. They (15)___________ (to laugh), (16)_________ (to shout) and (17)_______ (to take) some photographs. Then the sun (18)_________ (to disappear) and the two men (19) _______ (to realise) they (20)_____ (to be) on the top of Everest and it (21)________ (to be) almost night.

Their camp (22)______ (to be) too far to reach. They (23)_______ (to go) a little way down the mountain, but there (24)_______ (to be) no moon and it (25)________ (to be) too dangerous. They (26)________ (to have) to spend the night on the mountain, at about 10, 000 metres, with no tent, sleeping bags or food. They (27)_________ (to believe) it (28)_________ (to be) possible. They (29)_________ (to dig) a hole in the snow, and (30)_______ (to bury) themselves. They (31)_______ (not to sleep). It (32)______ (to be) -30 °C.

When the light (33) ________ (to come) at last they (34) _______ (to begin) climbing down, and soon they (35) ________ (to get) to their camp. Everybody (36)_________ (to be) happy.